Tides / New Jersey / Cape May County / Cape Island Creek
Cape Island Creek
Tide station
NOAA station Cape Island Creek, Cape May in Cape May County, New Jersey. 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 Lower. NOAA adjusts this prediction from Atlantic City (Ocean).
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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 Cape Island 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.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:11 AM and sunset is 6:19 PM. The tides are a high of 3.6 ft at 1:02 AM, a low of 1.6 ft at 6:27 AM, a high of 4.7 ft at 1:22 PM, and a low of 1.5 ft at 7:49 PM. The low at 6:27 AM is 44 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:49 PM is 90 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers Likely, 58°F, wind 25 to 30 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:12 AM and sunset is 6:17 PM. The tides are a high of 3.5 ft at 1:59 AM, a low of 1.8 ft at 7:23 AM, a high of 4.5 ft at 2:18 PM, and a low of 1.5 ft at 8:45 PM. The low at 7:23 AM is 11 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 59°F, wind 20 mph NE. That forecast is rough water.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:13 AM and sunset is 6:16 PM. The tides are a high of 3.5 ft at 3:02 AM, a low of 1.8 ft at 8:25 AM, a high of 4.5 ft at 3:18 PM, and a low of 1.4 ft at 9:40 PM. The low at 8:25 AM is 72 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 61°F, wind 25 to 30 mph NE. 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 7:14 AM and sunset is 6:14 PM. The tides are a high of 3.7 ft at 4:06 AM, a low of 1.7 ft at 9:32 AM, a high of 4.5 ft at 4:19 PM, and a low of 1.2 ft at 10:30 PM. The high at 4:19 PM is 115 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 63°F, wind 25 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Wednesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 79% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:15 AM and sunset is 6:13 PM. The tides are a high of 4.0 ft at 5:00 AM, a low of 1.4 ft at 10:34 AM, a high of 4.7 ft at 5:11 PM, and a low of 1.0 ft at 11:12 PM. The high at 5:11 PM is 62 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 63°F, wind 25 to 30 mph NE. That forecast is rough water.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:42 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:13 AM
- Dawn
- 6:44 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:44 AM to 6:54 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:54 AM to 7:47 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:11 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:45 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:42 PM to 6:35 PM
- Sunset
- 6:18 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:35 PM to 6:45 PM
- Dusk
- 6:45 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:16 PM
- Last light
- 7:47 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 7 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 41% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:53 PM
- Moonset
- 11:06 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
- U.S. Coast Guard - Training Center Cape May · private1.7 mi
Marinas
- Cape May Marina0.1 mi
- Cape Island Marina0.5 mi
- Cape May Inlet Marina2.4 mi
- Pier 47 Marina4.9 mi
- Schooner Island Marina5.1 mi
- Grassy Sound Marina & Pier7.9 mi
Beaches
- The Cove1.6 mi
- Higbee Beach2.9 mi
- Two Mile Beach3.0 mi
- Sunset Beach3.0 mi
- Five Mile Beach5.2 mi
- Sunray Beach6.8 mi
Parks
- Harborview Park0.4 mi
- Cape May Kiwanis Community Park0.6 mi
- Lafayette Street Park0.7 mi
- Cape May Dog Park0.7 mi
- Cape May Rotary Park1.1 mi
- Triangle Park2.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Garrett Family Preserve0.5 mi
- South Cape May Meadows1.7 mi
- Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area2.2 mi
- Cape May Point State Park2.6 mi
- Cape May Bird Observatory - Northwood Center2.7 mi
- Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management Area4.1 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Cape May Harbor1.2 mi · Cape May County
- Cape May1.6 mi · Cape May County
- Cape May2.9 mi · Cape May County
- Cape May Point3.1 mi · Cape May County
- Diamond Beach3.5 mi · Cape May County
- Wildwood Crest4.7 mi · Cape May 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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