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Wilmington Beach Tide Times

North Carolina · Station 8658559 · Updated Sep 16, 2026

Wilmington Beach runs a mean tidal range of about 4.2 ft. This month the highest water, 5.8 ft, comes on the morning of Sep 29, and the lowest, a -0.2 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Sep 10.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Bald Head Island (hohonu_10057_bald_head_island), about 12 mi away — with nearly the same tide times.

Predictedno live gauge
Next low tide 0.6 ft at 5:16 AM
Low 0.6 ft · 5:16 AMHigh 4.9 ft · 11:59 AMLow 1.0 ft · 6:22 PMHigh 3.6 ft · 12:13 AM
Predicted
Today's tides
Low tide5:16 AM0.6 ft
High tide11:59 AM4.9 ft
Low tide6:22 PM1.0 ft

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Wilmington Beach this month: Sep 7, Sep 8, Sep 9, Sep 10, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 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 Wilmington Beach this month: Sep 9, Sep 10, Sep 11, Sep 12. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock, prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

September 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1L:0.1H:5.2L:0.4H:4.2
2L:0.1H:5.2L:0.6
3🌗H:4.0L:0.2H:5.2L:0.8
4🌗H:3.7L:0.3H:5.2L:0.8
5🌗H:3.6L:0.3H:5.2L:0.8
6🌗H:3.6L:0.3H:5.3L:0.7
7H:3.9L:0.2H:5.5L:0.5
8H:4.2L:0.0H:5.6
9L:0.2H:4.6L:-0.1H:5.6
10L:0.1H:4.9L:-0.2H:5.5
11🌑L:-0.0H:5.2L:-0.2H:5.3
12🌑L:-0.0H:5.3L:-0.0H:5.0
13🌑L:0.0H:5.4L:0.2H:4.7
14L:0.2H:5.3L:0.4H:4.3
15L:0.4H:5.1L:0.7H:3.9
16L:0.6H:4.9L:1.0
17H:3.6L:0.9H:4.6L:1.2
18🌓H:3.4L:1.0H:4.5L:1.4
19🌓H:3.2L:1.1H:4.4L:1.4
20🌓H:3.2L:1.2H:4.4L:1.3
21🌓H:3.4L:1.0H:4.5L:1.1
22H:3.7L:0.9H:4.7L:0.9
23H:4.0L:0.7H:4.9
24L:0.7H:4.4L:0.5H:5.0
25🌕L:0.5H:4.8L:0.3H:5.0
26🌕L:0.3H:5.2L:0.2H:5.0
27🌕L:0.1H:5.5L:0.1H:4.9
28🌕L:0.0H:5.7L:0.1H:4.7
29L:0.0H:5.8L:0.2H:4.5
30L:0.1H:5.8L:0.4H:4.2

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Wilmington Beach, peak feeding activity is around the moon overhead/underfoot (majors) and moonrise/moonset (minors). Score is the day's activity coefficient (0–100).

DayMajor windowsMinor windowsScore
Today 🌒4:28–6:28 PM
4:53–6:53 AM		11:32–1:32 PM
9:20–11:20 PM		69
Thu Sep 17 🌒5:18–7:18 PM
5:43–7:43 AM		12:29–2:29 PM
10:04–12:04 AM		56
Fri Sep 18 🌓6:08–8:08 PM
6:33–8:33 AM		1:23–3:23 PM
10:55–12:55 AM		43
Sat Sep 19 🌓6:59–8:59 PM
7:24–9:24 AM		2:11–4:11 PM
—		41
Sun Sep 20 🌓7:48–9:48 PM
8:13–10:13 AM		2:53–4:53 PM
11:50–1:50 AM		54
Mon Sep 21 🌓8:36–10:36 PM
9:01–11:01 AM		3:29–5:29 PM
12:48–2:48 AM		67
Tue Sep 22 🌔9:21–11:21 PM
9:46–11:46 AM		4:01–6:01 PM
1:48–3:48 AM		77

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8658559. 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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