Tides / Delaware / New Castle County / Delaware City
Delaware City
Tide station
NOAA station Delaware City Branch Channel bridge in New Castle County, Delaware. Heights are feet above mean lower low water. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (EDT). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time. People also look this chart up as Delaware City Branch Channel bridge. NOAA adjusts this prediction from REEDY POINT.
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Tide station
Predicted rise and fall
This column is the NOAA prediction. It is the expected high and low from the moon and the sun, in feet above mean lower low water. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat.
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Five-day fishing snapshot
This is the next five days at Delaware City. It uses the tide prediction at this station, the sun and moon at this coordinate, and the National Weather Service forecast. A day is highlighted when a high or low falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset. Tide and sun times are local time at this station.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 28% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:13 AM and sunset is 6:22 PM. The tides are a high of 5.1 ft at 3:29 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 9:45 AM, a high of 5.8 ft at 3:39 PM, and a low of 0.9 ft at 10:48 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 79°F, wind 10 to 15 mph S. That forecast is rough water.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:14 AM and sunset is 6:21 PM. The tides are a high of 4.9 ft at 4:20 AM, a low of 0.9 ft at 10:30 AM, a high of 5.7 ft at 4:28 PM, and a low of 0.9 ft at 11:38 PM. The high at 4:28 PM is 113 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny, 55°F, wind 15 to 20 mph N.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:15 AM and sunset is 6:19 PM. The tides are a high of 4.9 ft at 5:13 AM, a low of 0.9 ft at 11:23 AM, and a high of 5.6 ft at 5:24 PM. The high at 5:24 PM is 55 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 58°F, wind 5 to 10 mph N.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset is 6:18 PM. The tides are a low of 0.9 ft at 12:30 AM, a high of 4.9 ft at 6:09 AM, a low of 0.9 ft at 12:21 PM, and a high of 5.6 ft at 6:23 PM. The high at 6:09 AM is 67 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:23 PM is 5 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 62°F, wind 5 mph NE.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 70% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:17 AM and sunset is 6:16 PM. The tides are a low of 0.8 ft at 1:23 AM, a high of 5.0 ft at 7:05 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 1:20 PM, and a high of 5.7 ft at 7:21 PM. The high at 7:05 AM is 12 minutes before sunrise. The high at 7:21 PM is 65 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 67°F, wind 5 mph N.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:44 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:15 AM
- Dawn
- 6:46 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:46 AM to 6:57 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:57 AM to 7:50 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:13 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:48 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:45 PM to 6:38 PM
- Sunset
- 6:22 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:38 PM to 6:49 PM
- Dusk
- 6:49 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:20 PM
- Last light
- 7:51 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 8 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:14 PM
- Moonset
- 10:08 PM
The larger tides, called spring tides, fall near the new moon and the full moon. The smaller neap tides fall near the quarters. Light times are for this coordinate, in local time at this station.
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On the water nearby
The closest named places from OpenStreetMap. A place with no name on that map is left off. Private and customer-only launches are labeled.
Boat ramps
- Fort DuPont Public Boat Ramp0.4 mi
- Pittsfield Street Boat Launch7.6 mi
Marinas
- Delaware City Marina0.2 mi
- Summit North Marina · fee6.4 mi
Beaches
- Oakwood Beach3.8 mi
- Deemer's Beach5.7 mi
Parks
- Fort DuPont Parade Ground0.2 mi
- Fort Delaware State Park0.6 mi
- Fort Delaware State Park0.7 mi
- Dragon Run Park0.9 mi
- Biddle's Point Trailhead1.9 mi
- Fort Mott State Park3.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Pea Patch Island Nature Preserve1.8 mi
- Fort Delaware State Park1.8 mi
- Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge4.5 mi
- Abbotts Meadow Wildlife Management Area6.0 mi
- Alloway Creek Watershed Wetland Restoration Site6.0 mi
- Mannington Preserve7.9 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Delaware City0.8 mi · New Castle County
- REEDY POINT1.3 mi · New Castle County
- Pea Patch Island1.3 mi · New Castle County
- St. Georges3.3 mi · New Castle County
- New Castle6.2 mi · New Castle County
- Summit Bridge8.0 mi · New Castle County
Flood gauge
Measured water, not the tide
This column is a different instrument. A flood gauge reports the water level that is there now and the stages where flooding starts. The orange square on the map is that gauge. It is often not on top of the tide station.
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