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Townsend Sound Tide Times

New Jersey · Station 8535309 · Updated Aug 5, 2026

Townsend Sound runs a mean tidal range of about 3.6 ft. This month the highest water, 4.9 ft, comes on the evening of Aug 12, and the lowest, a -0.2 ft minus tide, on the morning of Aug 13.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Cape May, ferry terminal (8536110), about 17 mi away — high and low tides here run on average about 19 min later.

Predictedno live gauge

Next low tide 0.5 ft at 9:04 PM

Predicted

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder Flood tide ≥ ft Low tide ≤ ft

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Townsend Sound this month: Aug 9, Aug 10, Aug 11, Aug 12, Aug 13, Aug 14. 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 Townsend Sound this month: Aug 11, Aug 12, Aug 13, Aug 14, Aug 15. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock — prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

August 2026

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1L:0.1H:3.6L:0.3H:4.1

2L:0.2H:3.7L:0.3H:4.0

3L:0.2H:3.8L:0.4

4H:3.8L:0.2H:3.9L:0.4

5🌗H:3.5L:0.2H:4.0L:0.5

6🌗H:3.3L:0.3H:4.1L:0.5

7🌗H:3.1L:0.3H:4.2L:0.4

8H:3.1L:0.3H:4.4

9L:0.3H:3.2L:0.2H:4.6

10L:0.2H:3.4L:0.1H:4.8

11L:0.0H:3.7L:-0.0H:4.9

12🌑L:-0.1H:3.9L:-0.1H:4.9

13🌑L:-0.2H:4.1L:-0.1H:4.8

14🌑L:-0.2H:4.2L:-0.1H:4.6

15🌑L:-0.1H:4.3L:0.1H:4.3

16L:0.0H:4.2L:0.2

17H:4.0L:0.2H:4.1L:0.4

18H:3.6L:0.3H:4.0L:0.5

19🌓H:3.3L:0.5H:3.8L:0.7

20🌓H:3.0L:0.6H:3.7L:0.8

21🌓H:2.8L:0.7H:3.7L:0.8

22🌓H:2.8L:0.7H:3.8

23L:0.7H:2.8L:0.7H:3.9

24L:0.6H:3.0L:0.6H:4.1

25L:0.5H:3.2L:0.5H:4.2

26L:0.4H:3.4L:0.4H:4.3

27🌕L:0.3H:3.6L:0.3H:4.4

28🌕L:0.2H:3.8L:0.2H:4.4

29🌕L:0.1H:4.0L:0.2H:4.3

30L:0.1H:4.2L:0.2H:4.2

31L:0.1H:4.3L:0.3H:4.0

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Townsend Sound — 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	10:34–12:34 AM 12:32–2:32 PM	34
Thu Aug 6 🌗	6:05–8:05 AM 6:30–8:30 PM	— 1:48–3:48 PM	40
Fri Aug 7 🌗	7:05–9:05 AM 7:30–9:30 PM	11:16–1:16 AM 3:03–5:03 PM	53
Sat Aug 8 🌘	8:09–10:09 AM 8:34–10:34 PM	12:08–2:08 AM 4:12–6:12 PM	66
Sun Aug 9 🌘	9:14–11:14 AM 9:39–11:39 PM	1:11–3:11 AM 5:12–7:12 PM	76
Mon Aug 10 🌘	10:17–12:17 PM 10:42–12:42 AM	2:23–4:23 AM 6:01–8:01 PM	85
Tue Aug 11 🌘	11:16–1:16 PM 11:41–1:41 AM	3:39–5:39 AM 6:40–8:40 PM	92

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8535309. 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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