Tides / Massachusetts / Nantucket County / Eel Point
Eel Point
Tide station
NOAA station Eel Point in Nantucket 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 Madaket. 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 Eel 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 6:52 AM and sunset is 6:00 PM. The tides are a high of 2.1 ft at 3:34 AM, a low of 0.4 ft at 8:56 AM, a high of 2.3 ft at 3:38 PM, and a low of 0.2 ft at 9:33 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted.
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 5:59 PM. The tides are a high of 2.0 ft at 4:20 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 9:41 AM, a high of 2.3 ft at 4:25 PM, and a low of 0.3 ft at 10:22 PM. The high at 4:25 PM is 94 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers, 68°F, wind 12 to 16 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 6:55 AM and sunset is 5:57 PM. The tides are a high of 2.0 ft at 5:10 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 10:31 AM, a high of 2.2 ft at 5:16 PM, and a low of 0.4 ft at 11:14 PM. The high at 5:10 AM is 105 minutes before sunrise. The high at 5:16 PM is 41 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers Likely, 56°F, wind 15 to 21 mph N.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:56 AM and sunset is 5:56 PM. The tides are a high of 1.9 ft at 6:05 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 11:26 AM, and a high of 2.1 ft at 6:12 PM. The high at 6:05 AM is 51 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:12 PM is 16 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 56°F, wind 13 to 16 mph N.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:57 AM and sunset is 5:54 PM. The tides are a low of 0.4 ft at 12:09 AM, a high of 1.9 ft at 7:00 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 12:22 PM, and a high of 2.1 ft at 7:08 PM. The high at 7:00 AM is 3 minutes after sunrise. The high at 7:08 PM is 74 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers, 59°F, wind 14 to 17 mph SE.
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
- 5:21 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 7:30 AM
- Sunrise
- 6:53 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:27 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:22 PM to 6:17 PM
- Sunset
- 6:00 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:17 PM to 6:28 PM
- Dusk
- 6:28 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:00 PM
- Last light
- 7:32 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 7 minutes
- Moon
- Waxing Crescent, about 23% lit
- Moonrise
- 12:08 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
- Children’s Beach Boat Ramp5.8 mi
Beaches
- Dionis Beach2.8 mi
- Washing Pond Beach3.6 mi
- Cisco Beach4.0 mi
- Cliff Beach4.9 mi
- Steps Beach5.1 mi
- Jetties Beach5.4 mi
Parks
- Lily Pond Park4.9 mi
- Coffin Park5.3 mi
- Lilly Pond5.4 mi
- Greater Light Garden5.5 mi
- Dead Horse Valley5.6 mi
- Mill Hill Park5.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Jackson Point1.1 mi
- Warrens Landing1.1 mi
- Little Neck1.2 mi
- Smith's Point Wildlife Sanctuary1.2 mi
- Hither Creek1.4 mi
- Fishers Landing1.5 mi
Nearby tide stations
- NANTUCKET5.8 mi · Nantucket County
- Muskeget Island5.9 mi · Nantucket County
- Great Point11 mi · Nantucket County
- Wasque Point13 mi · Dukes County
- Edgartown17 mi · Dukes County
- Martha's Vineyard GPS Buoy20 mi · Dukes 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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