Ponce de Leon Inlet Tides Today
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Ponce de Leon Inlet runs a mean tidal range of about 2.9 ft. This month the highest water, 4.5 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 28, and the lowest, 0.3 ft, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 12:47 AM | 3.3 ft |
| Low tide | 6:43 AM | 0.5 ft |
| High tide | 1:25 PM | 4.2 ft |
| Low tide | 7:58 PM | 0.9 ft |
Today on the water at Ponce de Leon Inlet
Today at Ponce de Leon Inlet: high tide at 12:47 AM (3.3 ft) and 1:25 PM (4.2 ft), low tide at 6:43 AM (0.5 ft) and 7:58 PM (0.9 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is partly sunny then slight chance rain showers with E winds 15 to 20 mph, 79°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. Sunrise is at 7:34 AM and sunset at 6:39 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers | E 15 to 20 mph | 79°F |
| Tonight | Slight Chance Rain Showers | ENE 20 mph | 74°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Ponce de Leon Inlet is
Ponce de Leon Inlet sits at 29.0633° N, 80.9158° W on Florida's Atlantic coast, at New Smyrna Beach, FL. 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 1973. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Port Canaveral (Trident Pier) (NOAA 8721604), 48.8 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 37 min later than there. The nearest weather station is New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 2.1 mi away.
The tide at Ponce de Leon Inlet
Ponce de Leon Inlet 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 3.4 ft, and 3.0 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.3 ft and the lower low sits 0.1 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Florida's Atlantic tides are semidiurnal, two highs and two lows a day, with ranges of 2 to 5 ft that shrink inside the lagoons.
About this station
- High tide reaches Ponce de Leon Inlet about 0.9 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
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 Ponce de Leon Inlet from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 3.4 ft above it and mean sea level 1.6 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 2.3 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 Trident Pier, Port Canaveral, FL gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8721147, established 1973. 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 Ponce de Leon Inlet
- New Smyrna Beach: 2.8 mi, tides about 36 min later
- Daytona Beach Shores, Sunglow Pier: 6.4 mi, tides about 25 min earlier
- Turtle Mound, Mosquito Lagoon: 10.9 mi, tides about 208 min later
- Ormond Beach, Halifax River: 17.4 mi, tides about 258 min later
- Cocoa Beach: 51.7 mi, tides about 37 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Ponce de Leon Inlet this month: 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 Ponce de Leon Inlet, 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 🌖 | 5:03–7:03 AM 5:28–7:28 PM | 10:51–12:51 AM 12:20–2:20 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:03–8:03 AM 6:28–8:28 PM | — 1:07–3:07 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:59–8:59 AM 7:24–9:24 PM | 12:01–2:01 AM 1:48–3:48 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:50–9:50 AM 8:15–10:15 PM | 1:09–3:09 AM 2:23–4:23 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:38–10:38 AM 9:03–11:03 PM | 2:13–4:13 AM 2:56–4:56 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:24–11:24 AM 9:49–11:49 PM | 3:14–5:14 AM 3:26–5:26 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:09–12:09 PM 10:34–12:34 AM | 4:14–6:14 AM 3:57–5:57 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8721147. 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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