Pilottown tide times
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The next 7 days
Pilottown at a glance
- Tides
- Once a day
- Typical range
- 0.8 fthigh to low
- Highest of 2027
- 1.6 ftSat, Jun 5
- Lowest of 2027
- -0.7 ftWed, Nov 17
- Record high
- 5.4 ftAug 29, 2012
The tide at Pilottown
- 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 11.62. - Typical range
- 0.8 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (0.25 m) - a smaller range than 91% of the 235 places on this site. The mean range, high to low, is 0.8 ft.
2027: the biggest and smallest tides
| Sat, Jun 5 | 10:20 am | 1.6 ft | |
| Sat, May 8 | 11:09 am | 1.6 ft | |
| Sat, Jul 3 | 9:35 am | 1.5 ft |
| Wed, Nov 17 | 11:19 am | -0.7 ft | in daylight |
| Sun, Nov 28 | 8:56 am | -0.7 ft | in daylight |
| Mon, Nov 1 | 11:47 am | -0.7 ft | in daylight |
191 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.
Records
- Highest water recorded
- 5.4 ft (1.65 m) on Aug 29, 2012 - 4.6 ft above the average higher high.
- Lowest water recorded
- -2.0 ft (-0.60 m) on Dec 14, 2012.
- Highest tide the moon and sun can raise
- 1.7 ft (0.52 m) - the highest astronomical tide in NOAA’s 19-year cycle, which fell on May 18, 2026.
Tide times nearby
- Southwest Pass, Mississippi River19 mi southwest
- Grand Isle42 mi west
- Shell Beach54 mi northwest
- Port Fourchon57 mi west
- New Orleans (Lake Pontchartrain)78 mi northwest
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. Louisiana, 29.179°N 89.259°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 8760721. 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.