Tides / Massachusetts / Barnstable County / Pleasant Bay
Pleasant Bay
Tide station
NOAA station Pleasant Bay 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 Orleans. NOAA adjusts this prediction from BOSTON.
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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 Pleasant Bay. 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 6:53 AM and sunset is 5:57 PM. The tides are a low of 0.3 ft at 12:53 AM, a high of 2.9 ft at 6:09 AM, a low of 0.7 ft at 1:01 PM, and a high of 3.2 ft at 6:14 PM. The high at 6:09 AM is 44 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:14 PM is 17 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers Likely, 68°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 6:54 AM and sunset is 5:56 PM. The tides are a low of 0.4 ft at 1:42 AM, a high of 2.8 ft at 6:59 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 1:51 PM, and a high of 3.1 ft at 7:05 PM. The high at 6:59 AM is 5 minutes after sunrise. The high at 7:05 PM is 69 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 54°F, wind 17 to 23 mph NW.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:55 AM and sunset is 5:54 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 2:34 AM, a high of 2.7 ft at 7:54 AM, a low of 0.9 ft at 2:46 PM, and a high of 3.0 ft at 8:01 PM. The high at 7:54 AM is 59 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 54°F, wind 10 to 15 mph NW.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:56 AM and sunset is 5:53 PM. The tides are a low of 0.6 ft at 3:29 AM, a high of 2.7 ft at 8:49 AM, a low of 0.9 ft at 3:42 PM, and a high of 3.0 ft at 8:57 PM. The high at 8:49 AM is 113 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 58°F, wind 7 to 13 mph S.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 70% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:58 AM and sunset is 5:51 PM. The tides are a low of 0.6 ft at 4:22 AM, a high of 2.8 ft at 9:43 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 4:38 PM, and a high of 3.0 ft at 9:53 PM. The low at 4:38 PM is 73 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 59°F, wind 7 to 12 mph N.
Friday, 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
- 5:21 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 5:53 AM
- Dawn
- 6:25 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:25 AM to 6:36 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:36 AM to 7:31 AM
- Sunrise
- 6:53 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:25 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:19 PM to 6:14 PM
- Sunset
- 5:57 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:14 PM to 6:25 PM
- Dusk
- 6:25 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 6:57 PM
- Last light
- 7:29 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 4 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:00 PM
- Moonset
- 9:35 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
- Kayak Launch5.7 mi
- Hemenway Landing6.0 mi
- Salt Pond Landing6.8 mi
Marinas
- Ryder's Cove Boat Yard2.3 mi
- Chatham Yacht Basin4.2 mi
- Oyster River Boatyard4.3 mi
- Stage Harbor Marine4.8 mi
- Outermost Harbor Marine5.1 mi
- Saquatucket Municipal Marina6.2 mi
Beaches
- Strong Island Beach1.7 mi
- Fisherman's Landing3.2 mi
- Nauset Beach4.2 mi
- Nauset Beach4.2 mi
- Crosby Landing Beach4.2 mi
- Linnell Landing Beach4.3 mi
Parks
- Eldredge Park3.2 mi
- Veterans' Park3.7 mi
- Former Camp Wono3.9 mi
- Nickerson Park3.9 mi
- Windmill Park3.9 mi
- Town of Brewster vacant structure4.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Quanset Road Property0.3 mi
- Heyelman Property0.3 mi
- Quanset Road Property0.4 mi
- Twinings Pond Conservation Area0.5 mi
- E C Nickerson Property0.5 mi
- Twinings Pond Cr · private0.5 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Chatham Harbor3.7 mi · Barnstable County
- Chatham4.9 mi · Barnstable County
- Saquatucket Harbor6.1 mi · Barnstable County
- Wychmere Harbor6.6 mi · Barnstable County
- Dennisport8.8 mi · Barnstable County
- Sesuit Harbor9.0 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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