Tides / Louisiana / St. Mary Parish / LAWMA
LAWMA
Tide station
NOAA station LAWMA, Amerada Pass in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Heights are feet above mean lower low water. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (CDT). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time.
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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 LAWMA. 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 29% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:07 AM and sunset is 6:34 PM. The tides are a low of 0.1 ft at 1:49 PM and a high of 1.5 ft at 11:52 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny, 85°F, wind 5 to 10 mph N.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 39% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:08 AM and sunset is 6:33 PM. The tides are a low of 0.1 ft at 3:02 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Sunny, 71°F, wind 15 to 25 mph NE.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:09 AM and sunset is 6:32 PM. The tides are a high of 1.5 ft at 12:47 AM and a low of 0.2 ft at 4:16 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Sunny, 73°F, wind 10 to 15 mph NE.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:09 AM and sunset is 6:31 PM. The tides are a high of 1.5 ft at 1:24 AM and a low of 0.3 ft at 5:21 PM. The low at 5:21 PM is 70 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 76°F, wind 10 to 15 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 7:10 AM and sunset is 6:30 PM. The tides are a high of 1.4 ft at 1:50 AM and a low of 0.3 ft at 6:17 PM. The low at 6:17 PM is 13 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 79°F, wind 10 to 15 mph NE.
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
- 5:48 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:16 AM
- Dawn
- 6:44 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:44 AM to 6:53 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:53 AM to 7:40 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:08 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:51 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 6:02 PM to 6:49 PM
- Sunset
- 6:34 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:49 PM to 6:58 PM
- Dusk
- 6:58 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:25 PM
- Last light
- 7:53 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 26 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 12:44 PM
- Moonset
- 10:48 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
- Shell Island2.6 mi · St. Mary Parish
- Eugene Island6.1 mi · St. Mary Parish
- Eugene Island6.3 mi · St. Mary Parish
- Point Au Fer8.1 mi · St. Mary Parish
- Point Chevreuil14 mi · St. Mary Parish
- Fourleague Bay14 mi · Terrebonne Parish
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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