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 | 2:12 AM | -0.03 ft |
| High tide | 8:35 AM | 4.77 ft |
| Low tide | 3:05 PM | 0.14 ft |
| High tide | 8:57 PM | 3.60 ft |
| Day | High tides | Low tides |
|---|---|---|
| Today Tue, Oct 27 | 8:35 AM 4.8 ft8:57 PM 3.6 ft | 2:12 AM -0.0 ft3:05 PM 0.1 ft |
| Tomorrow Wed, Oct 28 | 9:24 AM 4.8 ft9:48 PM 3.5 ft | 2:57 AM 0.0 ft3:56 PM 0.3 ft |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 10:16 AM 4.6 ft10:43 PM 3.4 ft | 3:47 AM 0.1 ft4:53 PM 0.4 ft |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 11:13 AM 4.5 ft11:41 PM 3.3 ft | 4:44 AM 0.4 ft5:54 PM 0.6 ft |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 12:11 PM 4.2 ft | 5:47 AM 0.6 ft6:57 PM 0.7 ft |
| Sun, Nov 1 | 12:44 AM 3.2 ft12:14 PM 4.0 ft | 5:54 AM 0.8 ft7:03 PM 0.8 ft |
| Mon, Nov 2 | 12:58 AM 3.3 ft1:27 PM 3.8 ft | 7:08 AM 1.0 ft8:07 PM 0.7 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.
Kitty Hawk (ocean) is a subordinate station: NOAA computes its tides from Duck Pier with fixed time and height corrections.
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On Tuesday, October 27, high tide at Kitty Hawk (ocean) is at 8:35 AM (4.8 ft) and 8:57 PM (3.6 ft); low tide is at 2:12 AM (-0.0 ft) and 3:05 PM (0.1 ft) (EDT, heights above MLLW). The table above lists the next 7 days.
The highest predicted tide in the next 12 months is 4.8 ft on October 1, 2027 at 8:50 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 141 days in the next 12 months the low tide drops below 0 ft (MLLW). The lowest is -1.4 ft on January 23, 2027 at 1:21 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. Kitty Hawk (ocean) is a subordinate station: NOAA derives its times and heights from the reference station Duck Pier with fixed corrections. The curve between highs and lows is our interpolation. This page is not for navigation.