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Norton Point, Head of Bay Tide Times

New York · Station 8516891 · Updated Aug 5, 2026

Norton Point, Head of Bay runs a mean tidal range of about 5.3 ft. This month the highest water, 7.1 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: Kings Point (8516945), about 12 mi away — high and low tides here run on average about 200 min earlier.

Predictedno live gauge
Next low tide 0.9 ft at 8:32 PM
High 5.7 ft · 12:32 AMLow 0.3 ft · 6:47 AMHigh 5.9 ft · 1:05 PMLow 0.7 ft · 7:23 PMHigh 5.5 ft · 1:23 AM
Predicted

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Norton Point, Head of Bay this month: 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 Norton Point, Head of Bay 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:0.1H:5.6L:0.4H:6.1
2L:0.1H:5.7L:0.5H:5.9
3L:0.2H:5.8L:0.6
4H:5.7L:0.3H:5.9L:0.7
5🌗H:5.5L:0.5H:6.0L:0.9
6🌗H:5.3L:0.7H:6.1L:0.8
7🌗H:5.1L:0.7H:6.1L:0.6
8H:4.9L:0.5H:6.2L:0.4
9H:5.0L:0.3H:6.5
10L:0.1H:5.3L:0.1H:6.8
11L:-0.1H:5.6L:-0.1H:7.0
12🌑L:-0.3H:6.0L:-0.2H:7.1
13🌑L:-0.5H:6.2L:-0.3H:6.9
14🌑L:-0.5H:6.2L:-0.3H:6.7
15🌑L:-0.4H:6.2L:-0.1H:6.3
16L:-0.2H:6.1L:0.2H:5.9
17L:0.1H:5.9L:0.5
18H:5.4L:0.5H:5.7L:0.9
19🌓H:5.0L:1.0H:5.5L:1.3
20🌓H:4.7L:1.3H:5.4L:1.4
21🌓H:4.4L:1.4H:5.2L:1.4
22🌓H:4.3L:1.4H:5.2L:1.3
23H:4.3L:1.3H:5.3
24L:1.1H:4.5L:1.1H:5.5
25L:0.9H:4.8L:0.9H:5.8
26L:0.7H:5.2L:0.7H:6.1
27🌕L:0.5H:5.5L:0.5H:6.3
28🌕L:0.3H:5.8L:0.3H:6.4
29🌕L:0.1H:6.1L:0.2H:6.4
30L:0.0H:6.2L:0.1H:6.2
31L:0.0H:6.3L:0.1H:6.0

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Norton Point, Head of Bay — peak feeding activity is around the moon overhead/underfoot (majors) and moonrise/moonset (minors). Score is the day's activity coefficient (0–100).

DayMajor windowsMinor windowsScore
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		11:06–1:06 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
4:15–6:15 PM		66
Sun Aug 9 🌘9:09–11:09 AM
9:34–11:34 PM		1:00–3:00 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 8516891. 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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