Stony Creek Tides Today
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Stony Creek runs a mean tidal range of about 1.0 ft. This month the highest water, 1.7 ft, comes on the morning of Nov 1, and the lowest, a -0.2 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Nov 26.
| High tide | 1:20 AM | 1.5 ft |
| Low tide | 8:15 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 1:39 PM | 1.2 ft |
| Low tide | 8:06 PM | 0.3 ft |
Today on the water at Stony Creek
Today at Stony Creek: high tide at 1:20 AM (1.5 ft) and 1:39 PM (1.2 ft), low tide at 8:15 AM (0.4 ft) and 8:06 PM (0.3 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Tuesday is patchy fog then partly sunny with S winds 1 to 8 mph, 69°F. Sunrise is at 6:35 AM and sunset at 5:04 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Patchy Fog | SW 1 mph | 49°F |
| Tuesday | Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny | S 1 to 8 mph | 69°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Stony Creek is
Stony Creek sits at 39.1633° N, 76.5267° W on the Chesapeake Bay, at Riviera Beach, MD, in Anne Arundel County. The station here is a subordinate tide prediction point. NOAA has no gauge in the water at this spot; its times and heights are published as offsets from a reference gauge, named below. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Baltimore, Fort McHenry (NOAA 8574680), 7.7 mi away, and the tide here runs on nearly the same clock. The nearest weather station is Brewerton Channel Range Front Light (8574831), a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, 2.9 mi away.
The tide at Stony Creek
Stony Creek 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 2.0 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.6 ft, and 1.1 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.3 ft and the lower low sits 0.2 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Chesapeake tides are semidiurnal but small, 1 to 3 ft, and arrive many hours after the ocean tide as the wave works up the bay and its rivers.
About this station
- High tide reaches Stony Creek about 11.6 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- NOAA predicts tides here from Baltimore, Fort McHenry, station 8574680. High tide comes about 3 min later and low tide about 5 min earlier than there.
- High tide heights run about 0.95 times the reference.
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 Stony Creek from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.6 ft above it and mean sea level 0.8 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Baltimore, MD gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8574931, established 1976, gauge removed 1976. The tide times and heights are published as time and height offsets from its reference gauge; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Stony Creek
- Hawkins Point: 3.1 mi, tides about 4 min later
- North Point: 4.9 mi, tides about 9 min later
- Cornfield Creek, Magothy River: 6.2 mi, tides about 32 min earlier
- Baltimore, Fort McHenry: 7.7 mi, tides at about the same time
- Mountain Point, Magothy River: 8.6 mi, tides about 3 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Stony Creek this month: Nov 1, Nov 2, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26 …. 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 Stony Creek this month: Nov 22, Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28, Nov 29. 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 Stony Creek, 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 🌗 | 6:32–8:32 AM 6:57–8:57 PM | 11:36–1:36 AM 1:15–3:15 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 7:20–9:20 AM 7:45–9:45 PM | 12:48–2:48 AM 1:40–3:40 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 8:06–10:06 AM 8:31–10:31 PM | 1:57–3:57 AM 2:04–4:04 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 8:51–10:51 AM 9:16–11:16 PM | 3:04–5:04 AM 2:28–4:28 PM | 83 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 9:36–11:36 AM 10:01–12:01 AM | 4:10–6:10 AM 2:53–4:53 PM | 91 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 10:22–12:22 PM 10:47–12:47 AM | 5:16–7:16 AM 3:21–5:21 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 11:10–1:10 PM 11:35–1:35 AM | 6:20–8:20 AM 3:54–5:54 PM | 99 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8574931. 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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