Oyster Creek, Croatan Sound Tides Today
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Oyster Creek, Croatan Sound runs a mean tidal range of about 0.3 ft. This month the highest water, 0.7 ft, comes on the afternoon of Oct 1, and the lowest, 0.2 ft, on the morning of Oct 31.
| High tide | 2:15 AM | 0.5 ft |
| Low tide | 9:05 AM | 0.2 ft |
| High tide | 3:22 PM | 0.6 ft |
| Low tide | 10:00 PM | 0.3 ft |
Today on the water at Oyster Creek, Croatan Sound
Today at Oyster Creek, Croatan Sound: high tide at 2:15 AM (0.5 ft) and 3:22 PM (0.6 ft), low tide at 9:05 AM (0.2 ft) and 10:00 PM (0.3 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with NE winds 17 mph, 62°F. Wind that strong can hold water in or push it out, so the real tide may run above or below these predictions. Sunrise is at 7:23 AM and sunset at 6:09 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | NE 17 mph | 62°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 14 mph | 54°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Oyster Creek, Croatan Sound is
Oyster Creek, Croatan Sound sits at 35.8450° N, 75.6550° W on North Carolina's sounds and Outer Banks, at Wanchese, NC, in Dare County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 2002 until 2002, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Oregon Inlet Marina (NOAA 8652587), 6.9 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 136 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Manteo / Dare County Regional, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 5.6 mi away.
The tide at Oyster Creek, Croatan Sound
Oyster Creek, Croatan Sound 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 1.9 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 0.6 ft, and 0.4 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 Oyster Creek, Croatan Sound from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 0.6 ft above it and mean sea level 0.3 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Oregon Inlet Marina, NC gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8652437, established 2002, gauge removed 2002. 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 Oyster Creek, Croatan Sound
- Roanoke Sound Channel: 5.2 mi, tides about 49 min earlier
- Jennettes Pier, Nags Head (ocean): 5.7 mi, tides about 188 min earlier
- Old House Channel: 6.1 mi, tides about 110 min earlier
- Oregon Inlet Marina: 6.9 mi, tides about 136 min earlier
- Oregon Inlet Channel: 7.3 mi, tides about 158 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Oyster Creek, Croatan Sound this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5. 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 Oyster Creek, Croatan Sound, 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 | — 1:01–3:01 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:37–8:37 AM 7:02–9:02 PM | 11:26–1:26 AM 1:37–3:37 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:28–9:28 AM 7:53–9:53 PM | 12:38–2:38 AM 2:08–4:08 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:16–10:16 AM 8:41–10:41 PM | 1:47–3:47 AM 2:36–4:36 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:02–11:02 AM 9:27–11:27 PM | 2:53–4:53 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 8652437. 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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