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Marathon
Tide station
NOAA station Vaca Key-Fat Deer Key bridge in Monroe County, Florida. 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 Key Colony Beach and Vaca Key-Fat Deer Key bridge. NOAA adjusts this prediction from KEY WEST.
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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 Marathon. 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.
Thursday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 19% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:22 AM and sunset is 6:57 PM. The tides are a low of 0.3 ft at 6:55 AM, a high of 1.3 ft at 12:53 PM, and a low of 0.8 ft at 5:46 PM. The low at 6:55 AM is 27 minutes before sunrise. The low at 5:46 PM is 71 minutes before sunset.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 28% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:23 AM and sunset is 6:57 PM. The tides are a high of 2.0 ft at 12:04 AM, a low of 0.4 ft at 7:50 AM, a high of 1.3 ft at 1:47 PM, and a low of 0.8 ft at 6:13 PM. The low at 7:50 AM is 27 minutes after sunrise. The low at 6:13 PM is 44 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 87°F, wind 5 to 10 mph E. 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 7:23 AM and sunset is 6:56 PM. The tides are a high of 2.0 ft at 12:52 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 8:56 AM, a high of 1.2 ft at 3:03 PM, and a low of 0.9 ft at 6:54 PM. The low at 8:56 AM is 93 minutes after sunrise. The low at 6:54 PM is 2 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 85°F, wind 5 mph NE. That forecast is rough water.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:23 AM and sunset is 6:55 PM. The tides are a high of 1.9 ft at 1:50 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 10:05 AM, a high of 1.3 ft at 4:38 PM, and a low of 0.9 ft at 8:45 PM. The low at 8:45 PM is 110 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Showers And Thunderstorms, 84°F, wind 15 to 20 mph NE. That forecast is rough water.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset is 6:54 PM. The tides are a high of 1.8 ft at 3:05 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 11:07 AM, a high of 1.4 ft at 5:34 PM, and a low of 0.9 ft at 10:31 PM. The high at 5:34 PM is 80 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 84°F, wind 25 mph NE. That forecast is rough water.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 6:06 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:33 AM
- Dawn
- 6:59 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:59 AM to 7:08 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 7:08 AM to 7:53 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:22 AM
- Solar noon
- 1:10 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 6:27 PM to 7:11 PM
- Sunset
- 6:57 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 7:11 PM to 7:20 PM
- Dusk
- 7:20 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:47 PM
- Last light
- 8:13 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 35 minutes
- Moon
- Waxing Crescent, about 23% lit
- Moonrise
- 11:57 AM
- Moonset
- 10:25 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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Nearby tide stations
- Fat Deer Key0.9 mi · Monroe County
- VACA KEY5.0 mi · Monroe County
- Boot Key Harbor bridge5.1 mi · Monroe County
- Duck Key7.4 mi · Monroe County
- Long Key12 mi · Monroe County
- Ohio Key-Bahia Honda Key Channel15 mi · Monroe 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.
No coastal flood gauge is published within 15 miles of this station.