FishTideTimes

Brandywine Shoal Light, DE tides & fishing times

NOAA station 8555889 · 38.987°, -75.113° · times in local time (New York)

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Observed water level

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Live gauge reading (preliminary data)

Sun

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Moon & bite outlook

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Tide chart

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Predictions: NOAA CO-OPS, datum MLLW, feet.

7-day fishing planner

Each day’s tides, light and solunar windows. Stars are a simple outlook from moon phase and how well the windows line up with dawn and dusk — a planning aid, not a promise of fish. How we calculate this.

DayTidesSunMajor windowsMinor windowsMoonOutlook
Sat, Oct 17, 2026H 1:49 AM 4.0 ft
L 7:41 AM 1.2 ft
H 2:10 PM 5.1 ft
L 8:44 PM 1.3 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Sun, Oct 18, 2026H 2:43 AM 4.0 ft
L 8:36 AM 1.3 ft
H 3:05 PM 5.0 ft
L 9:38 PM 1.3 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Mon, Oct 19, 2026H 3:41 AM 4.0 ft
L 9:34 AM 1.3 ft
H 4:02 PM 4.9 ft
L 10:31 PM 1.2 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Tue, Oct 20, 2026H 4:39 AM 4.2 ft
L 10:33 AM 1.2 ft
H 4:58 PM 5.0 ft
L 11:20 PM 1.0 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Wed, Oct 21, 2026H 5:33 AM 4.4 ft
L 11:29 AM 1.1 ft
H 5:51 PM 5.0 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Thu, Oct 22, 2026L 12:05 AM 0.8 ft
H 6:21 AM 4.8 ft
L 12:23 PM 0.8 ft
H 6:39 PM 5.1 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Fri, Oct 23, 2026L 12:48 AM 0.6 ft
H 7:06 AM 5.2 ft
L 1:13 PM 0.5 ft
H 7:25 PM 5.2 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.

Slack water & tidal currents

Nearest NOAA current prediction station: Brandywine Shoal Light, 0.5 nm west of (DEB2105, 1.2 km away). Slack water is when the current turns and is weakest; it often lags the high or low tide by minutes to hours, so check the current station rather than the tide.

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King tides in the next 12 months

Highest predicted high tides at this station (MHHW here is 5.5 ft). Storms and onshore wind can add to these.

  1. Wed, Oct 28, 2026 · 10:49 AM6.4 ft+0.9 ft vs. MHHW
  2. Wed, Nov 25, 2026 · 8:43 AM6.3 ft+0.8 ft vs. MHHW
  3. Thu, Dec 24, 2026 · 8:31 AM6.2 ft+0.7 ft vs. MHHW
  4. Sat, Jun 5, 2027 · 10:12 PM6.3 ft+0.8 ft vs. MHHW
  5. Sun, Jul 4, 2027 · 9:58 PM6.5 ft+1.0 ft vs. MHHW
  6. Mon, Aug 2, 2027 · 9:43 PM6.5 ft+1.0 ft vs. MHHW
  7. Mon, Aug 30, 2027 · 8:33 PM6.3 ft+0.8 ft vs. MHHW
  8. Fri, Oct 1, 2027 · 10:17 AM6.4 ft+0.9 ft vs. MHHW

Lowest tides (minus tides)

Best low-water days for wading, clamming and finding structure. Values below 0 ft are below the chart datum.

  1. Wed, Nov 25, 2026 · 2:12 AM−0.4 ft
  2. Fri, Dec 25, 2026 · 2:50 AM−0.7 ft
  3. Tue, Jan 19, 2027 · 11:50 PM−0.4 ft
  4. Sat, Jan 23, 2027 · 2:43 AM−1.0 ft
  5. Tue, Jan 26, 2027 · 5:23 AM−0.6 ft
  6. Sun, Feb 21, 2027 · 2:32 AM−0.9 ft
  7. Wed, Feb 24, 2027 · 5:01 AM−0.5 ft
  8. Mon, Mar 22, 2027 · 3:20 AM−0.7 ft

About this station

Tidal datums

MHHW5.5 ft
MHW5.1 ft
MSL2.6 ft
MLW0.2 ft
MLLW0.0 ft

Heights above mean lower low water, tidal epoch 1983-2001. Mean range 4.9 ft.

Tide type

Semidiurnal (two roughly equal highs and lows a day)

Station type

Long-term water level gauge with live observations (NOAA National Water Level Observation Network).

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