Duck tide times
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The next 7 days
Duck at a glance
- Tides
- Twice a day, unequal
- Typical range
- 3.7 fthigh to low
- Highest of 2027
- 4.7 ftFri, Oct 1
- Lowest of 2027
- -0.9 ftSat, Jan 23
- Record high
- 7.8 ftSep 18, 2003
- High water after the moon
- 7 h 21 min
The tide at Duck
- Pattern
- Mixed, mainly twice-daily
Two highs and two lows on most days, but unequal ones. On average the higher high stands 0.6 ft above the lower high, and the lower low sits 0.3 ft below the higher low. Form number 0.25. - Typical range
- 3.7 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (1.12 m) - a bigger range than 57% of the 235 places on this site. The mean range, high to low, is 3.2 ft.
- After the moon
- High water comes about 7 h 21 min after the moon is highest in the sky.
2027: the biggest and smallest tides
| Fri, Oct 1 | 8:51 am | 4.7 ft | |
| Fri, Oct 29 | 7:45 am | 4.6 ft | |
| Fri, Sep 3 | 10:05 am | 4.5 ft |
| Sat, Jan 23 | 1:19 am | -0.9 ft | in the dark |
| Sun, Feb 21 | 1:11 am | -0.9 ft | in the dark |
| Mon, Mar 22 | 2:01 am | -0.6 ft | in the dark |
| Sat, Jan 23 | 2:08 pm | -0.9 ft | |
| Sun, Feb 21 | 1:43 pm | -0.8 ft | |
| Mon, Mar 22 | 2:15 pm | -0.6 ft |
226 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.
Records
- Highest water recorded
- 7.8 ft (2.38 m) on Sep 18, 2003 - 4.1 ft above the average higher high.
- Lowest water recorded
- -2.7 ft (-0.81 m) on Mar 16, 1980.
- Highest tide the moon and sun can raise
- 5.0 ft (1.52 m) - the highest astronomical tide in NOAA’s 19-year cycle, which falls on Oct 9, 2029.
Tide times nearby
- Oregon Inlet (Nags Head)29 mi southeast
- Chesapeake (Money Point)51 mi northwest
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel62 mi north
- Norfolk (Sewells Point)62 mi northwest
- Hatteras67 mi south
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. North Carolina, 36.183°N 75.747°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 8651370. 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.