Rainbow Bridge Tides Today
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Rainbow Bridge runs a mean tidal range of about 0.7 ft. This month the highest water, 1.4 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 3, and the lowest, 0.0 ft, on the afternoon of Oct 28.
| High tide | 4:47 AM | 1.4 ft |
| Low tide | 6:46 PM | 0.1 ft |
Today on the water at Rainbow Bridge
Today at Rainbow Bridge: high tide at 4:47 AM (1.4 ft), low tide at 6:46 PM (0.1 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is showers and thunderstorms likely then chance showers and thunderstorms with SE winds 5 to 10 mph, 79°F. Sunrise is at 7:27 AM and sunset at 6:30 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Showers And Thunderstorms Likely | E 10 mph | 69°F |
| Saturday | Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | SE 5 to 10 mph | 79°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Rainbow Bridge is
Rainbow Bridge sits at 29.9800° N, 93.8817° W on the Texas Gulf coast, at Port Arthur, TX, in Jefferson County. The station here is a NOAA gauge reporting live water levels. It has been in NOAA's records since 1993. The nearest weather station is Orange, Orange County Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 7.7 mi away.
The tide at Rainbow Bridge
Rainbow Bridge 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 1.4 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.0 ft, and 0.8 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.1 ft and the lower low sits 0.1 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Texas tides are diurnal, usually one high and one low a day with a range near 1 to 2 ft, and a steady wind can hold the predicted tide off by a foot.
About this station
- Highest water on record: 4.0 ft on Jul 9, 2024.
- Lowest on record: -2.7 ft on Jan 16, 2022.
- The National Weather Service counts 3.0 ft as minor flooding here, 4.0 ft as moderate and 5.0 ft as major.
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 Rainbow Bridge from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.0 ft above it and mean sea level 0.5 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.4 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 Sabine Pass North, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8770520, established 1993. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them. The observed line is the gauge's own six-minute water level feed.
Tide stations near Rainbow Bridge
- Port Arthur: 8.3 mi, tides about 98 min earlier
- Sabine Pass: 17.4 mi, tides about 147 min earlier
- Rollover Pass: 49.7 mi, tides about 23 min later
- Round Point, Trinity Bay: 51.8 mi, tides about 56 min later
- Point Barrow, Trinity Bay: 59.3 mi, tides about 120 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Rainbow Bridge this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 27, 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 Rainbow Bridge, 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 🌖 | 4:57–6:57 AM 5:22–7:22 PM | 10:43–12:43 AM 12:16–2:16 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:57–7:57 AM 6:22–8:22 PM | — 1:03–3:03 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:53–8:53 AM 7:18–9:18 PM | 11:54–1:54 AM 1:42–3:42 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:44–9:44 AM 8:09–10:09 PM | 1:02–3:02 AM 2:17–4:17 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:32–10:32 AM 8:57–10:57 PM | 2:06–4:06 AM 2:49–4:49 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:17–11:17 AM 9:42–11:42 PM | 3:08–5:08 AM 3:19–5:19 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:02–12:02 PM 10:27–12:27 AM | 4:09–6:09 AM 3:49–5:49 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8770520. 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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