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Southwest Harbor Tide Times

Maine · Station 8413564 · Updated Aug 5, 2026

Southwest Harbor runs a mean tidal range of about 9.9 ft. This month the highest water, 12.2 ft, comes on the evening of Aug 12, and the lowest, a -1.1 ft minus tide, on the morning of Aug 13.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Bar Harbor (8413320), about 10 mi away — high and low tides here run on average about 14 min earlier.

Predictedno live gauge
Next high tide 10.9 ft at 4:11 PM
Low 0.4 ft · 8:43 AMHigh 10.8 ft · 3:23 PMLow 0.6 ft · 9:14 PMHigh 10.1 ft · 3:47 AM
Predicted

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Southwest Harbor this month: Aug 10, Aug 11, Aug 12, Aug 14, Aug 15, Aug 16. 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 Southwest Harbor this month: Aug 10, Aug 11, Aug 12, Aug 13, Aug 14, Aug 15, Aug 16, Aug 30. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock — prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

August 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1H:10.9L:0.2H:10.2L:0.9
2H:10.8L:0.2H:10.5L:0.8
3H:10.7L:0.3H:10.7L:0.7
4H:10.4L:0.4H:10.8L:0.6
5🌗H:10.1L:0.6H:10.9L:0.5
6🌗H:9.8L:0.9H:10.9L:0.5
7🌗H:9.5L:1.1H:11.0
8L:0.4H:9.4L:1.2H:11.1
9L:0.2H:9.5L:1.0H:11.4
10L:-0.2H:9.8L:0.7H:11.7
11L:-0.6H:10.3L:0.3H:12.1
12🌑L:-0.9H:10.8L:-0.0H:12.2
13🌑L:-1.1H:11.1L:-0.3
14🌑H:12.2L:-1.0H:11.3L:-0.3
15🌑H:11.9L:-0.8H:11.3L:-0.2
16H:11.5L:-0.3H:11.2L:0.0
17H:10.8L:0.2H:10.9L:0.4
18H:10.2L:0.8H:10.5L:0.8
19🌓H:9.5L:1.4H:10.2L:1.1
20🌓H:9.0L:1.9H:9.8L:1.4
21🌓H:8.6L:2.2H:9.6
22🌓L:1.5H:8.4L:2.3H:9.6
23L:1.4H:8.5L:2.2H:9.8
24L:1.2H:8.7L:1.9H:10.0
25L:0.9H:9.1L:1.6H:10.4
26L:0.6H:9.5L:1.3H:10.7
27🌕L:0.4H:9.9L:1.0H:10.9
28🌕L:0.1H:10.3L:0.7H:11.0
29🌕L:0.0H:10.6L:0.4
30H:11.1L:-0.0H:10.9L:0.2
31H:11.0L:0.0H:11.2L:0.0

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Southwest Harbor — peak feeding activity is around the moon overhead/underfoot (majors) and moonrise/moonset (minors). Score is the day's activity coefficient (0–100).

DayMajor windowsMinor windowsScore
Today 🌗4:43–6:43 AM
5:08–7:08 PM
9:52–11:52 PM
12:19–2:19 PM
34
Thu Aug 6 🌗5:39–7:39 AM
6:04–8:04 PM
10:30–12:30 AM
1:40–3:40 PM
40
Fri Aug 7 🌗6:39–8:39 AM
7:04–9:04 PM

2:58–4:58 PM
53
Sat Aug 8 🌘7:42–9:42 AM
8:07–10:07 PM
11:19–1:19 AM
4:09–6:09 PM
66
Sun Aug 9 🌘8:47–10:47 AM
9:12–11:12 PM
12:21–2:21 AM
5:07–7:07 PM
76
Mon Aug 10 🌘9:50–11:50 AM
10:15–12:15 AM
1:34–3:34 AM
5:53–7:53 PM
85
Tue Aug 11 🌘10:49–12:49 PM
11:14–1:14 AM
2:54–4:54 AM
6:28–8:28 PM
92

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8413564. 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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