TidalMap

Motts Basin Tide Times

New York · Station 8516925 · Updated Aug 5, 2026

Motts Basin runs a mean tidal range of about 5.2 ft. This month the highest water, 7.1 ft, comes on the evening of Aug 12, and the lowest, a -0.6 ft minus tide, on the morning of Aug 14.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Kings Point (8516945), about 13 mi away — high and low tides here run on average about 185 min earlier.

Predictedno live gauge

Next low tide 1.2 ft at 8:42 PM

Predicted

Monthly tide calendar

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

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Motts Basin this month: Aug 9, Aug 10, Aug 11, Aug 12, Aug 13, Aug 14. 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 Motts Basin this month: Aug 11, Aug 12, Aug 13, Aug 14, Aug 15, Aug 16. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock — prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

August 2026

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1L:0.2H:5.5L:0.8H:6.0

2L:0.2H:5.6L:0.8H:5.8

3L:0.3H:5.8L:0.9

4H:5.6L:0.4H:5.9L:1.1

5🌗H:5.3L:0.5H:6.1L:1.2

6🌗H:5.1L:0.7H:6.2L:1.2

7🌗H:5.0L:0.7H:6.3L:0.9

8H:5.0L:0.6H:6.4

9L:0.6H:5.1L:0.4H:6.6

10L:0.3H:5.4L:0.2H:6.9

11L:-0.1H:5.9L:0.0H:7.1

12🌑L:-0.4H:6.2L:-0.1H:7.1

13🌑L:-0.5H:6.4L:-0.2H:7.0

14🌑L:-0.6H:6.5L:-0.1H:6.7

15🌑L:-0.4H:6.5L:0.1H:6.3

16L:-0.1H:6.3L:0.5

17H:5.9L:0.2H:6.1L:0.8

18H:5.4L:0.7H:5.9L:1.2

19🌓H:5.0L:1.1H:5.7L:1.4

20🌓H:4.7L:1.4H:5.6L:1.6

21🌓H:4.5L:1.6H:5.5L:1.5

22🌓H:4.4L:1.6H:5.5L:1.4

23H:4.5L:1.5H:5.6

24L:1.1H:4.7L:1.3H:5.8

25L:0.9H:5.0L:1.1H:6.0

26L:0.6H:5.3L:0.9H:6.3

27🌕L:0.4H:5.6L:0.7H:6.4

28🌕L:0.2H:5.8L:0.6H:6.4

29🌕L:0.1H:6.0L:0.5H:6.3

30L:0.1H:6.2L:0.4H:6.1

31L:0.1H:6.3L:0.5H:5.8

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Motts Basin — 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 🌗	5:06–7:06 AM 5:31–7:31 PM	10:26–12:26 AM 12:32–2:32 PM	34
Thu Aug 6 🌗	6:01–8:01 AM 6:26–8:26 PM	— 1:49–3:49 PM	40
Fri Aug 7 🌗	7:01–9:01 AM 7:26–9:26 PM	11:07–1:07 AM 3:05–5:05 PM	53
Sat Aug 8 🌘	8:05–10:05 AM 8:30–10:30 PM	11:58–1:58 AM 4:14–6:14 PM	66
Sun Aug 9 🌘	9:10–11:10 AM 9:35–11:35 PM	1:01–3:01 AM 5:14–7:14 PM	76
Mon Aug 10 🌘	10:12–12:12 PM 10:37–12:37 AM	2:13–4:13 AM 6:02–8:02 PM	85
Tue Aug 11 🌘	11:11–1:11 PM 11:36–1:36 AM	3:30–5:30 AM 6:40–8:40 PM	92

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8516925. Solunar windows computed from the moon's position for this location. Times shown in the station's local time. Not for navigation.

Open Motts Basin on the live chart →

Set your own flood/low lines, moon & solunar, weather and live tides in the app — start a free TidalMap trial.