Key Colony Beach Tides Today
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Key Colony Beach runs a mean tidal range of about 1.6 ft. This month the highest water, 2.8 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 27, and the lowest, a -0.1 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 12:55 AM | 2.7 ft |
| Low tide | 7:49 AM | 0.3 ft |
| High tide | 2:18 PM | 1.8 ft |
| Low tide | 7:31 PM | 0.9 ft |
Today on the water at Key Colony Beach
Today at Key Colony Beach: high tide at 12:55 AM (2.7 ft) and 2:18 PM (1.8 ft), low tide at 7:49 AM (0.3 ft) and 7:31 PM (0.9 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 10 mph, 83°F. Sunrise is at 7:29 AM and sunset at 6:45 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 10 mph | 83°F |
| Tonight | Showers And Thunderstorms Likely | E 10 to 15 mph | 77°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Key Colony Beach is
Key Colony Beach sits at 24.7183° N, 81.0167° W on the Florida Keys, where the Atlantic meets Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, at Key Colony Beach, FL. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1976 until 2005, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Vaca Key, USCG Station, Florida Bay (NOAA 8723970), 5.7 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 228 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is The Florida Keys - Marathon International Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 2.0 mi away.
The tide at Key Colony Beach
Key Colony Beach has a semidiurnal tide: two highs and two lows a day of about the same size, roughly 12 hours 25 minutes apart. This month's predictions average 1.9 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 2.1 ft, and 1.7 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.2 ft and the lower low sits 0.2 ft below the other low. For the water around it: The Keys sit on a tidal seam: the ocean side has two semidiurnal highs a day near 2 ft, while the bay side is smaller and more diurnal, so tides on opposite sides of one key can differ by hours.
About this station
- High tide reaches Key Colony Beach about 1.5 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- Highest water on record: 3.2 ft on Oct 10, 1990.
- Lowest on record: -1.9 ft on Apr 7, 1985.
Datum and source
Heights on this page are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero NOAA's nautical charts use for soundings. A predicted 0.0 ft low is the average of the lower low each day; a minus tide is water below chart datum, and a 2 ft high means 2 ft more water than the chart shows. NOAA fixes MLLW at Key Colony Beach from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 2.1 ft above it and mean sea level 1.0 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 2.0 ft above MLLW here, so a water level on this page converts to NAVD88 by subtracting that amount. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Key West, FL gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8723962, established 1976, gauge removed 2005. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Key Colony Beach
- Long Key, western end: 12.0 mi, tides at about the same time
- Money Key: 12.8 mi, tides about 95 min later
- Missouri Key-Little Duck Key Channel: 14.0 mi, tides about 47 min later
- Long Key Bight, Long Key: 15.1 mi, tides about 4 min later
- Big Spanish Key: 25.3 mi, tides about 289 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Key Colony Beach this month: Oct 1, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 31. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.
🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Key Colony Beach this month: Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock, prime for sight-fishing and clamming.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Key Colony Beach, peak feeding activity is around the moon overhead/underfoot (majors) and moonrise/moonset (minors). Score is the day's activity coefficient (0–100).
| Day | Major windows | Minor windows | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today 🌖 | 5:03–7:03 AM 5:28–7:28 PM | — 12:10–2:10 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:04–8:04 AM 6:29–8:29 PM | 11:02–1:02 AM 12:59–2:59 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:59–8:59 AM 7:24–9:24 PM | 12:09–2:09 AM 1:42–3:42 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:51–9:51 AM 8:16–10:16 PM | 1:14–3:14 AM 2:20–4:20 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:39–10:39 AM 9:04–11:04 PM | 2:16–4:16 AM 2:55–4:55 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:24–11:24 AM 9:49–11:49 PM | 3:14–5:14 AM 3:28–5:28 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:09–12:09 PM 10:34–12:34 AM | 4:12–6:12 AM 4:01–6:01 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8723962. Solunar windows computed from the moon's position for this location. Times shown in the station's local time. Not for navigation.
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