Old Orchard Beach tides today
NOAA predicts Old Orchard Beach from the Portland harbor gauge, with the same high-water time and 97 percent of the height.
Shaded: night. Green bands: solunar periods (thick = major, thin = minor). Heights in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of NOAA charts.
Old Orchard Beach, ME · Tuesday, October 13
Tide falling, 2.2 ft now
Low 7:41 PM
0.0 ft · in 2 h
| High | 1:20 AM | 9.0 ft |
| Low | 7:08 AM | 0.8 ft |
| High | 1:24 PM | 9.7 ft |
| Low | 7:41 PM | 0.0 ft |
Tide coefficient 103 (average), range 9.7 ft
Sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 6:01 PM
Waxing crescent, 9% lit · fishing day ★★★☆
Solunar: major 1:20 AM–3:20 AM, minor 9:46 AM–10:46 AM, major 1:45 PM–3:45 PM, minor 6:39 PM–7:39 PM
Old Orchard Beach tide table, next 7 days
| Day | High tides | Low tides | Coef. | Sun | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:20 AM 9.0 ft · 1:24 PM 9.7 ft | 7:08 AM 0.8 ft · 7:41 PM 0.0 ft | 103 | 6:53 AM–6:01 PM | Waxing crescent ★★★☆ | |
| 2:01 AM 8.6 ft · 2:03 PM 9.4 ft | 7:47 AM 1.2 ft · 8:23 PM 0.4 ft | 95 | 6:54 AM–6:00 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 2:44 AM 8.2 ft · 2:45 PM 9.0 ft | 8:28 AM 1.5 ft · 9:07 PM 0.8 ft | 87 | 6:56 AM–5:58 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 3:31 AM 7.9 ft · 3:32 PM 8.7 ft | 9:13 AM 1.9 ft · 9:57 PM 1.1 ft | 80 | 6:57 AM–5:56 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 4:22 AM 7.6 ft · 4:25 PM 8.4 ft | 10:03 AM 2.1 ft · 10:50 PM 1.4 ft | 74 | 6:58 AM–5:55 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 5:17 AM 7.4 ft · 5:22 PM 8.3 ft | 10:58 AM 2.3 ft · 11:46 PM 1.5 ft | 71 | 6:59 AM–5:53 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 6:13 AM 7.4 ft · 6:20 PM 8.2 ft | 11:55 AM 2.3 ft | 63 | 7:01 AM–5:52 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ |
Plan around the tide at Old Orchard 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 Old Orchard Beach (NOAA 8418557). Predicted astronomical tide: wind, river flow and storms can move the real water by a foot or more. 9.5 ft is the average daily range here.
Published by Radif Partners · How the tides are computed · predictions downloaded October 13, 2026
Tide times for Old Orchard Beach come from the National Ocean Service prediction for station 8418557, Old Orchard Beach, a subordinate station whose highs and lows NOAA corrects from PORTLAND. 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 9.5 ft. Around the new and full moon the range grows to about 11.6 ft on one day in ten, and at the quarter moons it shrinks to 7.6 ft. Heights are in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of nautical charts, so a negative number is water below that zero: 188 of the 457 days from October 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027 have one, down to -1.8 ft on January 23, 2027. The highest predicted tide of that period is 11.2 ft on December 25, 2026. Clock times are Eastern Time, daylight saving time included.
Seven miles of flat sand and a big tide
Old Orchard Beach is a long, nearly flat strand on Saco Bay, and that shape turns the vertical tide into a very wide horizontal one. With 9.5 ft between high and low on a typical day, the waterline travels a long way across the sand in six hours: towels spread close to the water at low tide are in the swash by mid-afternoon of a rising tide. The best time for a long walk on hard, wet sand is the two hours either side of the low.
This is a subordinate station. NOAA does not run a gauge here; it takes the Portland prediction, keeps the high-water time, moves the low six minutes earlier and multiplies the heights by 0.97. Between those highs and lows, the curve on this page follows the shape of Portland's hourly prediction.
Saco River and Scarborough marsh
The beach sits between two tidal rivers. To the south, Camp Ellis at the mouth of the Saco River and Biddeford upriver have their own NOAA stations, and so does Pine Point on the Scarborough River to the north. Inside those rivers the water turns later than on the open beach and the current at the mouth can be strong in the middle of the ebb, which matters more to paddlers and anglers than the exact height.
Cold water, wide flats
On the lowest tides of the year, -1.8 ft predicted for January 23, 2027, the beach is at its widest. Sand bars uncovered at low tide are cut by runnels that fill first when the tide turns: cross them early on a rising tide, not late. The Portland page gives the harbor tide this one is built from.
Highest and lowest tides at Old Orchard Beach, 2026 to 2027
The six highest highs and six lowest lows predicted for Old Orchard Beach 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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 25, 2026 | 11:24 AM | 11.2 ft |
| July 6, 2027 | 12:54 AM | 11.2 ft |
| August 4, 2027 | 12:40 AM | 11.2 ft |
| August 2, 2027 | 11:45 PM | 11.2 ft |
| January 23, 2027 | 11:14 AM | 11.2 ft |
| July 4, 2027 | 11:59 PM | 11.2 ft |
| Lowest lows | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2027 | 5:32 PM | -1.8 ft |
| January 24, 2027 | 6:21 PM | -1.7 ft |
| December 25, 2026 | 5:47 PM | -1.7 ft |
| January 22, 2027 | 4:41 PM | -1.6 ft |
| December 24, 2026 | 4:54 PM | -1.6 ft |
| December 26, 2026 | 6:40 PM | -1.5 ft |
A subordinate station
NOAA predicts Old Orchard Beach from the reference station PORTLAND (8418150): high water 0 minutes later, low water 6 minutes earlier, heights multiplied by 0.97 at high water and 0.97 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
- Portland tides: PORTLAND, average range 9.8 ft, highest predicted tide 11.6 ft on December 25, 2026
- Bar Harbor tides: BAR HARBOR, average range 11.1 ft, highest predicted tide 13.2 ft on August 4, 2027