FishTideTimes

Nantucket, MA tides & fishing times

NOAA station 8449130 · 41.285°, -70.097° · 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

Major window (moon overhead/underfoot)Minor window (moonrise/moonset)Night

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 5:45 AM 2.6 ft
L 11:07 AM 1.0 ft
H 5:40 PM 3.3 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Sun, Oct 18, 2026L 12:02 AM 0.5 ft
H 6:35 AM 2.6 ft
L 12:00 PM 1.1 ft
H 6:33 PM 3.3 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Mon, Oct 19, 2026L 12:53 AM 0.6 ft
H 7:27 AM 2.6 ft
L 12:53 PM 1.1 ft
H 7:26 PM 3.2 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Tue, Oct 20, 2026L 1:42 AM 0.6 ft
H 8:17 AM 2.7 ft
L 1:49 PM 1.0 ft
H 8:20 PM 3.2 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Wed, Oct 21, 2026L 2:31 AM 0.6 ft
H 9:05 AM 2.9 ft
L 2:45 PM 0.9 ft
H 9:13 PM 3.1 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Thu, Oct 22, 2026L 3:16 AM 0.6 ft
H 9:49 AM 3.1 ft
L 3:37 PM 0.7 ft
H 10:03 PM 3.1 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Fri, Oct 23, 2026L 3:57 AM 0.5 ft
H 10:30 AM 3.3 ft
L 4:26 PM 0.4 ft
H 10:52 PM 3.1 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.

Slack water & tidal currents

Nearest NOAA current prediction station: Nantucket Harbor entrance channel (ACT1686, 2.4 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 3.6 ft). Storms and onshore wind can add to these.

  1. Thu, Oct 29, 2026 · 3:06 PM4.2 ft+0.7 ft vs. MHHW
  2. Thu, Nov 26, 2026 · 12:56 PM4.4 ft+0.8 ft vs. MHHW
  3. Thu, Dec 24, 2026 · 11:46 AM4.3 ft+0.8 ft vs. MHHW
  4. Fri, Jan 22, 2027 · 11:34 AM4.2 ft+0.6 ft vs. MHHW
  5. Mon, Jun 7, 2027 · 2:26 AM4.2 ft+0.6 ft vs. MHHW
  6. Mon, Jul 5, 2027 · 1:16 AM4.3 ft+0.8 ft vs. MHHW
  7. Mon, Aug 2, 2027 · 12:02 AM4.3 ft+0.8 ft vs. MHHW
  8. Sun, Aug 29, 2027 · 10:49 PM4.2 ft+0.6 ft vs. MHHW

NOAA flood thresholds at this gauge (above MLLW): minor 5.4 ft, moderate 6.3 ft, major 7.6 ft. No predicted tide in the next 12 months reaches the minor flood threshold on its own; wind and storms can still push water higher.

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 · 6:18 PM−0.6 ft
  2. Thu, Dec 24, 2026 · 6:01 PM−0.6 ft
  3. Sun, Dec 27, 2026 · 8:39 PM−0.5 ft
  4. Sat, Jan 23, 2027 · 6:32 PM−0.6 ft
  5. Sat, Feb 20, 2027 · 5:19 PM−0.5 ft
  6. Tue, Mar 23, 2027 · 7:11 AM−0.5 ft
  7. Sun, May 9, 2027 · 8:54 AM−0.5 ft
  8. Mon, Jun 7, 2027 · 8:37 AM−0.5 ft

About this station

Tidal datums

MHHW3.6 ft
MHW3.2 ft
MSL1.8 ft
MLW0.2 ft
MLLW0.0 ft

Heights above mean lower low water, tidal epoch 1983-2001. Mean range 3.0 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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