Heights in feet above Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW). Dots are NOAA's predicted highs and lows; the line between them is our interpolation. Shaded: night.
| Tide | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|
| High tide | 2:18 AM | 5.97 ft |
| Low tide | 7:46 AM | 2.20 ft |
| High tide | 1:36 PM | 7.68 ft |
| Low tide | 8:43 PM | -1.29 ft |
| Day | High tides | Low tides |
|---|---|---|
| Today Tue, Oct 27 | 2:18 AM 6.0 ft1:36 PM 7.7 ft | 7:46 AM 2.2 ft8:43 PM -1.3 ft |
| Tomorrow Wed, Oct 28 | 3:09 AM 5.8 ft2:16 PM 7.7 ft | 8:27 AM 2.5 ft9:30 PM -1.3 ft |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 4:04 AM 5.7 ft3:01 PM 7.5 ft | 9:12 AM 2.9 ft10:21 PM -1.1 ft |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:02 AM 5.5 ft3:53 PM 7.1 ft | 10:05 AM 3.1 ft11:18 PM -0.7 ft |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 6:06 AM 5.4 ft4:55 PM 6.6 ft | 11:10 AM 3.4 ft |
| Sun, Nov 1 | 6:14 AM 5.4 ft5:09 PM 6.1 ft | 12:22 AM -0.2 ft11:33 AM 3.4 ft |
| Mon, Nov 2 | 7:20 AM 5.6 ft6:33 PM 5.7 ft | 12:29 AM 0.2 ft1:04 PM 3.1 ft |
Orange: measured by NOAA's sensor, last 24 hours (6-minute data, preliminary). Dashed: predicted tide, through the next 24 hours. The prediction contains only the astronomical tide; wind, air pressure and river flow move the real water level away from it.
Empire is a subordinate station: NOAA computes its tides from Charleston with fixed time and height corrections.
On Tuesday, October 27, high tide at Empire is at 2:18 AM (6.0 ft) and 1:36 PM (7.7 ft); low tide is at 7:46 AM (2.2 ft) and 8:43 PM (-1.3 ft) (PDT, heights above MLLW). The table above lists the next 7 days.
The highest predicted tide in the next 12 months is 8.3 ft on December 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM. The largest tides fall a day or two after a full or new moon, especially when the Moon is closest to Earth.
Yes — on 170 days in the next 12 months the low tide drops below 0 ft (MLLW). The lowest is -2.2 ft on July 5, 2027 at 8:43 AM. Minus tides expose the most shoreline, which is why tide-poolers look for them.
Station local time (PDT at the time this page was built), with daylight saving time applied where the area observes it — the same convention as NOAA's own tide tables.
From NOAA CO-OPS, the U.S. government tide station network (tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov); the predictions are public domain. Empire is a subordinate station: NOAA derives its times and heights from the reference station Charleston with fixed corrections. The curve between highs and lows is our interpolation. This page is not for navigation.