Little Manatee River, US 41 Bridge Tides Today
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Little Manatee River, US 41 Bridge runs a mean tidal range of about 1.4 ft. This month the highest water, 2.5 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 29, and the lowest, a -0.6 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 6:00 AM | 2.3 ft |
| Low tide | 2:44 PM | -0.2 ft |
Today on the water at Little Manatee River, US 41 Bridge
Today at Little Manatee River, US 41 Bridge: high tide at 6:00 AM (2.3 ft), low tide at 2:44 PM (-0.2 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is partly sunny then slight chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 12 to 16 mph, 85°F. Wind that strong can hold water in or push it out, so the real tide may run above or below these predictions. Sunrise is at 7:39 AM and sunset at 6:47 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 12 to 16 mph | 85°F |
| Tonight | Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy | ENE 13 to 17 mph | 72°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Little Manatee River, US 41 Bridge is
Little Manatee River, US 41 Bridge sits at 27.7050° N, 82.4483° W on Florida's Gulf coast, at Ruskin, FL, in Hillsborough County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1977 until 1979, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Port Manatee (NOAA 8726384), 8.3 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 119 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Cut D Channel, Inbound Rear Range, a tide-station weather package reporting wind and water temperature, 5.2 mi away.
The tide at Little Manatee River, US 41 Bridge
Little Manatee River, US 41 Bridge 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 1.5 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 2.0 ft, and 1.5 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.2 ft and the lower low sits 0.3 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Florida's Gulf coast runs mixed tides: two unequal highs a day near Tampa Bay, trending toward one high a day along the Big Bend and the Panhandle.
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 Manatee River, US 41 Bridge from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 2.0 ft above it and mean sea level 1.0 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 1.3 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 St. Petersburg, FL gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8726436, established 1977, gauge removed 1979. 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 Manatee River, US 41 Bridge
- Mangrove Point (inside): 2.8 mi, tides about 82 min earlier
- Cockroach Bay: 3.8 mi, tides about 74 min earlier
- Apollo Beach, Hillsborough Bay: 5.8 mi, tides about 25 min earlier
- Port Manatee: 8.3 mi, tides about 119 min earlier
- St. Petersburg: 11.6 mi, tides about 68 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Little Manatee River, US 41 Bridge this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30, 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 Little Manatee River, US 41 Bridge this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28 …. 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 Little Manatee River, US 41 Bridge, 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 🌖 | 5:09–7:09 AM 5:34–7:34 PM | — 12:23–2:23 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:09–8:09 AM 6:34–8:34 PM | 11:01–1:01 AM 1:11–3:11 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 7:05–9:05 AM 7:30–9:30 PM | 12:10–2:10 AM 1:52–3:52 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:56–9:56 AM 8:21–10:21 PM | 1:17–3:17 AM 2:28–4:28 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:44–10:44 AM 9:09–11:09 PM | 2:20–4:20 AM 3:01–5:01 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:30–11:30 AM 9:55–11:55 PM | 3:21–5:21 AM 3:33–5:33 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:15–12:15 PM 10:40–12:40 AM | 4:20–6:20 AM 4:04–6:04 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8726436. 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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