Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay Tides Today
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Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay runs a mean tidal range of about 1.2 ft. This month the highest water, 2.4 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 28, and the lowest, a -0.1 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Oct 30.
| High tide | 12:30 AM | 2.2 ft |
| Low tide | 2:24 PM | -0.0 ft |
Today on the water at Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay
Today at Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay: high tide at 12:30 AM (2.2 ft), low tide at 2:24 PM (-0.0 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly cloudy with E winds 15 to 20 mph, 80°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 7:53 AM and sunset at 6:56 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Cloudy | E 15 to 20 mph | 80°F |
| Tonight | Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 10 to 20 mph | 69°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay is
Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay sits at 29.8150° N, 85.3133° W on the northern Gulf of Mexico, at Port St. Joe, FL. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1975 until 1982, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Mexico Beach (a Hohonu community gauge), 11.6 mi away. The nearest weather station is Apalachicola, Apalachicola, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 18.3 mi away.
The tide at Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay
Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay 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 1.3 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.6 ft, and 1.1 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.3 ft and the lower low sits 0.2 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Northern Gulf tides are diurnal, one high and one low most days with ranges of 1 to 2 ft, so wind and river stage move the water as much as the moon.
About this station
- Highest water on record: 2.5 ft on Dec 15, 1981.
- Lowest on record: -2.4 ft on Jan 18, 1981.
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 Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.6 ft above it and mean sea level 0.8 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Pensacola, FL gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8728912, established 1975, gauge removed 1982. 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 Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay
- White City, Gulf County Canal: 4.4 mi, tides about 7 min earlier
- Lake Wimico: 8.4 mi, tides about 5 min earlier
- Overstreet: 13.0 mi, tides about 100 min later
- West Pass: 18.1 mi, tides about 122 min later
- Goose Point, East Bay: 20.0 mi, tides about 6 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay this month: Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 13, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, 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.
🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay this month: Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30, Oct 31. 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 Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay, 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 🌖 | 5:21–7:21 AM 5:46–7:46 PM | — 12:40–2:40 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:21–8:21 AM 6:46–8:46 PM | 11:08–1:08 AM 1:27–3:27 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 7:17–9:17 AM 7:42–9:42 PM | 12:18–2:18 AM 2:07–4:07 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 8:08–10:08 AM 8:33–10:33 PM | 1:26–3:26 AM 2:42–4:42 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:56–10:56 AM 9:21–11:21 PM | 2:31–4:31 AM 3:14–5:14 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:42–11:42 AM 10:07–12:07 AM | 3:33–5:33 AM 3:44–5:44 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:27–12:27 PM 10:52–12:52 AM | 4:33–6:33 AM 4:14–6:14 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8728912. 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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