Ocean City, MD tides today
The station for Ocean City, Maryland, is at the Ocean City Inlet, the channel between the resort town and Assateague Island.
Shaded: night. Green bands: solunar periods (thick = major, thin = minor). Heights in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of NOAA charts.
Ocean City, MD · Tuesday, October 13
Tide rising, 0.8 ft now
High 10:25 PM
2.3 ft · in 4 h 44 min
| Low | 3:40 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High | 10:18 AM | 2.8 ft |
| Low | 4:36 PM | 0.6 ft |
| High | 10:25 PM | 2.3 ft |
Tide coefficient 103 (average), range 2.4 ft
Sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 6:25 PM
Waxing crescent, 9% lit · fishing day ★★★☆
Solunar: major 1:40 AM–3:40 AM, minor 9:47 AM–10:47 AM, major 2:05 PM–4:05 PM, minor 7:17 PM–8:17 PM
Ocean City tide table, next 7 days
| Day | High tides | Low tides | Coef. | Sun | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:18 AM 2.8 ft · 10:25 PM 2.3 ft | 3:40 AM 0.4 ft · 4:36 PM 0.6 ft | 103 | 7:07 AM–6:25 PM | Waxing crescent ★★★☆ | |
| 10:57 AM 2.7 ft · 11:04 PM 2.2 ft | 4:16 AM 0.5 ft · 5:24 PM 0.7 ft | 95 | 7:08 AM–6:24 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 11:40 AM 2.6 ft · 11:47 PM 2.0 ft | 4:56 AM 0.6 ft · 6:15 PM 0.8 ft | 87 | 7:09 AM–6:22 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 12:27 PM 2.5 ft | 5:39 AM 0.7 ft · 7:10 PM 0.9 ft | 79 | 7:10 AM–6:21 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 12:35 AM 1.9 ft · 1:22 PM 2.4 ft | 6:29 AM 0.7 ft · 8:04 PM 0.9 ft | 73 | 7:11 AM–6:20 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 1:30 AM 1.9 ft · 2:23 PM 2.3 ft | 7:24 AM 0.7 ft · 8:56 PM 0.9 ft | 69 | 7:12 AM–6:18 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 2:33 AM 1.9 ft · 3:24 PM 2.3 ft | 8:22 AM 0.7 ft · 9:45 PM 0.9 ft | 69 | 7:13 AM–6:17 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ |
Plan around the tide at Ocean City
- Tue Oct 13, 5:41 PM to 6:23 PM42 min · lowest 0.6 ft at 4:36 PM
- Wed Oct 14, 3:51 PM to 6:24 PM2 h 33 min · lowest 0.7 ft at 5:24 PM
- Thu Oct 15, 4:55 PM to 6:22 PM1 h 27 min · lowest 0.8 ft at 6:15 PM
- Sat Oct 17, 7:11 AM to 8:19 AM1 h 8 min · lowest 0.8 ft at 7:11 AM
- Sun Oct 18, 7:12 AM to 9:11 AM1 h 59 min · lowest 0.7 ft at 7:24 AM
- Mon Oct 19, 7:13 AM to 10:12 AM2 h 59 min · lowest 0.7 ft at 8:22 AM
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 Ocean City Inlet (NOAA 8570283). Predicted astronomical tide: wind, river flow and storms can move the real water by a foot or more. 2.3 ft is the average daily range here.
Published by Radif Partners · How the tides are computed · predictions downloaded October 13, 2026
Tide times for Ocean City, MD come from the National Ocean Service prediction for station 8570283, Ocean City Inlet. 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 2.3 ft. Around the new and full moon the range grows to about 2.9 ft on one day in ten, and at the quarter moons it shrinks to 1.7 ft. Heights are in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of nautical charts, so a negative number is water below that zero: 150 of the 457 days from October 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027 have one, down to -0.8 ft on January 23, 2027. The highest predicted tide of that period is 3.1 ft on October 1, 2027. Clock times are Eastern Time, daylight saving time included.
The inlet a storm made
Ocean City Inlet was cut by the hurricane of 1933 and kept open with jetties; it separates the resort's island from Assateague to the south. The station is in the inlet, where the average day runs 2.3 ft from low to high. Half a mile east, the Ocean City fishing pier is a reference station of its own, and NOAA uses it to predict points as far away as Rehoboth Beach in Delaware and Chincoteague in Virginia.
The bays: smaller, later, and lopsided
Behind the island, Isle of Wight Bay and Sinepuxent Bay receive the tide through the inlet. NOAA predicts the Isle of Wight Bay station near the inlet from the fishing pier with high water 25 minutes later and high-water heights at two thirds; at Keydash, a mile into the bay, high water comes almost an hour early but low water almost an hour late, with less than half the high-water height. Further north, Little Assawoman Bay has its own station. In practice the bays rise only a foot or two, and wind moves them easily.
The inlet on the ebb
The inlet is the drain for those bays. On a falling tide the current runs out strongly between the jetties, and when the ebb meets a swell from the east the mouth gets steep and rough. Boaters heading offshore often prefer to cross on the flood. Anglers on the inlet walls fish the change of tide. The lowest predicted low this period is -0.8 ft, on January 23, 2027; the boat ramp planner works for the bay ramps too.
Highest and lowest tides at Ocean City MD, 2026 to 2027
The six highest highs and six lowest lows predicted for Ocean City Inlet 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 1, 2027 | 9:22 AM | 3.1 ft |
| October 2, 2027 | 10:10 AM | 3.1 ft |
| September 30, 2027 | 8:33 AM | 3.1 ft |
| October 29, 2027 | 8:17 AM | 3.1 ft |
| August 2, 2027 | 9:00 PM | 3.0 ft |
| October 30, 2027 | 9:03 AM | 3.0 ft |
| Lowest lows | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2027 | 1:35 AM | -0.8 ft |
| January 22, 2027 | 12:41 AM | -0.8 ft |
| January 24, 2027 | 2:28 AM | -0.8 ft |
| February 21, 2027 | 1:25 AM | -0.7 ft |
| January 20, 2027 | 11:45 PM | -0.7 ft |
| February 20, 2027 | 12:32 AM | -0.7 ft |
Tidal datums at station 8570283
NOAA's averages over the 1983-2001 epoch, measured from the chart zero (MLLW). Average range of the tide (MN): 2.1 ft; great diurnal range (GT): 2.5 ft.
| Datum | Meaning | Height above MLLW |
|---|---|---|
| MHHW | Mean Higher High Water | 2.5 ft |
| MHW | Mean High Water | 2.3 ft |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level | 1.3 ft |
| MLW | Mean Low Water | 0.2 ft |
| MLLW | Mean Lower Low Water (chart zero) | 0.0 ft |
Other stations nearby
- Annapolis tides: Annapolis (US Naval Academy), average range 1.2 ft, highest predicted tide 1.9 ft on July 3, 2027
- Baltimore tides: Baltimore, Fort McHenry, average range 1.4 ft, highest predicted tide 2.2 ft on July 4, 2027