Safety Harbor, Old Tampa Bay Tides Today
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Safety Harbor, Old Tampa Bay runs a mean tidal range of about 2.0 ft. This month the highest water, 3.4 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 29, and the lowest, a -0.7 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Oct 28.
| High tide | 6:29 AM | 3.1 ft |
| Low tide | 3:15 PM | -0.3 ft |
Today on the water at Safety Harbor, Old Tampa Bay
Today at Safety Harbor, Old Tampa Bay: high tide at 6:29 AM (3.1 ft), low tide at 3:15 PM (-0.3 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is partly sunny then slight chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 15 mph, 83°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 7:40 AM and sunset at 6:48 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 15 mph | 83°F |
| Tonight | Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | ENE 17 mph | 74°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Safety Harbor, Old Tampa Bay is
Safety Harbor, Old Tampa Bay sits at 27.9883° N, 82.6850° W on Florida's Gulf coast, at Safety Harbor, FL. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1975 until 1991, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Clearwater Beach (NOAA 8726724), 9.0 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 233 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Clearwater Air Park, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 4.5 mi away.
The tide at Safety Harbor, Old Tampa Bay
Safety Harbor, Old Tampa Bay has a mixed tide: two highs and two lows a day, but of unequal size, so one low each day drains noticeably lower than the other. This month's predictions average 1.6 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 2.8 ft, and 1.9 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 0.5 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Florida's Gulf coast runs mixed tides: two unequal highs a day near Tampa Bay, trending toward one high a day along the Big Bend and the Panhandle.
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 Safety Harbor, Old Tampa Bay from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 2.8 ft above it and mean sea level 1.5 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 1.8 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 St. Petersburg, FL gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8726738, established 1975, gauge removed 1991. 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 Safety Harbor, Old Tampa Bay
- Bay Aristocrat Village, Old Tampa Bay: 3.9 mi, tides about 17 min earlier
- Dunedin, St. Joseph Sound: 6.8 mi, tides about 206 min earlier
- Clearwater: 7.8 mi, tides about 206 min earlier
- Ozona: 8.2 mi, tides about 220 min earlier
- Clearwater Beach: 9.0 mi, tides about 233 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Safety Harbor, Old Tampa Bay this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, 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.
🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Safety Harbor, Old Tampa Bay this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27 …. 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 Safety Harbor, Old Tampa 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 🌖 | 5:10–7:10 AM 5:35–7:35 PM | — 12:25–2:25 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:10–8:10 AM 6:35–8:35 PM | 11:01–1:01 AM 1:13–3:13 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 7:06–9:06 AM 7:31–9:31 PM | 12:11–2:11 AM 1:54–3:54 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:57–9:57 AM 8:22–10:22 PM | 1:17–3:17 AM 2:30–4:30 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:45–10:45 AM 9:10–11:10 PM | 2:21–4:21 AM 3:02–5:02 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:31–11:31 AM 9:56–11:56 PM | 3:22–5:22 AM 3:34–5:34 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:16–12:16 PM 10:41–12:41 AM | 4:21–6:21 AM 4:05–6:05 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8726738. 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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