Ocean City Beach (fishing pier) Tides Today
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Ocean City Beach (fishing pier) runs a mean tidal range of about 4.2 ft. This month the highest water, 6.2 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 28, and the lowest, a -0.2 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 28.
| Low tide | 5:27 AM | 0.3 ft |
| High tide | 12:13 PM | 5.5 ft |
| Low tide | 6:47 PM | 0.6 ft |
Today on the water at Ocean City Beach (fishing pier)
Today at Ocean City Beach (fishing pier): high tide at 12:13 PM (5.5 ft), low tide at 5:27 AM (0.3 ft) and 6:47 PM (0.6 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with NE winds 13 mph, 69°F. In effect now: Small Craft Advisory. Sunrise is at 7:28 AM and sunset at 6:18 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | NE 13 mph | 69°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 13 mph | 51°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Ocean City Beach (fishing pier) is
Ocean City Beach (fishing pier) sits at 34.4517° N, 77.4950° W on the Carolina and Georgia coast on the South Atlantic Bight, at North Topsail Beach, NC. The station here is a subordinate tide prediction point. NOAA has no gauge in the water at this spot; its times and heights are published as offsets from a reference gauge, named below. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Surf City (a Hohonu community gauge), 3.4 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 194 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is MCAS New River, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 17.9 mi away.
The tide at Ocean City Beach (fishing pier)
Ocean City Beach (fishing pier) 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 4.7 ft, and 4.2 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.3 ft and the lower low sits 0.1 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Lowcountry tides are semidiurnal, two highs and two lows a day of near equal size, and the range grows toward Georgia, where 6 to 9 ft is normal.
About this station
- High tide reaches Ocean City Beach (fishing pier) about 12.2 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- NOAA predicts tides here from Cape Hatteras Fishing Pier, station 8654400. High tide comes about 3 min later and low tide about 1 min earlier than there.
- High tide heights run about 1.40 times the reference.
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 Ocean City Beach (fishing pier) from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 4.7 ft above it and mean sea level 2.3 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Wilmington, NC gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8657419, established 1973, gauge removed 1975. The tide times and heights are published as time and height offsets from its reference gauge; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Ocean City Beach (fishing pier)
- Sneads Ferry, New River: 10.3 mi, tides about 131 min later
- New River Inlet: 10.4 mi, tides about 16 min later
- Hampstead: 14.3 mi, tides about 66 min later
- Wrightsville Beach: 23.4 mi, tides at about the same time
- Shinn Point, ICWW: 24.3 mi, tides about 31 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Ocean City Beach (fishing pier) this month: Oct 1, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 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 Ocean City Beach (fishing pier) this month: Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock, prime for sight-fishing and clamming.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Ocean City Beach (fishing pier), 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 🌖 | 4:49–6:49 AM 5:14–7:14 PM | 10:23–12:23 AM 12:21–2:21 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:49–7:49 AM 6:14–8:14 PM | — 1:05–3:05 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:45–8:45 AM 7:10–9:10 PM | 11:36–1:36 AM 1:42–3:42 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:36–9:36 AM 8:01–10:01 PM | 12:47–2:47 AM 2:14–4:14 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:24–10:24 AM 8:49–10:49 PM | 1:55–3:55 AM 2:43–4:43 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:10–11:10 AM 9:35–11:35 PM | 3:00–5:00 AM 3:10–5:10 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:55–11:55 AM 10:20–12:20 AM | 4:04–6:04 AM 3:37–5:37 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8657419. 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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