Tarpon Creek Tides Today
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Tarpon Creek runs a mean tidal range of about 0.4 ft. This month the highest water, 0.9 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 28, and the lowest, a -0.0 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 1:10 AM | 0.8 ft |
| Low tide | 9:08 AM | 0.1 ft |
| High tide | 3:17 PM | 0.5 ft |
| Low tide | 7:54 PM | 0.4 ft |
Today on the water at Tarpon Creek
Today at Tarpon Creek: high tide at 1:10 AM (0.8 ft) and 3:17 PM (0.5 ft), low tide at 9:08 AM (0.1 ft) and 7:54 PM (0.4 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 10 mph, 84°F. In effect now: Coastal Flood Advisory. Sunrise is at 7:31 AM and sunset at 6:47 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 10 mph | 84°F |
| Tonight | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 10 to 15 mph | 78°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Tarpon Creek is
Tarpon Creek sits at 24.6300° N, 81.5167° W on the Florida Keys, where the Atlantic meets Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, about 1 mi south of Cudjoe Key, FL, in Mainland Monroe 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 Key West (NOAA 8724580), 19.0 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 6 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Key West Naval Air Station, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 11.0 mi away.
The tide at Tarpon Creek
Tarpon 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 1.9 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 0.6 ft, and 0.5 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. For the water around it: The Keys sit on a tidal seam: the ocean side has two semidiurnal highs a day near 2 ft, while the bay side is smaller and more diurnal, so tides on opposite sides of one key can differ by hours.
About this station
- High tide reaches Tarpon Creek about 2.3 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 Key West, station 8724580. High tide comes about 29 min earlier and low tide about 17 min later than there.
- High tide heights run about 0.35 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 Tarpon Creek from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 0.6 ft above it and mean sea level 0.3 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 1.0 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 Big Pine Key Viaduct, Fl gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8724334, established 1974, gauge removed 1974. 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 Tarpon Creek
- Sugarloaf Key, Pirates Cove: 1.6 mi, tides about 32 min later
- Park Channel Bridge: 2.3 mi, tides about 258 min earlier
- Sugarloaf Key, north end, Bow Channel: 5.0 mi, tides about 269 min later
- Saddlebunch Keys, Channel No. 5: 6.8 mi, tides about 74 min later
- Waltz Key, Waltz Key Basin: 8.7 mi, tides about 279 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Tarpon Creek this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 10, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, 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 Tarpon Creek this month: Oct 27, Oct 28. 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 Tarpon 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 🌖 | 5:05–7:05 AM 5:30–7:30 PM | — 12:12–2:12 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:06–8:06 AM 6:31–8:31 PM | 11:04–1:04 AM 1:01–3:01 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 7:01–9:01 AM 7:26–9:26 PM | 12:12–2:12 AM 1:44–3:44 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:53–9:53 AM 8:18–10:18 PM | 1:16–3:16 AM 2:22–4:22 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:41–10:41 AM 9:06–11:06 PM | 2:18–4:18 AM 2:57–4:57 PM | 60 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:26–11:26 AM 9:51–11:51 PM | 3:17–5:17 AM 3:30–5:30 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:11–12:11 PM 10:36–12:36 AM | 4:14–6:14 AM 4:03–6:03 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8724334. 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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