Cocoa Beach tides today
The station for Cocoa Beach is Trident Pier at Port Canaveral, on the ocean side just north of the city.
Shaded: night. Green bands: solunar periods (thick = major, thin = minor). Heights in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of NOAA charts.
Cocoa Beach, FL · Tuesday, October 13
Tide rising, 1.3 ft now
High 10:20 PM
3.6 ft · in 4 h 39 min
| Low | 3:40 AM | 0.7 ft |
| High | 10:09 AM | 4.6 ft |
| Low | 4:29 PM | 1.0 ft |
| High | 10:20 PM | 3.6 ft |
Tide coefficient 103 (average), range 3.9 ft
Sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
Waxing crescent, 9% lit · fishing day ★★☆☆
Solunar: major 2:03 AM–4:03 AM, minor 9:43 AM–10:43 AM, major 2:27 PM–4:27 PM, minor 8:09 PM–9:09 PM
Cocoa Beach tide table, next 7 days
| Day | High tides | Low tides | Coef. | Sun | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:09 AM 4.6 ft · 10:20 PM 3.6 ft | 3:40 AM 0.7 ft · 4:29 PM 1.0 ft | 103 | 7:22 AM–6:55 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 10:50 AM 4.5 ft · 11:01 PM 3.4 ft | 4:18 AM 0.9 ft · 5:15 PM 1.2 ft | 94 | 7:23 AM–6:54 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 11:34 AM 4.3 ft · 11:47 PM 3.3 ft | 5:00 AM 1.0 ft · 6:06 PM 1.4 ft | 85 | 7:23 AM–6:53 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 12:22 PM 4.1 ft | 5:49 AM 1.2 ft · 6:59 PM 1.5 ft | 77 | 7:24 AM–6:52 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 12:35 AM 3.2 ft · 1:11 PM 4.0 ft | 6:43 AM 1.3 ft · 7:49 PM 1.6 ft | 71 | 7:24 AM–6:51 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 1:27 AM 3.2 ft · 2:03 PM 3.9 ft | 7:36 AM 1.4 ft · 8:39 PM 1.6 ft | 67 | 7:25 AM–6:50 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 2:22 AM 3.2 ft · 2:58 PM 3.9 ft | 8:31 AM 1.4 ft · 9:29 PM 1.5 ft | 66 | 7:26 AM–6:49 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ |
Plan around the tide at Cocoa Beach
No window of 30 minutes or more below 1.0 ft over the next 7 days in daylight. Try a higher level.
A falling tide uncovers sand bars and tide pools first; plan to be back before the water rises past the level you chose. Not for navigation.
Station Port Canaveral (Trident Pier) (NOAA 8721604). Predicted astronomical tide: wind, river flow and storms can move the real water by a foot or more. 3.8 ft is the average daily range here.
Published by Radif Partners · How the tides are computed · predictions downloaded October 13, 2026
Tide times for Cocoa Beach come from the National Ocean Service prediction for station 8721604, Port Canaveral (Trident Pier). The tide here is semidiurnal: two highs and two lows of similar height every day, about six hours and a quarter apart, with an average daily range of 3.8 ft. Around the new and full moon the range grows to about 4.8 ft on one day in ten, and at the quarter moons it shrinks to 2.8 ft. Heights are in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of nautical charts, so a negative number is water below that zero: 194 of the 457 days from October 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027 have one, down to -1.1 ft on January 23, 2027. The highest predicted tide of that period is 5.2 ft on October 28, 2026. Clock times are Eastern Time, daylight saving time included.
The Space Coast tide
Cocoa Beach faces the Atlantic between Port Canaveral and Patrick Space Force Base. The closest reference station is Trident Pier at the port, which averages 3.8 ft from low to high. NOAA also keeps a Cocoa Beach reference station three miles south and predicts Cape Canaveral from Miami's Government Cut with high water about an hour earlier and heights half again as large: the Space Coast's tide is bigger than Miami's but smaller than northeast Florida's.
Surfing the small Florida tide
Cocoa Beach is Florida's best-known surf town, and on its sandbars the tide changes the waves: a low tide can make a break steep and fast, a high tide can make the same swell soft and slow. Surfers check the height and the time of the turn as much as the swell report. The pier in the middle of town is a reference point for both surfers and anglers.
The river lagoons have almost no tide
West of the beach, the Banana River and the Indian River are lagoons with only a few small inlets far away. Their water levels change little with the moon and more with the wind and rain. For launches into the lagoons, the tide on this page does not apply; for the port and the ocean, it does. The lowest low this period is -1.1 ft, on January 23, 2027, and the highest high 5.2 ft, on October 28, 2026.
Highest and lowest tides at Cocoa Beach, 2026 to 2027
The six highest highs and six lowest lows predicted for Port Canaveral (Trident Pier) between October 1, 2026 and December 31, 2027, one per day. The high-water dates are the king tides of this station; the low-water dates are the best days to see the flats, bars and tide pools.
| Highest highs | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2026 | 9:53 AM | 5.2 ft |
| October 27, 2026 | 9:04 AM | 5.2 ft |
| November 25, 2026 | 7:46 AM | 5.2 ft |
| November 26, 2026 | 8:38 AM | 5.1 ft |
| October 29, 2026 | 10:45 AM | 5.1 ft |
| October 29, 2027 | 8:05 AM | 5.1 ft |
| Lowest lows | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2027 | 1:36 AM | -1.1 ft |
| January 22, 2027 | 12:40 AM | -1.0 ft |
| January 24, 2027 | 2:29 AM | -1.0 ft |
| July 4, 2027 | 2:17 PM | -1.0 ft |
| July 5, 2027 | 3:13 PM | -0.9 ft |
| February 21, 2027 | 1:26 AM | -0.9 ft |
Tidal datums at station 8721604
NOAA's averages over the 1983-2001 epoch, measured from the chart zero (MLLW). Average range of the tide (MN): 3.4 ft; great diurnal range (GT): 3.9 ft.
| Datum | Meaning | Height above MLLW |
|---|---|---|
| MHHW | Mean Higher High Water | 3.9 ft |
| MHW | Mean High Water | 3.6 ft |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level | 1.9 ft |
| MLW | Mean Low Water | 0.2 ft |
| MLLW | Mean Lower Low Water (chart zero) | 0.0 ft |
Other stations nearby
- Daytona Beach tides: Daytona Beach Shores, Sunglow Pier, average range 4.0 ft, highest predicted tide 5.1 ft on October 1, 2027
- St. Augustine tides: St. Augustine Beach, average range 5.0 ft, highest predicted tide 6.5 ft on November 25, 2026
- Tampa tides: Old Port Tampa, average range 2.5 ft, highest predicted tide 3.3 ft on July 4, 2027
- St. Petersburg tides: St. Petersburg, average range 2.2 ft, highest predicted tide 3.0 ft on July 4, 2027
- Jacksonville Beach tides: Jacksonville Beach, average range 5.5 ft, highest predicted tide 6.9 ft on October 28, 2026
- Clearwater Beach tides: Clearwater Beach, average range 2.7 ft, highest predicted tide 3.7 ft on August 2, 2027