Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay Tides Today
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Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay runs a mean tidal range of about 2.0 ft. This month the highest water, 3.6 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 29, and the lowest, a -0.2 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 4:39 AM | 3.3 ft |
| Low tide | 1:56 PM | 0.1 ft |
Today on the water at Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay
Today at Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay: high tide at 4:39 AM (3.3 ft), low tide at 1:56 PM (0.1 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is partly sunny then slight chance showers and thunderstorms with ENE winds 12 to 15 mph, 86°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 7:39 AM and sunset at 6:47 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | ENE 12 to 15 mph | 86°F |
| Tonight | Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy | ENE 15 mph | 73°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay is
Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay sits at 27.9183° N, 82.4450° W on Florida's Gulf coast, at Tampa, FL. 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 East Bay, Tampa Bay (NOAA 8726674), 1.5 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 8 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Sparkman Channel Entrance, FL, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, 0.2 mi away.
The tide at Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay
Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay 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 1.8 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 2.7 ft, and 2.0 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 Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay 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.
- NOAA predicts tides here from East Bay, Tampa Bay, station 8726674. High tide comes about 4 min earlier and low tide about 11 min earlier than there.
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 Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 2.7 ft above it and mean sea level 1.4 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 1.6 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 8726668, established 1976, gauge removed 1979. 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 Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay
- Davis Island, Hillsborough Bay: 0.8 mi, tides about 17 min later
- East Bay, Tampa Bay: 1.5 mi, tides about 8 min later
- Twenty-Second Street Causeway: 1.6 mi, tides about 4 min later
- Ballast Point: 2.9 mi, tides about 9 min later
- West Tampa, Hillsborough River: 3.2 mi, tides about 30 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, 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 Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay this month: Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30. 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 Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough 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 🌖 | 5:09–7:09 AM 5:34–7:34 PM | — 12:24–2:24 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:09–8:09 AM 6:34–8:34 PM | 11:00–1:00 AM 1:11–3:11 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 7:05–9:05 AM 7:30–9:30 PM | 12:10–2:10 AM 1:53–3:53 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:56–9:56 AM 8:21–10:21 PM | 1:16–3:16 AM 2:29–4:29 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:44–10:44 AM 9:09–11:09 PM | 2:20–4:20 AM 3:01–5:01 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:30–11:30 AM 9:55–11:55 PM | 3:21–5:21 AM 3:33–5:33 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:15–12:15 PM 10:40–12:40 AM | 4:20–6:20 AM 4:04–6:04 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8726668. 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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