Tides / Massachusetts / Nantucket County / Great Point
Great Point
Tide station
NOAA station Great 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. 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 Great 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.
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 5:57 PM. The tides are a high of 2.6 ft at 5:14 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 10:52 AM, a high of 2.9 ft at 5:20 PM, and a low of 0.5 ft at 11:35 PM. The high at 5:14 AM is 100 minutes before sunrise. The high at 5:20 PM is 37 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers Likely, 52°F, wind 23 to 28 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:55 AM and sunset is 5:55 PM. The tides are a high of 2.6 ft at 6:09 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 11:47 AM, and a high of 2.9 ft at 6:16 PM. The high at 6:09 AM is 46 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:16 PM is 21 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 53°F, wind 16 to 22 mph NE.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:56 AM and sunset is 5:54 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 12:30 AM, a high of 2.6 ft at 7:04 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 12:43 PM, and a high of 2.8 ft at 7:12 PM. The high at 7:04 AM is 8 minutes after sunrise. The high at 7:12 PM is 78 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 58°F, wind 24 to 28 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 6:57 AM and sunset is 5:52 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 1:23 AM, a high of 2.6 ft at 7:58 AM, a low of 0.7 ft at 1:39 PM, and a high of 2.9 ft at 8:08 PM. The high at 7:58 AM is 61 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 59°F, wind 25 to 29 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 6:59 AM and sunset is 5:51 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 2:14 AM, a high of 2.7 ft at 8:49 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 2:33 PM, and a high of 2.9 ft at 9:02 PM. The high at 8:49 AM is 110 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers, 58°F, wind 31 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
- 5:22 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
- 12:26 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:18 PM to 6:13 PM
- Sunset
- 5:56 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:13 PM to 6:24 PM
- Dusk
- 6:24 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 6:56 PM
- Last light
- 7:28 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 2 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 41% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:42 PM
- Moonset
- 10:37 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 Ramp7.3 mi
Beaches
- Coskata Beach2.3 mi
- Coatue Beach5.2 mi
- Jetties Beach6.9 mi
- Quidnet Beach7.0 mi
- Steps Beach7.1 mi
- Cliff Beach7.2 mi
Parks
- Coffin Park7.4 mi
- Lilly Pond7.6 mi
- Greater Light Garden7.8 mi
- Lily Pond Park7.9 mi
- Consue Springs8.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Great Pt.0.1 mi
- Great Point0.2 mi
- Great Pt.0.3 mi
- Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge0.3 mi
- Great Point2.3 mi
- The Haulover3.7 mi
Nearby tide stations
- NANTUCKET7.5 mi · Nantucket County
- Eel Point11 mi · Nantucket County
- Muskeget Island14 mi · Nantucket County
- Dennisport19 mi · Barnstable County
- Wychmere Harbor19 mi · Barnstable County
- Saquatucket Harbor19 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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