Tides / Maryland / Anne Arundel County / Highland Beach
Highland Beach
Tide station
NOAA station Thomas Point Shoal Light in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. 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 Thomas Point Shoal Light. NOAA adjusts this prediction from Baltimore.
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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 Highland Beach. 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 7:16 AM and sunset is 6:26 PM. The tides are a low of 0.7 ft at 4:13 AM, a high of 0.9 ft at 9:03 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 2:23 PM, and a high of 1.4 ft at 9:55 PM. The high at 9:03 AM is 107 minutes after sunrise.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:17 AM and sunset is 6:25 PM. The tides are a low of 0.7 ft at 5:05 AM, a high of 0.9 ft at 10:01 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 3:11 PM, and a high of 1.4 ft at 10:50 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:18 AM and sunset is 6:23 PM. The tides are a low of 0.7 ft at 5:56 AM, a high of 0.9 ft at 11:01 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 4:10 PM, and a high of 1.3 ft at 11:42 PM. The low at 5:56 AM is 82 minutes before sunrise.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:19 AM and sunset is 6:22 PM. The tides are a low of 0.7 ft at 6:47 AM, a high of 0.9 ft at 11:58 AM, and a low of 0.6 ft at 5:13 PM. The low at 6:47 AM is 32 minutes before sunrise. The low at 5:13 PM is 69 minutes before sunset.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 70% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset is 6:21 PM. The tides are a high of 1.3 ft at 12:31 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 7:34 AM, a high of 0.9 ft at 12:55 PM, and a low of 0.6 ft at 6:27 PM. The low at 7:34 AM is 14 minutes after sunrise. The low at 6:27 PM is 6 minutes after sunset.
Friday, 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
- 5:48 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:18 AM
- Dawn
- 6:49 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:49 AM to 7:00 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 7:00 AM to 7:52 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:16 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:51 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:50 PM to 6:42 PM
- Sunset
- 6:26 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:42 PM to 6:53 PM
- Dusk
- 6:53 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:23 PM
- Last light
- 7:54 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 9 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:15 PM
- Moonset
- 10:14 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
- Carrs Wharf4.9 mi
- Truxton Park Boat Ramps5.9 mi
- Tucker Street Boat Ramp7.5 mi
- Sandy Point State Park7.9 mi
- Sandy Point State Park8.0 mi
- Sandy Point State Park8.0 mi
Marinas
- Oyster Harbor Boat Ramp · fee2.5 mi
- Hillsmere Shores Marina3.5 mi
- Kentmorr Marina3.9 mi
- Turkey Point Marina & Yacht Club3.9 mi
- South River Marina4.1 mi
- Anchor Yacht Basin4.1 mi
Beaches
- Mayo Beach3.1 mi
- Bay Ridge Beach3.4 mi
- Triton Beach3.5 mi
- North Beach4.0 mi
- South Beach4.2 mi
- Selby Beach4.3 mi
Parks
- Thomas Point Park1.8 mi
- Mayo Beach Park3.2 mi
- David G. Dauses Sr. Waterfront Park3.3 mi
- Beverly Triton Nature Park3.5 mi
- Abbey Park3.5 mi
- Hillsmere Shores Community Beach · private3.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Conservation Easement2.8 mi
- Bay Ridge Trust4.1 mi
- Matapeake Park5.8 mi
- Paca Gardens6.2 mi
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center6.9 mi
- Holly Conservation Easement7.1 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Kent Point Marina5.4 mi · Talbot County
- Matapeake5.7 mi · Anne Arundel County
- Mayo5.8 mi · Anne Arundel County
- Annapolis (US Naval Academy)6.3 mi · Anne Arundel County
- Galesville7.0 mi · Anne Arundel County
- Edgewater7.2 mi · Anne Arundel 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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