Manchester, Houston Ship Channel Tides Today
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Manchester, Houston Ship Channel runs a mean tidal range of about 1.3 ft. This month the highest water, 2.3 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 4, and the lowest, a -0.2 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Oct 28.
| High tide | 5:39 AM | 2.1 ft |
| Low tide | 8:09 PM | -0.0 ft |
Today on the water at Manchester, Houston Ship Channel
Today at Manchester, Houston Ship Channel: high tide at 5:39 AM (2.1 ft), low tide at 8:09 PM (-0.0 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is chance rain showers with E winds 5 mph, 81°F. The water at the gauge reads 77°F. Sunrise is at 7:33 AM and sunset at 6:36 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Chance Rain Showers | E 5 mph | 70°F |
| Saturday | Chance Rain Showers | E 5 mph | 81°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Manchester, Houston Ship Channel is
Manchester, Houston Ship Channel sits at 29.7263° N, 95.2658° W on the Texas Gulf coast, at Houston, TX, in Harris County. The station here is a live gauge in a NOAA PORTS harbor system, reporting water level in near real time for commercial traffic. It has been in NOAA's records since 1995. The nearest weather station is Manchester, TX, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, right at this station.
The tide at Manchester, Houston Ship Channel
Manchester, Houston Ship Channel 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 1.3 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.6 ft, and 1.3 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 0.2 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Texas tides are diurnal, usually one high and one low a day with a range near 1 to 2 ft, and a steady wind can hold the predicted tide off by a foot.
About this station
- Highest water on record: 12.1 ft on Aug 29, 2017.
- Lowest on record: -3.2 ft on Mar 9, 1998.
- The National Weather Service counts 3.7 ft as minor flooding here, 4.5 ft as moderate and 5.0 ft as major.
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 Manchester, Houston Ship Channel from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.6 ft above it and mean sea level 0.9 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.1 ft below MLLW here, so a water level on this page converts to NAVD88 by adding that amount. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Morgans Point, Barbours Cut, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8770777, established 1995. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them. The observed line is the gauge's own six-minute water level feed.
Tide stations near Manchester, Houston Ship Channel
- Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel: 5.3 mi, tides about 4 min later
- Battleship Texas State Park: 10.8 mi, tides about 18 min later
- Clear Lake: 16.4 mi, tides about 61 min later
- Morgans Point, Barbours Cut: 17.1 mi, tides about 19 min earlier
- Umbrella Point, Trinity Bay: 24.1 mi, tides about 15 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Manchester, Houston Ship Channel this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 29. 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 Manchester, Houston Ship Channel this month: Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30, Oct 31. 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 Manchester, Houston Ship Channel, 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 | 10:50–12:50 AM 12:21–2:21 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:03–8:03 AM 6:28–8:28 PM | — 1:08–3:08 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:58–8:58 AM 7:23–9:23 PM | 12:00–2:00 AM 1:48–3:48 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:49–9:49 AM 8:14–10:14 PM | 1:08–3:08 AM 2:23–4:23 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:37–10:37 AM 9:02–11:02 PM | 2:12–4:12 AM 2:54–4:54 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:23–11:23 AM 9:48–11:48 PM | 3:14–5:14 AM 3:24–5:24 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:08–12:08 PM 10:33–12:33 AM | 4:15–6:15 AM 3:55–5:55 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8770777. 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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