Peter's Ditch Tides Today
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Peter's Ditch runs a mean tidal range of about 0.3 ft. This month the highest water, 0.6 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 7, and the lowest, 0.1 ft, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 2:00 AM | 0.4 ft |
| Low tide | 8:17 AM | 0.1 ft |
| High tide | 3:42 PM | 0.6 ft |
| Low tide | 10:54 PM | 0.2 ft |
Today on the water at Peter's Ditch
Today at Peter's Ditch: high tide at 2:00 AM (0.4 ft) and 3:42 PM (0.6 ft), low tide at 8:17 AM (0.1 ft) and 10:54 PM (0.2 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly sunny with NE winds 18 to 23 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 7:21 AM and sunset at 6:09 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Sunny | NE 18 to 23 mph | 62°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 18 mph | 58°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Peter's Ditch is
Peter's Ditch sits at 35.3501° N, 75.5120° W on North Carolina's sounds and Outer Banks, at Avon, NC, in Dare County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 2012 until 2012, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Hatteras (ocean) (NOAA 8654467), 14.6 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 96 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Hatteras, Mitchell Field, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 10.3 mi away.
The tide at Peter's Ditch
Peter's Ditch 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. 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 Peter's Ditch 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 USCG Station Hatteras, NC gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8653951, established 2012, gauge removed 2012. 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 Peter's Ditch
- Cape Hatteras Fishing Pier: 11.2 mi, tides about 205 min earlier
- Hatteras (ocean): 14.6 mi, tides about 96 min earlier
- Davis Slough: 27.6 mi, tides about 146 min earlier
- Oregon Inlet Bridge: 29.3 mi, tides about 187 min earlier
- Oregon Inlet Channel: 29.4 mi, tides about 172 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Peter's Ditch this month: Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 29, 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 Peter's Ditch, 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 🌖 | 4:40–6:40 AM 5:05–7:05 PM | 10:12–12:12 AM 12:15–2:15 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:41–7:41 AM 6:06–8:06 PM | — 12:59–2:59 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:36–8:36 AM 7:01–9:01 PM | 11:26–1:26 AM 1:36–3:36 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:28–9:28 AM 7:53–9:53 PM | 12:38–2:38 AM 2:07–4:07 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 | 3:56–5:56 AM 3:28–5:28 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8653951. 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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