Shell Beach tide times
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Shell Beach at a glance
- Tides
- Once a day
- Typical range
- 1.5 fthigh to low
- Highest of 2027
- 2.3 ftWed, Oct 20
- Lowest of 2027
- -0.9 ftThu, Jan 21
- Record high
- 10.8 ftAug 29, 2012
The tide at Shell Beach
- 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 6.61. - Typical range
- 1.5 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (0.45 m) - a smaller range than 75% of the 235 places on this site. The mean range, high to low, is 1.3 ft.
2027: the biggest and smallest tides
| Wed, Oct 20 | 5:16 am | 2.3 ft | |
| Wed, Nov 17 | 3:14 am | 2.2 ft | |
| Fri, Sep 24 | 8:36 am | 2.1 ft |
| Thu, Jan 21 | 11:56 am | -0.9 ft | in daylight |
| Wed, Feb 17 | 10:11 am | -0.8 ft | in daylight |
| Tue, Feb 2 | 10:31 am | -0.7 ft | in daylight |
180 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.
Records
- Highest water recorded
- 10.8 ft (3.30 m) on Aug 29, 2012 - 9.4 ft above the average higher high.
- Lowest water recorded
- -3.0 ft (-0.92 m) on Oct 29, 2020.
- 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 Oct 19, 2008.
Tide times nearby
- New Orleans (Lake Pontchartrain)29 mi northwest
- Bay St. Louis (Waveland)38 mi northeast
- Grand Isle45 mi south
- Pilottown54 mi southeast
- Port Fourchon61 mi southwest
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, 29.868°N 89.673°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 8761305. 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.