Tides / Maine / Washington County / Machiasport
Machiasport
Tide station
NOAA station Machiasport, Machias River in Washington County, Maine. 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 East Machias, Machias, and Marshfield.
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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 Machiasport. 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 6:46 AM and sunset is 5:44 PM. The tides are a high of 11.5 ft at 3:10 AM, a low of 2.1 ft at 9:13 AM, a high of 12.0 ft at 3:26 PM, and a low of 1.4 ft at 9:43 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Light Rain, 55°F, wind 0 to 16 mph SE.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:47 AM and sunset is 5:42 PM. The tides are a high of 11.1 ft at 3:59 AM, a low of 2.5 ft at 10:01 AM, a high of 11.6 ft at 4:17 PM, and a low of 1.8 ft at 10:33 PM. The high at 4:17 PM is 85 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Slight Chance Light Rain then Partly Sunny, 48°F, wind 12 mph NW.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:48 AM and sunset is 5:40 PM. The tides are a high of 10.8 ft at 4:51 AM, a low of 2.7 ft at 10:54 AM, a high of 11.4 ft at 5:11 PM, and a low of 2.0 ft at 11:27 PM. The high at 4:51 AM is 117 minutes before sunrise. The high at 5:11 PM is 29 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 48°F, wind 5 mph W.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:50 AM and sunset is 5:39 PM. The tides are a high of 10.7 ft at 5:47 AM, a low of 2.7 ft at 11:50 AM, and a high of 11.3 ft at 6:09 PM. The high at 5:47 AM is 63 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:09 PM is 30 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 53°F, wind 2 to 9 mph S.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 70% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:51 AM and sunset is 5:37 PM. The tides are a low of 1.9 ft at 12:23 AM, a high of 10.9 ft at 6:44 AM, a low of 2.5 ft at 12:47 PM, and a high of 11.5 ft at 7:05 PM. The high at 6:44 AM is 7 minutes before sunrise. The high at 7:05 PM is 88 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 59°F, wind 1 to 5 mph N.
Saturday, 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
- 5:08 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 5:42 AM
- Dawn
- 6:16 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:16 AM to 6:27 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:27 AM to 7:25 AM
- Sunrise
- 6:46 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:15 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:04 PM to 6:02 PM
- Sunset
- 5:44 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:02 PM to 6:13 PM
- Dusk
- 6:13 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 6:47 PM
- Last light
- 7:21 PM
- Day length
- 10 hours 58 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:03 PM
- Moonset
- 9:11 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
- Machias River Boat Launch · kayak launch3.2 mi
- Finn Beach Boat Launch4.1 mi
- Pettegrow Beach Boat Lanch4.4 mi
- Town Landing · kayak launch4.5 mi
- Indian Lake Boat Access7.2 mi
Beaches
- Jasper Beach4.0 mi
- Pettegrow Beach4.5 mi
- Davis Beach4.9 mi
- Jasper Beach4.9 mi
- Jasper Beach5.1 mi
- Grays Beach5.6 mi
Parks
- Fort O'Brien State Historic Site0.7 mi
- Mill Memorial Park2.6 mi
- Bad Little Falls Park3.3 mi
- Machias Park3.4 mi
- Finn Beach4.2 mi
- Jasper Beach4.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Long Point Preserve1.5 mi
- Meserve Head Preserve2.3 mi
- Larrabee Heath Preserve2.6 mi
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area2.6 mi
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area3.2 mi
- Middle River Park3.6 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Cutler6.2 mi · Washington County
- Stone Island6.7 mi · Washington County
- Shoppee Point7.7 mi · Washington County
- Cutler9.5 mi · Washington County
- Gravelly Point15 mi · Washington County
- Birch Islands17 mi · Washington 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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