Tides / North Carolina / Carteret County / SpoonersCreek
SpoonersCreek
Tide station
NOAA station SpoonersCreek in Carteret 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. People also look this chart up as Brandywine Bay, Morehead, Newport, and Pine Knoll Shores.
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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 SpoonersCreek. 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 7:14 AM and sunset is 6:32 PM. The tides are a high of 1.6 ft at 1:21 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 7:53 AM, a high of 2.1 ft at 2:02 PM, and a low of 0.7 ft at 9:05 PM. The low at 7:53 AM is 39 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 79°F, wind 7 to 16 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 7:14 AM and sunset is 6:30 PM. The tides are a high of 1.5 ft at 2:10 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 8:46 AM, a high of 2.1 ft at 2:52 PM, and a low of 0.7 ft at 9:54 PM. The low at 8:46 AM is 92 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Rain Likely, 67°F, wind 15 to 24 mph NW.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:15 AM and sunset is 6:29 PM. The tides are a high of 1.5 ft at 3:02 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 9:38 AM, a high of 2.0 ft at 3:45 PM, and a low of 0.7 ft at 10:43 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Chance Light Rain, 65°F, wind 26 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset is 6:28 PM. The tides are a high of 1.5 ft at 4:00 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 10:33 AM, a high of 2.0 ft at 4:40 PM, and a low of 0.7 ft at 11:32 PM. The high at 4:40 PM is 108 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Slight Chance Light Rain, 69°F, wind 24 to 28 mph N. 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 7:17 AM and sunset is 6:27 PM. The tides are a high of 1.6 ft at 5:02 AM, a low of 0.6 ft at 11:30 AM, and a high of 2.0 ft at 5:33 PM. The high at 5:33 PM is 54 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny, 70°F, wind 21 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Friday, Saturday, 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
- 6:19 AM
- Dawn
- 6:48 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:48 AM to 6:58 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:58 AM to 7:48 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:14 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:53 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:57 PM to 6:47 PM
- Sunset
- 6:31 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:47 PM to 6:57 PM
- Dusk
- 6:57 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:26 PM
- Last light
- 7:55 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 17 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:01 PM
- Moonset
- 10:31 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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Nearby tide stations
- Coral Bay2.6 mi · Carteret County
- N.C. State Fisheries3.1 mi · Carteret County
- Morehead City3.8 mi · Carteret County
- Morehead City Harbor5.3 mi · Carteret County
- Atlantic Beach5.6 mi · Carteret County
- Morehead City6.2 mi · Carteret 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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