Tides / Massachusetts / Barnstable County / Sandwich
Sandwich
Tide station
NOAA station Sandwich Marina, Cape Cod Canal, east entrance 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 East Sandwich and Sandwich Marina.
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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 Sandwich. 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 6:01 PM. The tides are a high of 7.9 ft at 2:52 AM, a low of 1.4 ft at 8:51 AM, a high of 8.7 ft at 3:00 PM, and a low of 0.6 ft at 9:26 PM. The low at 8:51 AM is 117 minutes after sunrise.
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 7.5 ft at 3:38 AM, a low of 1.8 ft at 9:37 AM, a high of 8.3 ft at 3:46 PM, and a low of 1.0 ft at 10:14 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Rain Showers Likely, 68°F, wind 8 to 18 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 6:56 AM and sunset is 5:58 PM. The tides are a high of 7.2 ft at 4:26 AM, a low of 2.1 ft at 10:26 AM, a high of 8.0 ft at 4:36 PM, and a low of 1.3 ft at 11:05 PM. The high at 4:36 PM is 82 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 54°F, wind 16 mph NW.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:57 AM and sunset is 5:56 PM. The tides are a high of 7.0 ft at 5:18 AM, a low of 2.3 ft at 11:18 AM, a high of 7.8 ft at 5:29 PM, and a low of 1.5 ft at 11:58 PM. The high at 5:18 AM is 99 minutes before sunrise. The high at 5:29 PM is 27 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 54°F, wind 8 to 12 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 5:55 PM. The tides are a high of 6.9 ft at 6:12 AM, a low of 2.3 ft at 12:13 PM, and a high of 7.7 ft at 6:25 PM. The high at 6:12 AM is 47 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:25 PM is 30 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers, 59°F, wind 8 to 14 mph S.
Thursday, 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
- 5:21 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 5:54 AM
- Dawn
- 6:26 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:26 AM to 6:37 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:37 AM to 7:32 AM
- Sunrise
- 6:54 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:28 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:23 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
- 12:12 PM
- Moonset
- 8:43 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.
Marinas
- Sandwich Marina0.2 mi
Beaches
- Town Beach0.8 mi
- Town Neck Beach1.1 mi
- Springhill Brook1.7 mi
- Springhill Beach3.0 mi
- East Sandwich Beach3.3 mi
- Sandwich Beach5.2 mi
Parks
- Cape Cod Canal Access0.2 mi
- Town Hall Square1.0 mi
- Mill Creek Park1.0 mi
- Oak Crest Cove Park5.1 mi
- Rolling Ridge Park6.2 mi
- Chester Park6.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Hamilton Cr0.6 mi
- Boardwalk Beach1.1 mi
- Sandwich Fish Hatchery1.6 mi
- Cook Farm Conservation Lands1.6 mi
- Springhill Beach1.8 mi
- Freeman Property3.0 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Sagamore1.5 mi · Barnstable County
- Cape Cod Canal2.8 mi · Barnstable County
- Cape Cod Canal4.8 mi · Barnstable County
- Buzzards Bay6.0 mi · Barnstable County
- Gray Gables6.5 mi · Barnstable County
- Monument Beach6.9 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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