Little Assawoman Bay Tides Today
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Little Assawoman Bay runs a mean tidal range of about 0.7 ft. This month the highest water, 1.3 ft, comes on the afternoon of Nov 1, and the lowest, 0.1 ft, on the morning of Nov 26.
| Low tide | 12:04 AM | 0.6 ft |
| High tide | 5:36 AM | 1.1 ft |
| Low tide | 11:57 AM | 0.5 ft |
| High tide | 6:42 PM | 1.2 ft |
Today on the water at Little Assawoman Bay
Today at Little Assawoman Bay: high tide at 5:36 AM (1.1 ft) and 6:42 PM (1.2 ft), low tide at 12:04 AM (0.6 ft) and 11:57 AM (0.5 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Tuesday is patchy fog then mostly sunny with S winds 1 to 7 mph, 69°F. Sunrise is at 6:27 AM and sunset at 4:59 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Patchy Fog | S 1 mph | 48°F |
| Tuesday | Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny | S 1 to 7 mph | 69°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Little Assawoman Bay is
Little Assawoman Bay sits at 38.4550° N, 75.0583° W on the Mid-Atlantic coast, at Fenwick Island, DE, in Sussex County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from its installation until 2024, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Ocean City Inlet (NOAA 8570283), 8.9 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 210 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Bethany Beach, DE (263), an offshore buoy reporting wind, waves and water temperature, 5.7 mi away.
The tide at Little Assawoman Bay
Little Assawoman Bay has a mixed tide: two highs and two lows a day, but of unequal size, so one low each day drains a little lower than the other. This month's predictions average 1.9 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.1 ft, and 0.8 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.1 ft and the lower low sits 0.1 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Mid-Atlantic tides are semidiurnal, two highs and two lows a day of about equal size, with ranges of 3 to 5 ft on the ocean and less inside the bays.
About this station
- High tide reaches Little Assawoman Bay about 3.6 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
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 Little Assawoman Bay from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.1 ft above it and mean sea level 0.6 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Ocean City Inlet, MD gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8559957, gauge removed 2024. 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 Little Assawoman Bay
- Indian River Inlet (Coast Guard Station): 10.7 mi, tides about 176 min earlier
- Rosedale Beach, Indian River: 12.6 mi, tides about 104 min earlier
- Rehoboth Beach: 18.4 mi, tides about 219 min earlier
- Lewes (Breakwater Harbor): 22.9 mi, tides about 166 min earlier
- Brandywine Shoal Light: 36.9 mi, tides about 152 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Little Assawoman Bay this month: Nov 1, Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Little Assawoman Bay, 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 🌗 | 6:26–8:26 AM 6:51–8:51 PM | 11:31–1:31 AM 1:08–3:08 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 7:14–9:14 AM 7:39–9:39 PM | 12:42–2:42 AM 1:34–3:34 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 8:00–10:00 AM 8:25–10:25 PM | 1:51–3:51 AM 1:58–3:58 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 8:45–10:45 AM 9:10–11:10 PM | 2:57–4:57 AM 2:23–4:23 PM | 83 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 9:30–11:30 AM 9:55–11:55 PM | 4:03–6:03 AM 2:48–4:48 PM | 91 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 10:16–12:16 PM 10:41–12:41 AM | 5:08–7:08 AM 3:17–5:17 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 11:04–1:04 PM 11:29–1:29 AM | 6:12–8:12 AM 3:50–5:50 PM | 99 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8559957. 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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