Mobile (State Docks) tide times · NOAA station Mobile State Docks
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Mobile (State Docks) at a glance
- Tides
- Once a day
- Typical range
- 1.6 fthigh to low
- Highest of 2027
- 2.3 ftSun, Jun 6
- Lowest of 2027
- -1.2 ftThu, Jan 21
- Record high
- 6.7 ftOct 8, 2017
The tide at Mobile (State Docks)
- Pattern
- Once-daily
Usually just one high tide and one low tide a day, about 24 h 50 min apart - the pattern of most of the Gulf of Mexico. Form number 7.49. - Typical range
- 1.6 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (0.50 m) - a smaller range than 70% of the 235 places on this site. The mean range, high to low, is 1.5 ft.
2027: the biggest and smallest tides
| Sun, Jun 6 | 1:47 pm | 2.3 ft | |
| Sun, Jul 4 | 12:56 pm | 2.3 ft | |
| Sat, Jul 31 | 10:50 am | 2.3 ft |
| Thu, Jan 21 | 9:53 am | -1.2 ft | in daylight |
| Tue, Dec 14 | 11:03 am | -1.0 ft | in daylight |
| Wed, Feb 17 | 8:06 am | -0.9 ft | in daylight |
156 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.
Records
- Highest water recorded
- 6.7 ft (2.05 m) on Oct 8, 2017 - 5.1 ft above the average higher high.
- Lowest water recorded
- -2.8 ft (-0.87 m) on Jan 20, 1985.
- Highest tide the moon and sun can raise
- 2.4 ft (0.72 m) - the highest astronomical tide in NOAA’s 19-year cycle, which fell on Jun 23, 2005.
Tide times nearby
- Mobile (Coast Guard)4 mi south
- Chickasaw6 mi north
- Mobile (Dog River)10 mi south
- Fowl River (east bridge)19 mi south
- Fowl River (west bridge)24 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. Alabama, 30.705°N 88.040°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 8737048. 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.