Tides / Massachusetts / Dukes County / Oak Bluffs
Oak Bluffs
Tide station
NOAA station Oak Bluffs in Dukes 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. NOAA adjusts this prediction from NEWPORT.
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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 Oak Bluffs. 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.
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 1.4 ft at 4:49 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 9:30 AM, a high of 1.5 ft at 5:12 PM, and a low of 0.7 ft at 10:39 PM. The high at 5:12 PM is 46 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers Likely, 50°F, wind 20 to 23 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:57 AM and sunset is 5:57 PM. The tides are a high of 1.3 ft at 5:39 AM, a low of 0.7 ft at 10:30 AM, and a high of 1.5 ft at 6:02 PM. The high at 5:39 AM is 78 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:02 PM is 5 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 53°F, wind 10 to 17 mph NE.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:58 AM and sunset is 5:55 PM. The tides are a low of 0.8 ft at 12:13 AM, a high of 1.3 ft at 6:30 AM, a low of 0.7 ft at 11:51 AM, and a high of 1.4 ft at 6:52 PM. The high at 6:30 AM is 28 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:52 PM is 57 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 58°F, wind 20 to 23 mph NE. That forecast is rough water.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 70% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:59 AM and sunset is 5:54 PM. The tides are a low of 0.7 ft at 1:23 AM, a high of 1.4 ft at 7:23 AM, a low of 0.7 ft at 1:17 PM, and a high of 1.5 ft at 7:46 PM. The high at 7:23 AM is 24 minutes after sunrise. The high at 7:46 PM is 112 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 60°F, wind 21 to 25 mph NE. That forecast is rough water.
Wednesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 79% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:01 AM and sunset is 5:52 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 2:07 AM, a high of 1.5 ft at 8:19 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 2:18 PM, and a high of 1.5 ft at 8:41 PM. The high at 8:19 AM is 78 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Partly Sunny, 59°F, wind 24 to 29 mph NE. That forecast is rough water.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:24 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 5:56 AM
- Dawn
- 6:28 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:28 AM to 6:39 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:39 AM to 7:34 AM
- Sunrise
- 6:56 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:28 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:20 PM to 6:15 PM
- Sunset
- 5:58 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:15 PM to 6:26 PM
- Dusk
- 6:26 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 6:58 PM
- Last light
- 7:30 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 2 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 41% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:44 PM
- Moonset
- 10:39 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
- Lake Street Landing3.5 mi
- Green Pond Town Landing6.5 mi
- Great Bay Boat Launch7.2 mi
- Great Bay Boat Launch7.2 mi
Marinas
- Quissett Harbor Boatyard7.8 mi
- Quissett Yacht Club7.9 mi
Beaches
- Town Beach0.1 mi
- Seaview Beach0.2 mi
- Martinelli Beach0.3 mi
- The Inkwell Beach0.4 mi
- Doug's Cove1.5 mi
- Eastville Beach1.6 mi
Parks
- Ocean Parkunder 0.1 mi
- Ocean Park0.2 mi
- Trinity Park0.3 mi
- Hartford Park0.4 mi
- Washington Park0.4 mi
- Penacook Park0.4 mi
Nature reserves
- East Chop Cliffs0.8 mi
- Farm Pond Preserve0.8 mi
- Farm Pond Preserve0.9 mi
- East Chop1.2 mi
- Trade Winds Field Preserve1.4 mi
- Eastville Point Beach1.6 mi
Nearby tide stations
- VINEYARD HAVEN2.3 mi · Dukes County
- Edgartown5.3 mi · Dukes County
- Falmouth Heights6.3 mi · Barnstable County
- Little Harbor7.1 mi · Barnstable County
- Cedar Tree Neck7.5 mi · Dukes County
- OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION7.5 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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