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New Bedford Tide Times

New Jersey · Station 8532371 · Updated Aug 5, 2026

New Bedford runs a mean tidal range of about 4.3 ft. This month the highest water, 5.8 ft, comes on the evening of Aug 12, and the lowest, a -0.5 ft minus tide, on the morning of Aug 14.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock (8531680), about 20 mi away — high and low tides here run on average about 10 min earlier.

Predictedno live gauge

Next low tide 1.0 ft at 7:47 PM

Predicted

Monthly tide calendar

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

🌊 Biggest flood tides at New Bedford 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 New Bedford 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

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Sat

1L:0.1H:4.5L:0.6H:4.9

2L:0.1H:4.6L:0.7H:4.7

3L:0.2H:4.7L:0.8H:4.5

4L:0.3H:4.9L:0.9

5🌗H:4.4L:0.4H:5.0L:1.0

6🌗H:4.2L:0.6H:5.1L:1.0

7🌗H:4.1L:0.6H:5.2L:0.8

8H:4.1L:0.5H:5.2L:0.5

9H:4.2L:0.4H:5.4

10L:0.2H:4.5L:0.2H:5.6

11L:-0.1H:4.8L:0.0H:5.8

12🌑L:-0.3H:5.1L:-0.1H:5.8

13🌑L:-0.4H:5.3L:-0.1H:5.7

14🌑L:-0.5H:5.3L:-0.1H:5.5

15🌑L:-0.4H:5.3L:0.1H:5.2

16L:-0.1H:5.2L:0.4H:4.8

17L:0.2H:5.0L:0.7

18H:4.4L:0.6H:4.9L:1.0

19🌓H:4.1L:0.9H:4.7L:1.2

20🌓H:3.9L:1.2H:4.6L:1.3

21🌓H:3.7L:1.3H:4.5L:1.3

22🌓H:3.6L:1.3H:4.5L:1.1

23H:3.7L:1.2H:4.6L:0.9

24H:3.8L:1.1H:4.8

25L:0.7H:4.1L:0.9H:5.0

26L:0.5H:4.3L:0.7H:5.1

27🌕L:0.3H:4.6L:0.6H:5.2

28🌕L:0.2H:4.8L:0.5H:5.2

29🌕L:0.1H:4.9L:0.4H:5.1

30L:0.0H:5.1L:0.4H:5.0

31L:0.1H:5.2L:0.4H:4.8

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for New Bedford — 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 🌗	5:07–7:07 AM 5:32–7:32 PM	10:28–12:28 AM 12:32–2:32 PM	34
Thu Aug 6 🌗	6:02–8:02 AM 6:27–8:27 PM	— 1:48–3:48 PM	40
Fri Aug 7 🌗	7:02–9:02 AM 7:27–9:27 PM	11:09–1:09 AM 3:04–5:04 PM	53
Sat Aug 8 🌘	8:06–10:06 AM 8:31–10:31 PM	12:01–2:01 AM 4:14–6:14 PM	66
Sun Aug 9 🌘	9:11–11:11 AM 9:36–11:36 PM	1:04–3:04 AM 5:13–7:13 PM	76
Mon Aug 10 🌘	10:14–12:14 PM 10:39–12:39 AM	2:16–4:16 AM 6:02–8:02 PM	85
Tue Aug 11 🌘	11:13–1:13 PM 11:38–1:38 AM	3:33–5:33 AM 6:40–8:40 PM	92

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8532371. 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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