Jacksonville (Dames Point) tide times · NOAA station Dames Point
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Jacksonville (Dames Point) at a glance
- Tides
- Twice a day
- Typical range
- 3.7 fthigh to low
- Highest of 2027
- 4.9 ftFri, Oct 29
- Lowest of 2027
- -1.2 ftSun, Feb 21
- Record high
- 7.3 ftSep 11, 2017
- High water after the moon
- 9 h 05 min
The tide at Jacksonville (Dames Point)
- 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 0.3 ft apart. Form number 0.17. - Typical range
- 3.7 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (1.11 m) - a bigger range than 56% of the 235 places on this site.
- After the moon
- High water comes about 9 h 05 min after the moon is highest in the sky.
2027: the biggest and smallest tides
| Fri, Oct 29 | 9:48 am | 4.9 ft | |
| Fri, Oct 1 | 10:58 am | 4.9 ft | |
| Fri, Nov 26 | 7:44 am | 4.6 ft |
| Sun, Feb 21 | 3:11 am | -1.2 ft | in the dark |
| Sat, Jan 23 | 3:24 am | -1.1 ft | in the dark |
| Mon, Mar 22 | 3:56 am | -0.9 ft | in the dark |
| Sun, Feb 21 | 3:42 pm | -1.1 ft | |
| Sat, Jan 23 | 4:09 pm | -1.0 ft | |
| Sun, Jul 4 | 4:04 pm | -0.9 ft |
402 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.
Records
- Highest water recorded
- 7.3 ft (2.23 m) on Sep 11, 2017 - 3.7 ft above the average higher high.
- Lowest water recorded
- -1.8 ft (-0.55 m) on Feb 8, 2020.
- Highest tide the moon and sun can raise
- 5.1 ft (1.55 m) - the highest astronomical tide in NOAA’s 19-year cycle, which fell on Oct 28, 2015.
Tide times nearby
- Jacksonville (Downtown)8 mi southwest
- Mayport, Jacksonville8 mi east
- Jacksonville (Buckman Bridge)16 mi southwest
- Fernandina Beach20 mi north
- St. Marys (Kings Bay)27 mi north
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. Florida, 30.387°N 81.558°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 8720219. 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.