Ship Shoal Light tide times

Ship Shoal Lighthouse, LAShip Shoal LighthouseNOAA 8763719Tuesday, October 20 · CDTTue Oct 20Predictions onlyChange station
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The last tide turn at Ship Shoal Light today has passed. Tomorrow's first low is at 2:48 PM.

Estimated now
1.0 ft ↑
Rising 0.1 ft per hour
Next high
3:50 AM
In 9 h 24 min · 1.8 ft
Next low
2:48 PM
In 20 h 22 min · 0.9 ft
Tide range today
1.3 ft
Neap tides Thursday
Predictions only. No live gauge at this station.

Today's tide

Estimated curve between high and low timesNightHeight above MLLW
0 ft2 ftNOW 6:252:28 AMHigh · 2.0 ft2:26 PMLow · 0.7 ft
Tide chart for Ship Shoal Light, today. High 2.0 ft at 2:28 AM, low 0.7 ft at 2:26 PM.

Heights and times are estimated from Grand Isle, East Point using NOAA offsets. Only the high and low points are official; the curve between them is drawn by us.

Today's tides

ft above MLLW
  • High2:28 AM2.0 ft
  • Low2:26 PM0.7 ft
Tide times for Ship Shoal Light
TideTimeHeight
High2:28 AM2.0 ft
Low2:26 PM0.7 ft
Sunrise
7:09 AM
First light 6:45
Sunset
6:30 PM
Last light 6:54
Moon
70%
Waxing gibbous
Tide range
1.3 ft
Mean 1.7 ft

Best windows today

Plan the week →
  • Fishing
    6:30 to 8:00 PM

    Today's best window (12:00 to 2:00 AM) has passed. Moving water toward the 2:28 AM high. Second window 6:00 to 8:00 AM.

  • Tidepools & shelling
    No daylight low today

    No daylight low today. The next good one is Monday at 7:00 AM.

  • Surfing
    Next: Thu 5:00 to 7:00 PM
    Earlier today: 7:00 to 10:00 AM

    Today's best window (7:00 to 10:00 AM) has passed.

  • Shallow boat launch
    Avoid 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM

    Under 1.5 ft around low water. Launch before 8:00 AM.

Plan the week

Moving water around the turn often fishes best. Local species and bait matter more than any chart.

Next 7 days

October calendar →
High and low tides for the next 7 days, heights in ft
DayTide 1Tide 2Tide 3Tide 4Range, ft
TodayTue 20H2:28a2.0L2:26p0.71.3
WedOct 21H3:50a1.8L2:48p0.90.9
ThuOct 22H6:38a1.6L2:13p1.2H8:40p1.50.4
FriOct 23L3:21a1.2H9:32a1.5L1:12p1.4H7:56p1.70.4
SatOct 24L4:20a0.9H7:47p1.91.0
SunOct 25L5:12a0.6H7:41p2.21.6
MonOct 26L6:14a0.3H7:56p2.52.2

Neap tides Thursday. Smaller range, so highs and lows stay close to average. Spring and neap tides

Tide predictions and observations: NOAA National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station 8763719.

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Currents

No current prediction station nearby.

Station details

Datum
Mean lower low water
Predictions
NOAA subordinate, from Grand Isle, East Point
Live gauge
None
Coordinates
28.915° N, 91.072° W
Time zone
Central, UTC−5
Station ID
NOAA 8763719

About the tides at Ship Shoal Light

Tides at Ship Shoal Lighthouse are mostly diurnal: one rise and one fall a day, with a slow change between them. The pattern follows the reference station at Grand Isle, East Point. Water here rises and falls only about 1.7 ft on an average day. A strong onshore wind can push levels above the prediction. That is larger than most Louisiana stations on this site. Over the next two weeks the biggest daily range, 3.0 ft, comes on October 29, and the smallest, 0.4 ft, on Thursday. Looking a year ahead, predictions peak at 2.8 ft on October 29 and bottom out at −1.6 ft on January 20.

Tides here are worked out from the reference station at Grand Isle, East Point, with NOAA time and height corrections. Times are good for planning, but local wind can shift them. The nearest other station is Raccoon Point, 12 mi away, where high tide comes about 1 h 51 m later.

Predictions are based on Grand Isle, East Point.

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Tide predictions and water levels from NOAA CO-OPS. For planning only, not for navigation. Real water levels can differ because of wind, air pressure and river flow. Always check conditions on site.