Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas Tides Today
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Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas runs a mean tidal range of about 1.2 ft. This month the highest water, 2.4 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 28, and the lowest, a -0.1 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 1:35 AM | 2.3 ft |
| Low tide | 9:57 AM | 0.2 ft |
Today on the water at Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas
Today at Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas: high tide at 1:35 AM (2.3 ft), low tide at 9:57 AM (0.2 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 15 to 20 mph, 82°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 7:37 AM and sunset at 6:53 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 15 to 20 mph | 82°F |
| Tonight | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 15 to 20 mph | 79°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas is
Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas sits at 24.6317° N, 82.9200° W on Florida's Gulf coast, about 69 mi west of Key West, FL. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1960 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 Key West (NOAA 8724580), 70.1 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 23 min later than there.
The tide at Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas
Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas 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 1.7 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.7 ft, and 1.1 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.3 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.
About this station
- High tide reaches Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas about 3.1 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: 2.9 ft on Feb 9, 2005.
- Lowest on record: -1.2 ft on Feb 8, 2001.
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 Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.7 ft above it and mean sea level 0.8 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Key West, FL gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8724698, established 1960, 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 Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas
- Garden Key, Dry Tortugas: 3.1 mi, tides about 8 min later
- Key West: 70.1 mi, tides about 23 min earlier
- Channel Key, west side: 75.1 mi, tides about 165 min later
- Waltz Key, Waltz Key Basin: 79.6 mi, tides about 245 min later
- Saddlebunch Keys, Channel No. 5: 81.5 mi, tides about 100 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, 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 Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas 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 Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, 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 🌖 | 5:11–7:11 AM 5:36–7:36 PM | — 12:18–2:18 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:11–8:11 AM 6:36–8:36 PM | 11:10–1:10 AM 1:07–3:07 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 7:07–9:07 AM 7:32–9:32 PM | 12:18–2:18 AM 1:50–3:50 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:58–9:58 AM 8:23–10:23 PM | 1:22–3:22 AM 2:28–4:28 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:46–10:46 AM 9:11–11:11 PM | 2:23–4:23 AM 3:03–5:03 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:32–11:32 AM 9:57–11:57 PM | 3:22–5:22 AM 3:36–5:36 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:17–12:17 PM 10:42–12:42 AM | 4:20–6:20 AM 4:09–6:09 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8724698. 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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