Wickford Tides Today
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Wickford runs a mean tidal range of about 3.6 ft. This month the highest water, 4.8 ft, comes on the morning of Nov 25, and the lowest, a -0.5 ft minus tide, on the morning of Nov 26.
| High tide | 2:37 AM | 3.8 ft |
| Low tide | 9:03 AM | 0.5 ft |
| High tide | 3:04 PM | 3.7 ft |
| Low tide | 9:30 PM | 0.3 ft |
Today on the water at Wickford
Today at Wickford: high tide at 2:37 AM (3.8 ft) and 3:04 PM (3.7 ft), low tide at 9:03 AM (0.5 ft) and 9:30 PM (0.3 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Tuesday is mostly sunny with SW winds 9 mph, 69°F. Sunrise is at 6:19 AM and sunset at 4:39 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Partly Cloudy | SW 8 mph | 49°F |
| Tuesday | Mostly Sunny | SW 9 mph | 69°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Wickford is
Wickford sits at 41.5717° N, 71.4450° W on the southern New England coast, about 4 mi south of Warwick, RI. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1994 until 1994, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Newport (NOAA 8452660), 7.7 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 8 min later than there. The nearest weather station is N. Kingston / Quonset, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 2.4 mi away.
The tide at Wickford
Wickford has a semidiurnal tide: two highs and two lows a day of about the same size, roughly 12 hours 25 minutes apart. This month's predictions average 1.9 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 4.1 ft, and 3.7 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 0.1 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Tides along Narragansett Bay, Buzzards Bay and the islands are semidiurnal but vary sharply over short distances, from 1 ft on Nantucket Sound to 4 ft in Narragansett Bay.
About this station
- High tide reaches Wickford about 0.3 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with 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 Wickford from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 4.1 ft above it and mean sea level 1.8 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Providence, RI gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8454538, established 1994, gauge removed 1994. 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 Wickford
- Quonset Point: 2.0 mi, tides about 4 min earlier
- Conanicut Point: 3.8 mi, tides about 7 min earlier
- West Jamestown, Dutch Island Harbor: 6.0 mi, tides about 7 min earlier
- Prudence Island, (south end): 6.4 mi, tides about 5 min earlier
- East Greenwich: 6.4 mi, tides about 7 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Wickford this month: Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 22, Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27. 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 Wickford this month: Nov 21, 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 Wickford, 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 🌗 | 6:11–8:11 AM 6:36–8:36 PM | 11:11–1:11 AM 12:57–2:57 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 6:59–8:59 AM 7:24–9:24 PM | 12:25–2:25 AM 1:20–3:20 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 7:45–9:45 AM 8:10–10:10 PM | 1:36–3:36 AM 1:42–3:42 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 8:30–10:30 AM 8:55–10:55 PM | 2:45–4:45 AM 2:04–4:04 PM | 83 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 9:15–11:15 AM 9:40–11:40 PM | 3:53–5:53 AM 2:28–4:28 PM | 91 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 10:01–12:01 PM 10:26–12:26 AM | 5:00–7:00 AM 2:54–4:54 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 10:49–12:49 PM 11:14–1:14 AM | 6:07–8:07 AM 3:25–5:25 PM | 99 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8454538. 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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