Providence tide times
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Providence at a glance
- Tides
- Twice a day
- Typical range
- 4.8 fthigh to low
- Highest of 2027
- 6.0 ftThu, Sep 30
- Lowest of 2027
- -1.0 ftSat, Jan 23
- Record high
- 17.5 ftSep 21, 1938
- High water after the moon
- 7 h 43 min
The tide at Providence
- 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 0.5 ft apart. Form number 0.16. - Typical range
- 4.8 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (1.48 m) - a bigger range than 65% of the 235 places on this site.
- After the moon
- High water comes about 7 h 43 min after the moon is highest in the sky.
2027: the biggest and smallest tides
| Thu, Sep 30 | 8:36 am | 6.0 ft | |
| Thu, Sep 2 | 9:48 am | 6.0 ft | |
| Mon, Aug 2 | 8:54 pm | 6.0 ft |
| Sat, Jan 23 | 1:06 am | -1.0 ft | in the dark |
| Sun, Feb 21 | 12:54 am | -0.9 ft | in the dark |
| Wed, Dec 15 | 1:42 am | -0.6 ft | in the dark |
| Mon, Feb 22 | 2:06 pm | -0.7 ft | |
| Sun, Jan 24 | 2:36 pm | -0.7 ft | |
| Mon, Mar 22 | 1:54 pm | -0.5 ft |
173 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.
Records
- Highest water recorded
- 17.5 ft (5.34 m) on Sep 21, 1938 - 12.7 ft above the average higher high.
- Lowest water recorded
- -3.6 ft (-1.09 m) on Jan 5, 1959.
- Highest tide the moon and sun can raise
- 6.3 ft (1.91 m) - the highest astronomical tide in NOAA’s 19-year cycle, which falls on Oct 9, 2033.
Tide times nearby
- Warwick (Conimicut Point)7 mi southeast
- Fall River14 mi southeast
- Newport21 mi south
- New Bedford28 mi southeast
- Boston42 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. Rhode Island, 41.807°N 71.401°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 8454000. 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.