Reading the tide
Tides near me
Share your location (it stays on your device) or choose a state: the closest stations and their next high and low appear at once.
| Station | Next high | Next low |
|---|---|---|
| Pensacola Beach, FLCentral Time | 9:54 PM · 1.9 ftin 5 h 13 min | Wed Oct 14 8:44 AM · 0.3 ftin 16 h 3 min |
| Destin, FLCentral Time | Wed Oct 14 12:18 AM · 0.9 ftin 7 h 37 min | Wed Oct 14 11:51 AM · 0.1 ftin 19 h 10 min |
| Panama City Beach, FLCentral Time | 9:41 PM · 2.0 ftin 5 h | Wed Oct 14 8:39 AM · 0.3 ftin 15 h 58 min |
| Clearwater Beach, FLEastern Time | Wed Oct 14 1:00 AM · 3.2 ftin 7 h 19 min | 7:09 PM · 1.6 ftin 1 h 28 min |
| St. Petersburg, FLEastern Time | Wed Oct 14 3:15 AM · 2.7 ftin 9 h 34 min | 9:09 PM · 1.6 ftin 3 h 28 min |
| Tampa, FLEastern Time | 6:10 PM · 2.0 ftin 29 min | 9:55 PM · 1.7 ftin 4 h 14 min |
| Siesta Key, FLEastern Time | Wed Oct 14 12:45 AM · 2.4 ftin 7 h 4 min | 6:37 PM · 1.4 ftin 56 min |
| Fort Myers, FLEastern Time | 7:05 PM · 1.0 ftin 1 h 24 min | 11:17 PM · 0.8 ftin 5 h 36 min |
| Naples, FLEastern Time | Wed Oct 14 1:43 AM · 3.2 ftin 8 h 2 min | 8:36 PM · 1.8 ftin 2 h 55 min |
| Key West, FLEastern Time | 11:59 PM · 2.3 ftin 6 h 18 min | Wed Oct 14 6:43 AM · 0.3 ftin 13 h 2 min |
| Miami, FLEastern Time | 11:06 PM · 2.8 ftin 5 h 25 min | Wed Oct 14 5:01 AM · 0.5 ftin 11 h 20 min |
| Fort Lauderdale, FLEastern Time | 10:51 PM · 3.0 ftin 5 h 10 min | Wed Oct 14 4:55 AM · 0.6 ftin 11 h 14 min |
| Cocoa Beach, FLEastern Time | 10:20 PM · 3.6 ftin 4 h 39 min | Wed Oct 14 4:18 AM · 0.9 ftin 10 h 37 min |
| Daytona Beach, FLEastern Time | 10:37 PM · 4.1 ftin 4 h 56 min | Wed Oct 14 4:36 AM · 0.8 ftin 10 h 55 min |
| St. Augustine, FLEastern Time | 10:52 PM · 4.6 ftin 5 h 11 min | Wed Oct 14 4:40 AM · 0.9 ftin 10 h 59 min |
| Jacksonville Beach, FLEastern Time | 10:43 PM · 4.9 ftin 5 h 2 min | Wed Oct 14 4:40 AM · 0.8 ftin 10 h 59 min |
Published by Radif Partners · How the tides are computed · predictions downloaded October 13, 2026
The nearest tide station is the one to trust, because the tide can change by an hour and several feet between a beach and the bay behind it. This tool sorts the 92 stations of the site by distance from you, using the position your browser gives it, and shows each one's next high and next low tide with the time left. Nothing is sent anywhere: the comparison happens in the page. Without location, pick a state to list its stations. The times are NOAA's predictions for each named station, in that station's own time zone, so a visitor from Denver reading a Florida page sees Florida clock times. For a full day's curve, seven days of times and the planner, open the station page from the list.
What "near" means for a tide
Distance is a good first filter, not the whole answer. Two stations a few miles apart can sit on different waters: Nags Head on the ocean and the Oregon Inlet marina inside the inlet differ by about two and a half feet of range, and Hyannis and Barnstable Harbor on Cape Cod by six feet. When the list offers two stations at similar distances, choose the one on the same body of water as you: the open beach, the harbor, the bay or the river. Each station page names its NOAA station and says where it sits.
How the list is built
When you press "Use my location", your browser asks for permission and returns a latitude and longitude. The page computes the great-circle distance to each station and keeps the eight closest. The next high and low come from the predictions included in the page for the days after its last update; if you open it much later, the page downloads the station files it needs from this site. Without a position, the state list shows every station of that state on the site.
Limits
The site covers 92 stations chosen for the places people search most, not every NOAA station. In long sounds, rivers and lagoons far from any of them, the nearest station can be miles away on different water; NOAA's own map lists thousands of secondary stations. Predictions are astronomical: wind and storms move the real water, and none of this is for navigation. The method page explains the calculations.