Delaware City tide times
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Delaware City at a glance
- Tides
- Twice a day
- Typical range
- 6.0 fthigh to low
- Highest of 2027
- 6.9 ftTue, Aug 3
- Lowest of 2027
- -0.8 ftSun, Jan 24
- Record high
- 9.7 ftOct 30, 2012
- High water after the moon
- 11 h 20 min
The tide at Delaware City
- Pattern
- Twice-daily
Two high tides and two low tides a day, about 12 h 25 min apart. The two highs are close: on average just 0.8 ft apart. Form number 0.21. - Typical range
- 6.0 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (1.83 m) - a bigger range than 74% of the 235 places on this site.
- After the moon
- High water comes about 11 h 20 min after the moon is highest in the sky.
2027: the biggest and smallest tides
| Tue, Aug 3 | 12:10 am | 6.9 ft | |
| Fri, Oct 1 | 12:45 pm | 6.9 ft | |
| Mon, Jul 5 | 12:24 am | 6.9 ft |
| Sun, Jan 24 | 6:51 am | -0.8 ft | in the dark |
| Mon, Feb 22 | 6:34 am | -0.8 ft | in the dark |
| Mon, Mar 22 | 6:26 am | -0.5 ft | in the dark |
| Mon, Jan 25 | 7:43 am | -0.7 ft | |
| Tue, Feb 23 | 7:23 am | -0.7 ft | |
| Tue, Mar 23 | 7:15 am | -0.4 ft |
164 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.
Records
- Highest water recorded
- 9.7 ft (2.97 m) on Oct 30, 2012 - 3.7 ft above the average higher high.
- Lowest water recorded
- -3.6 ft (-1.09 m) on Jan 7, 2018.
- Highest tide the moon and sun can raise
- 7.1 ft (2.17 m) - the highest astronomical tide in NOAA’s 19-year cycle, which falls on May 19, 2034.
Tide times nearby
- Chesapeake City12 mi west
- Marcus Hook19 mi northeast
- Ship John Shoal22 mi southeast
- Philadelphia34 mi northeast
- Philadelphia (Bridesburg)39 mi northeast
See the moon move the ocean - the same tide, on a globe seen from the moon.
Heights are above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero of US charts; times are local. The year’s tides are NOAA’s official predictions - wind and air pressure can move the real water a foot or more. Form number: (K1+O1)/(M2+S2) from NOAA’s harmonic constants - below 0.25 twice-daily, above 3 once-daily. Delaware, 39.582°N 75.589°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 8551762. Not for navigation or safety. For a boat, a crossing of sand that floods, or a swim, use the official tables and local advice. No ads, no tracking.