North Padre Island (Packery Channel) tide times · NOAA station Packery Channel
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North Padre Island (Packery Channel) at a glance
- Tides
- Once a day
- Typical range
- 0.4 fthigh to low
- Highest of 2027
- 1.1 ftThu, Oct 21
- Lowest of 2027
- -0.6 ftThu, Jan 21
- Record high
- 5.1 ftAug 26, 2017
The tide at North Padre Island (Packery Channel)
- 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 10.57. - Typical range
- 0.4 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (0.13 m) - a smaller range than 98% of the 235 places on this site. The mean range, high to low, is 0.4 ft.
2027: the biggest and smallest tides
| Thu, Oct 21 | 7:10 am | 1.1 ft | |
| Tue, Oct 5 | 6:58 am | 1.0 ft | |
| Sun, Oct 31 | 4:20 am | 1.0 ft |
| Thu, Jan 21 | 1:27 pm | -0.6 ft | in daylight |
| Fri, Jan 8 | 2:52 pm | -0.5 ft | in daylight |
| Thu, Feb 4 | 1:31 pm | -0.4 ft | in daylight |
183 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.
Records
- Highest water recorded
- 5.1 ft (1.55 m) on Aug 26, 2017 - 4.7 ft above the average higher high.
- Lowest water recorded
- -1.3 ft (-0.39 m) on Dec 28, 1989.
- Highest tide the moon and sun can raise
- 1.1 ft (0.34 m) - the highest astronomical tide in NOAA’s 19-year cycle, which fell on Oct 12, 2025.
Tide times nearby
- Padre Island (Bob Hall Pier)4 mi south
- Ingleside13 mi north
- Corpus Christi (USS Lexington)16 mi northwest
- Ingleside (La Quinta Channel)17 mi north
- Port Aransas17 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. Texas, 27.633°N 97.237°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 8775792. 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.