Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound Tides Today
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Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound runs a mean tidal range of about 0.7 ft. This month the highest water, 1.2 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 28, and the lowest, 0.3 ft, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 3:51 AM | 1.2 ft |
| Low tide | 10:22 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 4:44 PM | 1.1 ft |
| Low tide | 10:46 PM | 0.6 ft |
Today on the water at Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound
Today at Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound: high tide at 3:51 AM (1.2 ft) and 4:44 PM (1.1 ft), low tide at 10:22 AM (0.4 ft) and 10:46 PM (0.6 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is slight chance showers and thunderstorms then chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 10 to 15 mph, 84°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 7:27 AM and sunset at 6:41 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 10 to 15 mph | 84°F |
| Tonight | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely | E 15 mph | 78°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound is
Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound sits at 25.3250° N, 80.2933° W on the Florida Keys, where the Atlantic meets Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, at North Key Largo, FL. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1975 until 1987, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Virginia Key, Biscayne Bay (NOAA 8723214), 29.3 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 159 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Key Largo, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 0.9 mi away.
The tide at Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound
Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound 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 0.8 ft, and 0.7 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. For the water around it: The Keys sit on a tidal seam: the ocean side has two semidiurnal highs a day near 2 ft, while the bay side is smaller and more diurnal, so tides on opposite sides of one key can differ by hours.
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 Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 0.8 ft above it and mean sea level 0.4 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Vaca Key, Florida Bay, FL gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8723506, established 1975, gauge removed 1987. 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 Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound
- Wednesday Point, Key Largo, Card Sound: 1.1 mi, tides about 7 min earlier
- Ocean Reef Harbor, Key Largo: 1.6 mi, tides about 187 min earlier
- Adams Key, south end, Biscayne Bay: 6.2 mi, tides about 127 min earlier
- Coon Point, Elliott Key, Biscayne Bay: 12.6 mi, tides about 46 min earlier
- Ragged Keys, Biscayne Bay: 16.3 mi, tides about 131 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound this month: Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 24, Oct 25, 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 Pumpkin Key, south end, Card 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 🌖 | 5:00–7:00 AM 5:25–7:25 PM | 10:57–12:57 AM 12:08–2:08 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:01–8:01 AM 6:26–8:26 PM | — 12:57–2:57 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:56–8:56 AM 7:21–9:21 PM | 12:05–2:05 AM 1:40–3:40 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:48–9:48 AM 8:13–10:13 PM | 1:10–3:10 AM 2:18–4:18 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:36–10:36 AM 9:01–11:01 PM | 2:12–4:12 AM 2:52–4:52 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:21–11:21 AM 9:46–11:46 PM | 3:11–5:11 AM 3:25–5:25 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:06–12:06 PM 10:31–12:31 AM | 4:09–6:09 AM 3:57–5:57 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8723506. 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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