Plantation Key, Hawk Channel Tides Today
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Plantation Key, Hawk Channel runs a mean tidal range of about 2.0 ft. This month the highest water, 3.2 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 27, and the lowest, a -0.0 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 12:58 AM | 2.7 ft |
| Low tide | 7:02 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 1:48 PM | 2.8 ft |
| Low tide | 7:43 PM | 0.9 ft |
Today on the water at Plantation Key, Hawk Channel
Today at Plantation Key, Hawk Channel: high tide at 12:58 AM (2.7 ft) and 1:48 PM (2.8 ft), low tide at 7:02 AM (0.4 ft) and 7:43 PM (0.9 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is slight chance showers and thunderstorms then chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 10 mph, 84°F. Sunrise is at 7:28 AM and sunset at 6:43 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 10 mph | 84°F |
| Tonight | Showers And Thunderstorms Likely | E 10 to 15 mph | 77°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Plantation Key, Hawk Channel is
Plantation Key, Hawk Channel sits at 24.9733° N, 80.5500° W on Florida Bay, the shallow basin between the Everglades and the Keys, at Islamorada, Village of Islands, FL. The station here is a subordinate tide prediction point. NOAA has no gauge in the water at this spot; its times and heights are published as offsets from a reference gauge, named below. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Vaca Key, USCG Station, Florida Bay (NOAA 8723970), 39.3 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 234 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Butternut Key, FL, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, 8.1 mi away.
The tide at Plantation Key, Hawk Channel
Plantation Key, Hawk Channel 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 2.5 ft, and 2.1 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.1 ft and the lower low sits 0.2 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Florida Bay tides are small and mixed, damped by the shallow banks, and wind often moves more water than the moon.
About this station
- High tide reaches Plantation Key, Hawk Channel about 1.2 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- NOAA predicts tides here from Government Cut, Miami Harbor Entrance, station 8723178. High tide comes about 5 min later and low tide about 12 min later than there.
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 Plantation Key, Hawk Channel from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 2.5 ft above it and mean sea level 1.3 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 2.2 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 Tavernier Hawk Channel, Fl gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8723769, established 1975, gauge removed 1975. The tide times and heights are published as time and height offsets from its reference gauge; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Plantation Key, Hawk Channel
- Snake Creek, USCG Station, Plantation Key: 2.7 mi, tides about 84 min later
- East Key, southern end, Florida Bay: 4.1 mi, tides about 196 min later
- Point Charles, Key Largo: 9.8 mi, tides about 60 min later
- Rock Harbor, Key Largo: 9.9 mi, tides about 20 min later
- Long Key Bight, Long Key: 19.0 mi, tides about 26 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Plantation Key, Hawk Channel this month: Oct 8, Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29. 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 Plantation Key, Hawk Channel this month: Oct 27, Oct 28. 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 Plantation Key, Hawk Channel, 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 🌖 | 5:01–7:01 AM 5:26–7:26 PM | 10:59–12:59 AM 12:08–2:08 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:02–8:02 AM 6:27–8:27 PM | — 12:58–2:58 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:57–8:57 AM 7:22–9:22 PM | 12:07–2:07 AM 1:41–3:41 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:49–9:49 AM 8:14–10:14 PM | 1:12–3:12 AM 2:18–4:18 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:37–10:37 AM 9:02–11:02 PM | 2:13–4:13 AM 2:53–4:53 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:22–11:22 AM 9:47–11:47 PM | 3:13–5:13 AM 3:26–5:26 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:07–12:07 PM 10:32–12:32 AM | 4:10–6:10 AM 3:59–5:59 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8723769. 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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