FishTideTimes

Ocean City Inlet, MD tides & fishing times

NOAA station 8570283 · 38.328°, -75.092° · 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 12:35 AM 1.9 ft
L 6:29 AM 0.7 ft
H 1:22 PM 2.4 ft
L 8:04 PM 0.9 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Sun, Oct 18, 2026H 1:30 AM 1.9 ft
L 7:24 AM 0.7 ft
H 2:23 PM 2.3 ft
L 8:56 PM 0.9 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Mon, Oct 19, 2026H 2:33 AM 1.9 ft
L 8:22 AM 0.7 ft
H 3:24 PM 2.3 ft
L 9:45 PM 0.9 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Tue, Oct 20, 2026H 3:36 AM 1.9 ft
L 9:23 AM 0.7 ft
H 4:17 PM 2.3 ft
L 10:28 PM 0.8 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Wed, Oct 21, 2026H 4:32 AM 2.0 ft
L 10:23 AM 0.6 ft
H 5:03 PM 2.4 ft
L 11:09 PM 0.7 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Thu, Oct 22, 2026H 5:22 AM 2.2 ft
L 11:21 AM 0.5 ft
H 5:46 PM 2.4 ft
L 11:47 PM 0.5 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.
Fri, Oct 23, 2026H 6:07 AM 2.4 ft
L 12:14 PM 0.4 ft
H 6:27 PM 2.4 ft		Enable JavaScript to compute sun, moon and solunar times.

Slack water

There is no NOAA current prediction station within 25 km of this gauge. Around the open coast the water is usually slackest near each high and low tide (the “stand”); in inlets and rivers the current can keep running well after the tide turns.

King tides in the next 12 months

Highest predicted high tides at this station (MHHW here is 2.5 ft). Storms and onshore wind can add to these.

  1. Wed, Oct 28, 2026 · 10:02 AM3.0 ft+0.6 ft vs. MHHW
  2. Thu, Nov 26, 2026 · 8:52 AM2.9 ft+0.5 ft vs. MHHW
  3. Sun, Jun 6, 2027 · 10:23 PM3.0 ft+0.5 ft vs. MHHW
  4. Sun, Jul 4, 2027 · 9:17 PM3.0 ft+0.6 ft vs. MHHW
  5. Mon, Aug 2, 2027 · 9:00 PM3.0 ft+0.6 ft vs. MHHW
  6. Tue, Aug 31, 2027 · 8:37 PM3.0 ft+0.6 ft vs. MHHW
  7. Sat, Sep 4, 2027 · 11:25 AM2.9 ft+0.5 ft vs. MHHW
  8. Fri, Oct 1, 2027 · 9:22 AM3.1 ft+0.6 ft vs. MHHW

NOAA flood thresholds at this gauge (above MLLW): minor 4.2 ft, moderate 5.2 ft, major 6.4 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. Mon, Dec 21, 2026 · 11:02 PM−0.4 ft
  2. Fri, Dec 25, 2026 · 1:44 AM−0.6 ft
  3. Tue, Jan 19, 2027 · 10:44 PM−0.5 ft
  4. Sat, Jan 23, 2027 · 1:35 AM−0.8 ft
  5. Tue, Jan 26, 2027 · 4:18 AM−0.4 ft
  6. Sun, Feb 7, 2027 · 1:41 AM−0.4 ft
  7. Wed, Feb 17, 2027 · 10:32 PM−0.5 ft
  8. Sun, Feb 21, 2027 · 1:25 AM−0.7 ft

About this station

Tidal datums

MHHW2.5 ft
MHW2.3 ft
MSL1.3 ft
MLW0.1 ft
MLLW0.0 ft

Heights above mean lower low water, tidal epoch 1983-2001. Mean range 2.1 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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