Destin tides today
The Destin times come from East Pass, the inlet between Destin and Okaloosa Island where Choctawhatchee Bay meets the Gulf, predicted by NOAA from Pensacola.
Shaded: night. Green bands: solunar periods (thick = major, thin = minor). Heights in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of NOAA charts.
Destin, FL · Tuesday, October 13
Tide rising, 0.4 ft now
High 12:18 AM
0.9 ft · in 7 h 37 min
| Low | 10:52 AM | 0.1 ft |
Sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 6:17 PM
Waxing crescent, 10% lit · fishing day ★★☆☆
Solunar: major 1:27 AM–3:27 AM, minor 9:12 AM–10:12 AM, major 1:52 PM–3:52 PM, minor 7:28 PM–8:28 PM
Destin tide table, next 7 days
| Day | High tides | Low tides | Coef. | Sun | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:52 AM 0.1 ft | 6:47 AM–6:17 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |||
| 12:18 AM 0.9 ft | 11:51 AM 0.1 ft | 123 | 6:48 AM–6:16 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 1:03 AM 0.9 ft | 12:59 PM 0.1 ft | 123 | 6:48 AM–6:15 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 1:52 AM 0.9 ft | 2:08 PM 0.1 ft | 121 | 6:49 AM–6:14 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 2:43 AM 0.9 ft | 3:04 PM 0.1 ft | 121 | 6:50 AM–6:13 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 3:34 AM 0.8 ft | 3:44 PM 0.1 ft | 116 | 6:50 AM–6:12 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 4:30 AM 0.8 ft | 4:12 PM 0.1 ft | 108 | 6:51 AM–6:11 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ |
Plan around the tide at Destin
- Tue Oct 13, 4:41 PM to 6:17 PM1 h 36 min · lowest 0.1 ft at 10:52 AM
- Wed Oct 14, 6:48 AM to 6:16 PM11 h 28 min · lowest 0.1 ft at 11:53 AM
- Thu Oct 15, 6:48 AM to 6:15 PM11 h 27 min · lowest 0.1 ft at 12:59 PM
- Fri Oct 16, 6:49 AM to 6:14 PM11 h 25 min · lowest 0.1 ft at 2:04 PM
- Sat Oct 17, 6:50 AM to 6:13 PM11 h 23 min · lowest 0.1 ft at 3:04 PM
- Sun Oct 18, 6:50 AM to 6:12 PM11 h 22 min · lowest 0.1 ft at 3:45 PM
- Mon Oct 19, 6:51 AM to 6:11 PM11 h 20 min · lowest 0.1 ft at 4:01 PM
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 East Pass (Destin) (NOAA 8729511). Predicted astronomical tide: wind, river flow and storms can move the real water by a foot or more. 0.6 ft is the average daily range here.
Published by Radif Partners · How the tides are computed · predictions downloaded October 13, 2026
Tide times for Destin come from the National Ocean Service prediction for station 8729511, East Pass (Destin), a subordinate station whose highs and lows NOAA corrects from PENSACOLA. The tide here is mostly diurnal: on 93% of days there is a single high and a single low, and the water rises or falls for hours at a time with an average daily range of only 0.6 ft. Around the new and full moon the range grows to about 0.9 ft on one day in ten, and at the quarter moons it shrinks to 0.3 ft. Heights are in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of nautical charts, so a negative number is water below that zero: 209 of the 457 days from October 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027 have one, down to -0.3 ft on January 20, 2027. The highest predicted tide of that period is 1.0 ft on October 2, 2026. Clock times are Central Time, daylight saving time included.
Inches, not feet, at East Pass
0.6 ft is all the tide East Pass musters on an average day, among the smallest ranges on this site. NOAA does not run a full prediction here: it takes Pensacola, moves high water 33 minutes earlier and low water 34 minutes earlier, then scales the high heights by about half and the lows by a third. On the livelier days of the month the swing still reaches only about 0.9 ft. A swimmer at the jetties would struggle to see the difference between a high and a low without a fixed mark on a piling.
Choctawhatchee Bay keeps its own slow time
Behind the pass, Choctawhatchee Bay is large, and East Pass is its main opening to the Gulf. The tide that squeezes through spreads out across that wide basin and arrives very late at the far shores. NOAA predicts Shalimar, on Garnier Bayou at the bay's northwest corner, from Pensacola with high water 213 minutes later and heights at about a third. NOAA keeps further stations in the bay at Rocky Bayou, Valparaiso and Driftwood Point for anyone working those shores. In practice a captain leaving a bayou dock can see the pass already falling while the bay is still creeping up.
What really changes the water level
With a tide this weak, wind and pressure regularly overrule the moon. A few days of southerly wind push Gulf water through the pass and raise the bay; a strong northerly after a winter front blows it out, and shoals near the inlet can show more than the prediction implies. Rain swelling the rivers that feed the bay adds to the level too. The predicted figures here are a gentle baseline; for the current through the pass, which can run hard in the narrows, rely on official current predictions and local conditions, since none of this is for navigation. The Pensacola Beach page shows the reference tide at full size.
Highest and lowest tides at Destin, 2026 to 2027
The six highest highs and six lowest lows predicted for East Pass (Destin) 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 2, 2026 | 2:44 AM | 1.0 ft |
| October 3, 2026 | 3:56 AM | 1.0 ft |
| October 29, 2026 | 12:34 AM | 1.0 ft |
| October 30, 2026 | 1:36 AM | 1.0 ft |
| August 28, 2027 | 8:12 AM | 1.0 ft |
| October 1, 2026 | 1:40 AM | 0.9 ft |
| Lowest lows | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|
| January 20, 2027 | 7:18 AM | -0.3 ft |
| January 21, 2027 | 8:13 AM | -0.3 ft |
| January 22, 2027 | 8:59 AM | -0.3 ft |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:21 AM | -0.3 ft |
| December 25, 2026 | 10:11 AM | -0.3 ft |
| January 19, 2027 | 6:18 AM | -0.3 ft |
A subordinate station
NOAA predicts East Pass (Destin) from the reference station PENSACOLA (8729840): high water 33 minutes earlier, low water 34 minutes earlier, heights multiplied by 0.49 at high water and 0.33 at low water. Between those highs and lows the curve on this page follows the shape of the reference station's hourly curve.
Other stations nearby
- Pensacola Beach tides: Pensacola Beach Pier, average range 1.4 ft, highest predicted tide 2.2 ft on October 28, 2026
- Panama City Beach tides: Panama City Beach, average range 1.4 ft, highest predicted tide 2.3 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
- 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