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Surf City tide chart

Today’s high and low tides at Surf City, the week ahead, a printable calendar for every month, and the water temperature.

  • Ocean City Beach (fishing pier), 3.4 mi NE
  • Times in EDT
  • Feet above low water (MLLW)

Today, Saturday, October 31

  • Low0.3 ft
  • High5.5 ft
  • Low0.6 ft
Water70°Fno recent reading · 2°F cooler than usual
Sunrise and sunset7:29 AM – 6:17 PM
MoonWaning gibbous, 67% lit

Today’s tide curve

0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMnoon6 PMLow 5:27 AM · 0.3 ftHigh 12:13 PM · 5.5 ftLow 6:47 PM · 0.6 ft

The next 7 days

Printable calendar
0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6

Shaded: night. The curve is drawn between NOAA’s predicted highs and lows.

  1. Sat Oct 31

    • 5:27 AM0.3 ft
    • 12:13 PM5.5 ft
    • 6:47 PM0.6 ft
    7:29a6:17p

  2. Sun Nov 1

    • 12:42 AM3.9 ft
    • 5:35 AM0.5 ft
    • 12:20 PM5.2 ft
    • 6:52 PM0.6 ft
    6:30a5:16p

  3. Mon Nov 2

    • 12:55 AM4.0 ft
    • 6:50 AM0.6 ft
    • 1:27 PM5.0 ft
    • 7:55 PM0.6 ft
    6:31a5:15p

  4. Tue Nov 3

    • 2:06 AM4.2 ft
    • 8:06 AM0.6 ft
    • 2:32 PM4.8 ft
    • 8:52 PM0.5 ft
    6:32a5:14p

  5. Wed Nov 4

    • 3:10 AM4.5 ft
    • 9:16 AM0.6 ft
    • 3:31 PM4.7 ft
    • 9:42 PM0.3 ft
    6:33a5:13p

  6. Thu Nov 5

    • 4:06 AM4.9 ft
    • 10:17 AM0.5 ft
    • 4:24 PM4.5 ft
    • 10:27 PM0.3 ft
    6:34a5:12p

  7. Fri Nov 6

    • 4:55 AM5.2 ft
    • 11:10 AM0.4 ft
    • 5:11 PM4.4 ft
    • 11:09 PM0.2 ft
    6:35a5:12p

NOAA predictions, not observations: wind and storms can move the water a foot or more. Not for navigation.

Best low tides for a beach walk

The lowest daylight low tides this week: the most sand, tide pools and shells.

Spring and neap tides

Bigger tides follow the new and full moon; smaller ones the quarter moons.

  • Nov4
    Neap tides, 4.3 ft rangearound the last quarter of Nov 1
  • Nov9
    Spring tides, 5.3 ft rangearound the new moon of Nov 9
  • Nov17
    Neap tides, 3.2 ft rangearound the first quarter of Nov 17
  • Nov25
    Spring tides, 6.8 ft rangearound the full moon of Nov 24

Printable tide calendar

Every high and low of the month on one page, with sunrise, sunset and the moon. Prints on one sheet.

Surf City water temperature

The sea is 2°F cooler than usual for late October. October averages 73°F (2016–2025).

Water today and by month
About the station and these predictions

These are NOAA’s predictions for Ocean City Beach (fishing pier) (NOAA 8657419), a subordinate station 3.4 mi NE of Surf City. A subordinate station’s tides are NOAA’s predictions for CAPE HATTERAS FISHING PIER, shifted by time and height differences measured at the site.

Average range
4.2 ft between high and low tide
Highest in the next 12 months
6.3 ft on November 25, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Lowest in the next 12 months
−1.2 ft on January 23, 2027 at 1:07 AM
Tides per day
usually two highs and two lows

Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the average of each day’s lower low tide; a minus sign means below it. Predictions are not observations, and not for navigation.

Questions

Which tide station is used for Surf City?

NOAA’s Ocean City Beach (fishing pier) (8657419), a subordinate station 3.4 mi NE of Surf City.

How big are the tides at Surf City?

The average range between high and low tide is 4.2 ft. Spring tides, after the new and full moon, run larger; neap tides, after the quarter moons, smaller.

When is the highest tide of the year at Surf City?

In the next 12 months the highest predicted tide is 6.3 ft on November 25, 2026, then 6.2 ft on November 26, 2026 and 6.1 ft on November 24, 2026.

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