Weeks Bay Tides Today
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Weeks Bay runs a mean tidal range of about 1.2 ft. This month the highest water, 1.7 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 3, and the lowest, a -0.9 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Oct 28.
| High tide | 2:30 AM | 1.5 ft |
| Low tide | 5:24 PM | -0.6 ft |
Today on the water at Weeks Bay
Today at Weeks Bay: high tide at 2:30 AM (1.5 ft), low tide at 5:24 PM (-0.6 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is slight chance showers and thunderstorms then chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 5 to 10 mph, 82°F. Sunrise is at 7:19 AM and sunset at 6:22 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Mostly Cloudy | E 5 mph | 66°F |
| Saturday | Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 5 to 10 mph | 82°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Weeks Bay is
Weeks Bay sits at 29.8372° N, 91.8375° W on the northern Gulf of Mexico, about 6 mi southwest of Lydia, LA, in Iberia Parish. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 2001 until 2001, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Freshwater Canal Locks (NOAA 8766072), 34.3 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 190 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Acadiana Regional Airport, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 13.6 mi away.
The tide at Weeks Bay
Weeks 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 1.4 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.6 ft, and 1.3 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.1 ft and the lower low sits 0.2 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Northern Gulf tides are diurnal, one high and one low most days with ranges of 1 to 2 ft, so wind and river stage move the water as much as the moon.
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 Weeks Bay from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.6 ft above it and mean sea level 0.9 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Galveston Pleasure Pier, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8765148, established 2001, gauge removed 2001. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Weeks Bay
- Cote Blanche Island, West Cote Blanche Bay: 10.3 mi, tides about 15 min earlier
- Intracoastal City: 19.4 mi, tides about 35 min later
- Bayou Fearman, Vermillion Bay: 21.1 mi, tides at about the same time
- South Point, Marsh Island: 24.7 mi, tides about 212 min earlier
- Lighthouse Point: 25.0 mi, tides about 250 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Weeks Bay this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 27, Oct 29, Oct 30. 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 Weeks Bay this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 16, Oct 17 …. 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 Weeks 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 🌖 | 4:49–6:49 AM 5:14–7:14 PM | 10:35–12:35 AM 12:07–2:07 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:49–7:49 AM 6:14–8:14 PM | — 12:54–2:54 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:44–8:44 AM 7:09–9:09 PM | 11:46–1:46 AM 1:34–3:34 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:35–9:35 AM 8:00–10:00 PM | 12:53–2:53 AM 2:09–4:09 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:23–10:23 AM 8:48–10:48 PM | 1:58–3:58 AM 2:40–4:40 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:09–11:09 AM 9:34–11:34 PM | 3:00–5:00 AM 3:10–5:10 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:54–11:54 AM 10:19–12:19 AM | 4:00–6:00 AM 3:40–5:40 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8765148. 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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