St. Petersburg Tides Today
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St. Petersburg runs a mean tidal range of about 1.6 ft. This month the highest water, 3.0 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 29, and the lowest, a -0.3 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 4:55 AM | 2.7 ft |
| Low tide | 1:50 PM | -0.0 ft |
Today on the water at St. Petersburg
Today at St. Petersburg: high tide at 4:55 AM (2.7 ft), low tide at 1:50 PM (-0.0 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is partly sunny then slight chance showers and thunderstorms with ENE winds 14 to 17 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. The water at the gauge reads 76°F. 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 | ENE 14 to 17 mph | 83°F |
| Tonight | Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | ENE 20 mph | 73°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where St. Petersburg is
St. Petersburg sits at 27.7606° N, 82.6269° W on Florida's Gulf coast, at St. Petersburg, FL, in Pinellas County. The station here is a NOAA gauge reporting live water levels. It has been in NOAA's records since 1946.
The tide at St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg 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 1.6 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 2.3 ft, and 1.6 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 0.4 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.
About this station
- High tide reaches St. Petersburg about 7.0 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- Highest water on record: 8.5 ft on Sep 27, 2024.
- Lowest on record: -3.8 ft on Sep 29, 2022.
- The National Weather Service counts 5.0 ft as minor flooding here, 7.3 ft as moderate and 8.3 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 St. Petersburg from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 2.3 ft above it and mean sea level 1.2 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 1.5 ft above MLLW here, so a water level on this page converts to NAVD88 by subtracting that amount. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8726520, established 1946. 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 St. Petersburg
- Gulfport: 5.2 mi, tides about 78 min earlier
- Tierra Verde: 7.5 mi, tides about 104 min earlier
- Old Port Tampa: 8.1 mi, tides about 35 min later
- Port Manatee: 9.3 mi, tides about 51 min earlier
- Cockroach Bay: 9.5 mi, tides about 6 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at St. Petersburg this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 13, Oct 14, 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 St. Petersburg this month: Oct 26, Oct 27, 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 St. Petersburg, 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 | — 12:24–2:24 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:10–8:10 AM 6:35–8:35 PM | 11:02–1:02 AM 1:12–3:12 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 7:06–9:06 AM 7:31–9:31 PM | 12:11–2:11 AM 1:53–3:53 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:57–9:57 AM 8:22–10:22 PM | 1:17–3:17 AM 2:29–4:29 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 | 3:21–5:21 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 8726520. 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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