Okaloosa Island Tides Today
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Okaloosa Island runs a mean tidal range of about 1.3 ft. This month the highest water, 2.2 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 28, and the lowest, a -0.2 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 29.
| High tide | 12:54 AM | 2.1 ft |
| Low tide | 1:13 PM | -0.2 ft |
Today on the water at Okaloosa Island
Today at Okaloosa Island: high tide at 12:54 AM (2.1 ft), low tide at 1:13 PM (-0.2 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is partly sunny with E winds 15 mph, 80°F. Wind that strong can hold water in or push it out, so the real tide may run above or below these predictions. In effect now: Small Craft Advisory. Sunrise is at 7:59 AM and sunset at 7:00 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Mostly Cloudy | E 15 mph | 70°F |
| Saturday | Partly Sunny | E 15 mph | 80°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Okaloosa Island is
Okaloosa Island sits at 30.3914° N, 86.5932° W on the northern Gulf of Mexico, about 1 mi southeast of Fort Walton Beach, FL. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 2021 until 2022, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Pensacola (NOAA 8729840), 36.8 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 108 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Hurlburt Field, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 5.6 mi away.
The tide at Okaloosa Island
Okaloosa Island has a diurnal tide: usually one high and one low a day, with the daily rhythm shifting about 50 minutes later each day and fading near the moon's equatorial crossing. This month's predictions average 1.1 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.4 ft, and 1.2 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. For the water around it: Northern Gulf tides are diurnal, one high and one low most days with ranges of 1 to 2 ft, so wind and river stage move the water as much as the moon.
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 Okaloosa Island from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.4 ft above it and mean sea level 0.7 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.5 ft above MLLW here, so a water level on this page converts to NAVD88 by subtracting that amount. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Panama City Beach, FL gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8729547, established 2021, gauge removed 2022. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Okaloosa Island
- Shalimar, Garnier Bayou: 3.0 mi, tides about 262 min later
- Mary Esther, Santa Rosa Sound: 3.6 mi, tides about 181 min later
- East Pass (Destin): 4.8 mi, tides about 77 min later
- Rocky Bayou, Choctawhatchee Bay: 11.8 mi, tides about 200 min later
- Driftwood Point, Choctawhatchee Bay: 15.8 mi, tides about 197 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Okaloosa Island this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 30, Oct 31. 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 Okaloosa Island this month: Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30, Oct 31. 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 Okaloosa Island, 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 🌖 | 5:27–7:27 AM 5:52–7:52 PM | — 12:47–2:47 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:27–8:27 AM 6:52–8:52 PM | 11:12–1:12 AM 1:34–3:34 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 7:22–9:22 AM 7:47–9:47 PM | 12:23–2:23 AM 2:13–4:13 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 8:14–10:14 AM 8:39–10:39 PM | 1:31–3:31 AM 2:48–4:48 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 9:02–11:02 AM 9:27–11:27 PM | 2:36–4:36 AM 3:19–5:19 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:47–11:47 AM 10:12–12:12 AM | 3:38–5:38 AM 3:49–5:49 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:32–12:32 PM 10:57–12:57 AM | 4:39–6:39 AM 4:18–6:18 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8729547. 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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