Oregon Inlet Marina Tides Today
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Oregon Inlet Marina runs a mean tidal range of about 0.8 ft. This month the highest water, 1.5 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 28, and the lowest, 0.3 ft, on the afternoon of Oct 25.
| High tide | 12:20 AM | 1.1 ft |
| Low tide | 6:56 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 12:43 PM | 1.4 ft |
| Low tide | 8:07 PM | 0.4 ft |
Today on the water at Oregon Inlet Marina
Today at Oregon Inlet Marina: high tide at 12:20 AM (1.1 ft) and 12:43 PM (1.4 ft), low tide at 6:56 AM (0.4 ft) and 8:07 PM (0.4 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with NE winds 16 to 21 mph, 61°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. The water at the gauge reads 66°F. Sunrise is at 7:22 AM and sunset at 6:09 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | NE 16 to 21 mph | 61°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 16 mph | 56°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Oregon Inlet Marina is
Oregon Inlet Marina sits at 35.7957° N, 75.5482° W on North Carolina's sounds and Outer Banks, about 4 mi southeast of Nags Head, NC. The station here is a live gauge in NOAA's National Water Level Observation Network, the reference network the rest of the coast's tide predictions are tied to. It has been in NOAA's records since 1974. The nearest weather station is Oregon Inlet Marina, NC, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, right at this station.
The tide at Oregon Inlet Marina
Oregon Inlet Marina 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 1.2 ft, and 0.9 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.1 ft and the lower low sits 0.1 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Ocean-side tides here are semidiurnal with two highs a day of 3 to 4 ft, while the sounds behind the banks are mostly wind driven with a lunar tide of a foot or less.
About this station
- High tide reaches Oregon Inlet Marina about 0.5 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- Highest water on record: 7.5 ft on Aug 28, 2011.
- Lowest on record: -1.9 ft on Mar 10, 1996.
- The National Weather Service counts 3.0 ft as minor flooding here, 4.5 ft as moderate and 5.5 ft as major.
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 Oregon Inlet Marina from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.2 ft above it and mean sea level 0.6 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.7 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 Duck, NC gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8652587, a National Water Level Observation Network gauge, established 1974. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them. The observed line is the gauge's own six-minute water level feed.
Tide stations near Oregon Inlet Marina
- Oregon Inlet Bridge: 1.6 mi, tides about 36 min earlier
- Oregon Inlet Channel: 1.6 mi, tides about 22 min earlier
- Roanoke Sound Channel: 2.0 mi, tides about 87 min later
- Old House Channel: 2.4 mi, tides about 26 min later
- Davis Slough: 3.3 mi, tides about 4 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Oregon Inlet Marina this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, 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.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Oregon Inlet Marina, 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 🌖 | 4:41–6:41 AM 5:06–7:06 PM | 10:11–12:11 AM 12:17–2:17 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:41–7:41 AM 6:06–8:06 PM | — 1:00–3:00 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:36–8:36 AM 7:01–9:01 PM | 11:25–1:25 AM 1:37–3:37 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:28–9:28 AM 7:53–9:53 PM | 12:37–2:37 AM 2:08–4:08 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:16–10:16 AM 8:41–10:41 PM | 1:46–3:46 AM 2:35–4:35 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:02–11:02 AM 9:27–11:27 PM | 2:52–4:52 AM 3:02–5:02 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:47–11:47 AM 10:12–12:12 AM | 3:57–5:57 AM 3:28–5:28 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8652587. 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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