Tides / Massachusetts / Barnstable County / Chappaquoit Point
Chappaquoit Point
Tide station
NOAA station Chappaquoit Point, West Falmouth Harbor in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. 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 Falmouth, North Falmouth, and West Falmouth.
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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 Chappaquoit Point. 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 6:54 AM and sunset is 6:02 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 4:22 AM, a high of 3.9 ft at 11:40 AM, and a low of 0.6 ft at 5:00 PM. The low at 5:00 PM is 62 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 6:55 AM and sunset is 6:00 PM. The tides are a high of 3.1 ft at 12:08 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 4:56 AM, a high of 3.7 ft at 12:32 PM, and a low of 0.8 ft at 5:37 PM. The low at 4:56 AM is 119 minutes before sunrise. The low at 5:37 PM is 23 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers Likely, 67°F, wind 13 to 22 mph S.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:57 AM and sunset is 5:59 PM. The tides are a high of 3.0 ft at 1:03 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 5:36 AM, a high of 3.5 ft at 1:27 PM, and a low of 1.0 ft at 6:26 PM. The low at 5:36 AM is 81 minutes before sunrise. The low at 6:26 PM is 27 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 53°F, wind 18 mph NW.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:58 AM and sunset is 5:57 PM. The tides are a high of 3.0 ft at 1:57 AM, a low of 1.0 ft at 6:30 AM, a high of 3.4 ft at 2:19 PM, and a low of 1.1 ft at 7:36 PM. The low at 6:30 AM is 28 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:36 PM is 99 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 54°F, wind 13 mph NW.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:59 AM and sunset is 5:56 PM. The tides are a high of 3.0 ft at 2:50 AM, a low of 1.1 ft at 7:47 AM, a high of 3.4 ft at 3:12 PM, and a low of 1.0 ft at 8:46 PM. The low at 7:47 AM is 48 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers, 59°F, wind 9 to 17 mph SW.
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
- 5:22 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 5:55 AM
- Dawn
- 6:27 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:27 AM to 6:38 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:38 AM to 7:32 AM
- Sunrise
- 6:55 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:28 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:24 PM to 6:18 PM
- Sunset
- 6:01 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:18 PM to 6:29 PM
- Dusk
- 6:29 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:01 PM
- Last light
- 7:33 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 7 minutes
- Moon
- Waxing Crescent, about 23% lit
- Moonrise
- 12:11 PM
- Moonset
- 8:44 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
- West Falmouth Public Boat Launch0.7 mi
- Magansett Bay Landing3.8 mi
- Megansett Boat Ramp3.8 mi
- Great Bay Boat Launch4.6 mi
- Great Bay Boat Launch4.6 mi
- Green Pond Town Landing5.6 mi
Marinas
- Fiddlers Cove3.0 mi
- Fiddler's Cove Marina3.0 mi
- Megansett Yacht Club3.8 mi
- Quissett Yacht Club4.2 mi
- Quissett Harbor Boatyard4.2 mi
- Parker's Boat Yard5.2 mi
Beaches
- Big Beachunder 0.1 mi
- Chappaquoit Beach0.2 mi
- Black Beach0.9 mi
- Southwest Beach4.0 mi
- Sunrise Beach4.0 mi
- Eustis Beach4.2 mi
Parks
- Swift Park0.9 mi
- Cathedral Pines1.6 mi
- Goodwill Park3.2 mi
- John L. Neill Youth Baseball Complex3.3 mi
- Trotting Park Skate Park3.5 mi
- Nye Park3.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Little Island Cr (Fassett)0.3 mi
- Fassett Cr0.4 mi
- Nashawena And Lummis Cr0.7 mi
- Cornell Cr (Shapquit Bars Rd)0.9 mi
- Cornell Cr (Shapquit Bars Rd)0.9 mi
- Keller Cr (Chase Rd)0.9 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Falmouth Heights5.1 mi · Barnstable County
- OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION5.7 mi · Barnstable County
- Little Harbor5.9 mi · Barnstable County
- Uncatena Island (south side)6.6 mi · Dukes County
- Piney Point7.1 mi · Plymouth County
- Monument Beach7.8 mi · Barnstable 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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