Tides / North Carolina / Brunswick County / Sunny Point Army Base
Sunny Point Army Base
Tide station
NOAA station Sunny Point Army Base, Wharf no.3 in Brunswick County, North Carolina. 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.
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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 Sunny Point Army Base. 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 6:37 PM. The tides are a high of 3.7 ft at 1:14 AM, a low of 1.3 ft at 7:28 AM, a high of 4.5 ft at 1:38 PM, and a low of 1.2 ft at 8:22 PM. The low at 7:28 AM is 10 minutes after sunrise. The low at 8:22 PM is 105 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 82°F, wind 5 to 12 mph SW.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:18 AM and sunset is 6:36 PM. The tides are a high of 3.7 ft at 2:06 AM, a low of 1.3 ft at 8:21 AM, a high of 4.5 ft at 2:27 PM, and a low of 1.1 ft at 9:10 PM. The low at 8:21 AM is 63 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 66°F, wind 12 to 22 mph N.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:19 AM and sunset is 6:34 PM. The tides are a high of 3.8 ft at 2:56 AM, a low of 1.2 ft at 9:12 AM, a high of 4.6 ft at 3:15 PM, and a low of 1.0 ft at 9:56 PM. The low at 9:12 AM is 113 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Slight Chance Light Rain, 63°F, wind 22 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset is 6:33 PM. The tides are a high of 4.0 ft at 3:45 AM, a low of 1.2 ft at 10:02 AM, a high of 4.5 ft at 4:02 PM, and a low of 0.9 ft at 10:41 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 67°F, wind 18 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 7:21 AM and sunset is 6:32 PM. The tides are a high of 4.1 ft at 4:34 AM, a low of 1.2 ft at 10:52 AM, a high of 4.5 ft at 4:49 PM, and a low of 0.8 ft at 11:24 PM. The high at 4:49 PM is 103 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 71°F, wind 14 mph N.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:54 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:23 AM
- Dawn
- 6:53 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:53 AM to 7:02 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 7:02 AM to 7:52 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:18 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:57 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 6:03 PM to 6:52 PM
- Sunset
- 6:36 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:52 PM to 7:02 PM
- Dusk
- 7:02 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:31 PM
- Last light
- 8:00 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 19 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:03 PM
- Moonset
- 10:38 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
- Deep Point Marina7.0 mi
Beaches
- Kure Beach3.4 mi
- Freeman Park5.0 mi
Parks
- Historic Brunswick Town1.2 mi
- Brunswick Town State Historic Site1.2 mi
- Mike Chappell Park2.3 mi
- Carolina Beach State Park2.4 mi
- Joe Eakes Park2.6 mi
- Carolina Beach Lake Park2.9 mi
Nature reserves
- WRC Unnamed Island Snows March #1 39-33 · private4.0 mi
- North Carolina Coastal Land Trust: Orton Plantation Holdings, LLC4.1 mi
- Wrc Federal Point Access Area4.5 mi
- Wrc North Pelican Island #1 & 2 39-29 & 39-30 · private4.6 mi
- Wrc Ferry Slip Island 39-32 (Nha) · private4.7 mi
- Wrc North Pelican Island #1 & 2 39-29 & 39-30 · private5.7 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Reaves Point1.5 mi · Brunswick County
- Orton Point2.3 mi · New Hanover County
- Sunny Point Army Base2.4 mi · Brunswick County
- Wilmington Beach3.1 mi · New Hanover County
- Federal Point4.3 mi · Brunswick County
- Zekes Island5.1 mi · Brunswick 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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