Oriental, Neuse River Tides Today
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Oriental, Neuse River runs a mean tidal range of about 0.1 ft. This month the highest water, 0.7 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 4, and the lowest, 0.3 ft, on the morning of Oct 20.
| Low tide | 11:24 AM | 0.3 ft |
| High tide | 8:18 PM | 0.7 ft |
Today on the water at Oriental, Neuse River
Today at Oriental, Neuse River: high tide at 8:18 PM (0.7 ft), low tide at 11:24 AM (0.3 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with NE winds 14 mph, 67°F. Sunrise is at 7:25 AM and sunset at 6:14 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | NE 14 mph | 67°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 12 mph | 51°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Oriental, Neuse River is
Oriental, Neuse River sits at 35.0246° N, 76.6918° W on North Carolina's sounds and Outer Banks, at Oriental, NC, in Pamlico County. The station here is a NOAA reference station with its own harmonic tide predictions but no live gauge. It has been in NOAA's records since 2022. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Beaufort, Duke Marine Lab (NOAA 8656483), 21.3 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 76 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Piney Island, Bt-11 Bombing Range, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 13.0 mi away.
The tide at Oriental, Neuse River
Oriental, Neuse River has a mixed tide: two highs and two lows a day, but of unequal size, so one low each day drains a little lower than the other. This month's predictions average 1.5 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 0.7 ft, and 0.5 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.
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 Oriental, Neuse River from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 0.7 ft above it and mean sea level 0.3 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.6 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 USCG Station Hatteras, NC gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8655133, established 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 Oriental, Neuse River
- Core Creek Bridge: 13.8 mi, tides about 97 min later
- North River Bridge: 16.8 mi, tides about 196 min earlier
- Gallant Channel: 20.5 mi, tides about 149 min later
- Davis, Core Sound: 20.7 mi, tides about 210 min earlier
- Morehead City Harbor: 21.1 mi, tides about 149 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Oriental, Neuse River this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11, 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.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Oriental, Neuse River, 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 🌖 | 4:45–6:45 AM 5:10–7:10 PM | 10:18–12:18 AM 12:19–2:19 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:46–7:46 AM 6:11–8:11 PM | — 1:03–3:03 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:41–8:41 AM 7:06–9:06 PM | 11:32–1:32 AM 1:40–3:40 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:33–9:33 AM 7:58–9:58 PM | 12:43–2:43 AM 2:11–4:11 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:21–10:21 AM 8:46–10:46 PM | 1:51–3:51 AM 2:40–4:40 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:06–11:06 AM 9:31–11:31 PM | 2:57–4:57 AM 3:07–5:07 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:51–11:51 AM 10:16–12:16 AM | 4:01–6:01 AM 3:33–5:33 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8655133. 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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