Manns Harbor, Croatan Sound Tides Today
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Manns Harbor, Croatan Sound runs a mean tidal range of about 0.2 ft. This month the highest water, 0.6 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 1, and the lowest, 0.2 ft, on the morning of Oct 17.
| High tide | 1:36 AM | 0.5 ft |
| Low tide | 9:18 AM | 0.2 ft |
| High tide | 3:53 PM | 0.5 ft |
| Low tide | 10:12 PM | 0.4 ft |
Today on the water at Manns Harbor, Croatan Sound
Today at Manns Harbor, Croatan Sound: high tide at 1:36 AM (0.5 ft) and 3:53 PM (0.5 ft), low tide at 9:18 AM (0.2 ft) and 10:12 PM (0.4 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with NE winds 14 to 20 mph, 63°F. Wind that strong can hold water in or push it out, so the real tide may run above or below these predictions. In effect now: Small Craft Advisory. Sunrise is at 7:23 AM and sunset at 6:09 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | NE 14 to 20 mph | 63°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 13 mph | 53°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Manns Harbor, Croatan Sound is
Manns Harbor, Croatan Sound sits at 35.9033° N, 75.7700° W on North Carolina's sounds and Outer Banks, at Manns Harbor, NC. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 2002 until 2002, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (a Hohonu community gauge), 4.3 mi away. The nearest weather station is Manteo / Dare County Regional, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 4.0 mi away.
The tide at Manns Harbor, Croatan Sound
Manns Harbor, Croatan Sound 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 0.4 ft, and 0.3 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. For the water around it: Ocean-side tides here are semidiurnal with two highs a day of 3 to 4 ft, while the sounds behind the banks are mostly wind driven with a lunar tide of a foot or less.
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 Manns Harbor, Croatan Sound from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 0.4 ft above it and mean sea level 0.2 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Oregon Inlet Marina, NC gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8652247, established 2002, gauge removed 2002. 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 Manns Harbor, Croatan Sound
- Jennettes Pier, Nags Head (ocean): 10.0 mi, tides about 203 min earlier
- Roanoke Sound Channel: 12.7 mi, tides about 64 min earlier
- Old House Channel: 13.6 mi, tides about 125 min earlier
- Kitty Hawk (ocean): 14.1 mi, tides about 200 min earlier
- Oregon Inlet Marina: 14.5 mi, tides about 151 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Manns Harbor, Croatan Sound this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10. 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 Manns Harbor, Croatan Sound, 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 🌖 | 4:41–6:41 AM 5:06–7:06 PM | 10:12–12:12 AM 12:18–2:18 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:42–7:42 AM 6:07–8:07 PM | — 1:02–3:02 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:37–8:37 AM 7:02–9:02 PM | 11:26–1:26 AM 1:38–3:38 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:29–9:29 AM 7:54–9:54 PM | 12:38–2:38 AM 2:09–4:09 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:17–10:17 AM 8:42–10:42 PM | 1:47–3:47 AM 2:36–4:36 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:03–11:03 AM 9:28–11:28 PM | 2:53–4:53 AM 3:02–5:02 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:48–11:48 AM 10:13–12:13 AM | 3:58–5:58 AM 3:29–5:29 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8652247. 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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