Tides / Maryland / Charles County / Goose Creek
Goose Creek
Tide station
NOAA station Goose Creek, Port Tobacco River, Md. in Charles 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 Port Tobacco Village. NOAA adjusts this prediction from WASHINGTON.
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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 Goose Creek. 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 7:18 AM and sunset is 6:29 PM. The tides are a low of 0.4 ft at 2:24 AM, a high of 1.4 ft at 8:44 AM, a low of 0.4 ft at 1:58 PM, and a high of 1.7 ft at 8:45 PM. The high at 8:44 AM is 86 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny, 79°F, wind 8 to 13 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 7:19 AM and sunset is 6:28 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 3:06 AM, a high of 1.4 ft at 9:33 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 2:44 PM, and a high of 1.6 ft at 9:34 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 then Mostly Sunny, 53°F, wind 20 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset is 6:26 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 3:51 AM, a high of 1.4 ft at 10:25 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 3:38 PM, and a high of 1.5 ft at 10:29 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Sunny, 55°F, wind 8 to 12 mph NE.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:21 AM and sunset is 6:25 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 4:41 AM, a high of 1.4 ft at 11:23 AM, a low of 0.5 ft at 4:41 PM, and a high of 1.5 ft at 11:34 PM. The low at 4:41 PM is 104 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 59°F, wind 13 mph N.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 70% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:22 AM and sunset is 6:24 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 5:33 AM, a high of 1.4 ft at 12:20 PM, and a low of 0.5 ft at 5:46 PM. The low at 5:33 AM is 109 minutes before sunrise. The low at 5:46 PM is 38 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny, 64°F, wind 9 to 14 mph N.
Friday, 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
- 5:50 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:21 AM
- Dawn
- 6:52 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:52 AM to 7:02 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 7:02 AM to 7:54 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:18 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:54 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:53 PM to 6:45 PM
- Sunset
- 6:29 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:45 PM to 6:55 PM
- Dusk
- 6:55 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:26 PM
- Last light
- 7:57 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 10 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:16 PM
- Moonset
- 10:18 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
- Goose Bay Marinaunder 0.1 mi
- Aqualand Marina7.2 mi
Parks
- Chapel Point State Park2.4 mi
- Port Tobacco River Park4.0 mi
- Port Tobacco Courthouse Historic Site4.4 mi
- Port Tobacco Historic District4.6 mi
- Barnesfield Park6.6 mi
- Wayside Park6.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Cedar Point Wildlife Management Area1.3 mi
- Former DNR1.7 mi
- Chapel Point Conservation Easement1.8 mi
- Maryland Historic Trust Easement Area1.8 mi
- Chapel Point State Park2.2 mi
- Welcome Fire Tower3.6 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Mathias Point3.8 mi · Charles County
- Lower Cedar Point8.8 mi · Charles County
- Indian Head12 mi · Charles County
- Mills Point (south of)15 mi · St. Mary's County
- Marshall Hall16 mi · Charles County
- Benedict21 mi · Charles 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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