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 |
|---|---|---|
| Low tide | 2:44 AM | -0.33 ft |
| High tide | 8:52 AM | 3.83 ft |
| Low tide | 3:45 PM | -0.18 ft |
| High tide | 9:20 PM | 3.18 ft |
| Day | High tides | Low tides |
|---|---|---|
| Today Tue, Oct 27 | 8:52 AM 3.8 ft9:20 PM 3.2 ft | 2:44 AM -0.3 ft3:45 PM -0.2 ft |
| Tomorrow Wed, Oct 28 | 9:41 AM 3.8 ft10:12 PM 3.1 ft | 3:29 AM -0.3 ft4:32 PM -0.1 ft |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 10:34 AM 3.7 ft11:07 PM 3.0 ft | 4:16 AM -0.2 ft5:21 PM 0.1 ft |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 11:32 AM 3.5 ft | 5:06 AM -0.1 ft6:18 PM 0.3 ft |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 12:07 AM 2.9 ft12:34 PM 3.3 ft | 6:00 AM 0.2 ft7:50 PM 0.4 ft |
| Sun, Nov 1 | 1:08 AM 2.9 ft12:37 PM 3.2 ft | 6:05 AM 0.4 ft8:37 PM 0.5 ft |
| Mon, Nov 2 | 1:10 AM 2.9 ft1:39 PM 3.0 ft | 7:49 AM 0.5 ft9:40 PM 0.4 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.
Gay Head is a subordinate station: NOAA computes its tides from Newport with fixed time and height corrections.
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On Tuesday, October 27, high tide at Gay Head is at 8:52 AM (3.8 ft) and 9:20 PM (3.2 ft); low tide is at 2:44 AM (-0.3 ft) and 3:45 PM (-0.2 ft) (EDT, heights above MLLW). The table above lists the next 7 days.
The highest predicted tide in the next 12 months is 4.1 ft on September 30, 2027 at 8:16 AM. The largest tides fall a day or two after a full or new moon, especially when the Moon is closest to Earth.
Yes — on 127 days in the next 12 months the low tide drops below 0 ft (MLLW). The lowest is -0.7 ft on January 23, 2027 at 1:59 AM. Minus tides expose the most shoreline, which is why tide-poolers look for them.
Station local time (EDT 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. Gay Head is a subordinate station: NOAA derives its times and heights from the reference station Newport with fixed corrections. The curve between highs and lows is our interpolation. This page is not for navigation.