Port Aransas tide times
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Port Aransas at a glance
- Tides
- Mostly once a day
- Typical range
- 1.0 fthigh to low
- Highest of 2027
- 1.7 ftThu, Oct 21
- Lowest of 2027
- -1.0 ftThu, Jan 21
- Record high
- 6.2 ftAug 26, 2017
The tide at Port Aransas
- Pattern
- Mixed, mainly once-daily
Mostly one large high and one large low a day; on some days a small second high and low appear between them. Form number 2.92. - Typical range
- 1.0 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (0.32 m) - a smaller range than 87% of the 235 places on this site. The mean range, high to low, is 0.9 ft.
2027: the biggest and smallest tides
| Thu, Oct 21 | 1:42 am | 1.7 ft | |
| Fri, Sep 24 | 4:18 am | 1.7 ft | |
| Tue, Oct 5 | 12:42 am | 1.6 ft |
| Thu, Jan 21 | 7:48 am | -1.0 ft | in daylight |
| Wed, Feb 17 | 5:48 am | -0.7 ft | in the dark |
| Sat, Jul 3 | 9:18 pm | -0.7 ft | in the dark |
| Thu, Jan 21 | 7:48 am | -1.0 ft | |
| Sun, Dec 26 | 7:48 am | -0.7 ft | |
| Wed, Jan 6 | 7:54 am | -0.6 ft |
175 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.
Records
- Highest water recorded
- 6.2 ft (1.90 m) on Aug 26, 2017 - 5.2 ft above the average higher high.
- Lowest water recorded
- -1.3 ft (-0.41 m) on Jan 1, 2003.
- Highest tide the moon and sun can raise
- 1.8 ft (0.55 m) - the highest astronomical tide in NOAA’s 19-year cycle, which fell on Oct 12, 2025.
Tide times nearby
- Ingleside8 mi west
- Ingleside (La Quinta Channel)13 mi west
- Rockport13 mi north
- North Padre Island (Packery Channel)17 mi southwest
- Corpus Christi (USS Lexington)19 mi west
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, 27.840°N 97.073°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 8775237. 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.