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Morehead City Tide Times

North Carolina · Station 8656496 · Updated Sep 16, 2026

Morehead City runs a mean tidal range of about 3.0 ft. This month the highest water, 4.3 ft, comes on the morning of Sep 29, and the lowest, a -0.2 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Sep 10.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab (8656483), about 1 mi away, high and low tides here run on average about 3 min earlier.

Predictedno live gauge

Next low tide 0.6 ft at 5:33 AM

Predicted

Today's tides
Low tide	5:33 AM	0.6 ft
High tide	12:07 PM	3.6 ft
Low tide	6:39 PM	1.0 ft

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder Flood tide ≥ ft Low tide ≤ ft

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Morehead City this month: Sep 7, Sep 8, Sep 9, Sep 10, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30. 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 Morehead City this month: Sep 9, Sep 10, Sep 11, Sep 12. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock, prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

September 2026

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Fri

Sat

1L:0.1H:3.8L:0.4H:3.1

2L:0.1H:3.9L:0.6

3🌗H:2.9L:0.2H:3.9L:0.8

4🌗H:2.8L:0.3H:3.9L:0.8

5🌗H:2.7L:0.3H:3.9L:0.8

6🌗H:2.7L:0.3H:4.0L:0.7

7H:2.9L:0.2H:4.1

8L:0.5H:3.1L:0.0H:4.1

9L:0.2H:3.4L:-0.1H:4.2

10L:0.1H:3.7L:-0.2H:4.1

11🌑L:-0.0H:3.9L:-0.2H:3.9

12🌑L:-0.0H:4.0L:-0.0H:3.7

13🌑L:0.0H:4.0L:0.2H:3.5

14L:0.2H:3.9L:0.4H:3.2

15L:0.4H:3.8L:0.7H:2.9

16L:0.6H:3.6L:1.0

17H:2.7L:0.9H:3.5L:1.2

18🌓H:2.5L:1.0H:3.3L:1.4

19🌓H:2.4L:1.1H:3.3L:1.4

20🌓H:2.4L:1.2H:3.3L:1.3

21🌓H:2.5L:1.0H:3.4L:1.1

22H:2.7L:0.9H:3.5

23L:0.9H:3.0L:0.7H:3.6

24L:0.7H:3.3L:0.5H:3.7

25🌕L:0.5H:3.6L:0.3H:3.7

26🌕L:0.3H:3.8L:0.2H:3.7

27🌕L:0.1H:4.1L:0.1H:3.6

28🌕L:0.0H:4.2L:0.1H:3.5

29L:0.0H:4.3L:0.2H:3.3

30L:0.1H:4.3L:0.4H:3.1

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Morehead City, 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 🌒	4:23–6:23 PM 4:48–6:48 AM	11:29–1:29 PM 9:13–11:13 PM	69
Thu Sep 17 🌒	5:13–7:13 PM 5:38–7:38 AM	12:27–2:27 PM 9:57–11:57 PM	56
Fri Sep 18 🌓	6:03–8:03 PM 6:28–8:28 AM	1:20–3:20 PM 10:47–12:47 AM	43
Sat Sep 19 🌓	6:54–8:54 PM 7:19–9:19 AM	2:08–4:08 PM —	41
Sun Sep 20 🌓	7:43–9:43 PM 8:08–10:08 AM	2:50–4:50 PM 11:42–1:42 AM	54
Mon Sep 21 🌓	8:31–10:31 PM 8:56–10:56 AM	3:26–5:26 PM 12:41–2:41 AM	67
Tue Sep 22 🌔	9:16–11:16 PM 9:41–11:41 AM	3:58–5:58 PM 1:41–3:41 AM	77

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8656496. 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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