Tides / New Jersey / Cape May County / Middle Thorofare
Middle Thorofare
Tide station
NOAA station Middle Thorofare, Ocean Drive bridge 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. 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 Middle Thorofare. 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 7:09 AM and sunset is 6:19 PM. The tides are a high of 3.2 ft at 12:01 AM, a low of 1.1 ft at 5:46 AM, a high of 4.2 ft at 12:22 PM, and a low of 1.1 ft at 7:04 PM. The low at 5:46 AM is 83 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:04 PM is 45 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 77°F, wind 10 to 15 mph S. That forecast is rough water.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:10 AM and sunset is 6:17 PM. The tides are a high of 3.1 ft at 12:53 AM, a low of 1.3 ft at 6:37 AM, a high of 4.0 ft at 1:13 PM, and a low of 1.2 ft at 7:59 PM. The low at 6:37 AM is 33 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:59 PM is 102 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers Likely then Mostly Cloudy, 56°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 7:11 AM and sunset is 6:16 PM. The tides are a high of 3.0 ft at 1:50 AM, a low of 1.4 ft at 7:33 AM, a high of 3.9 ft at 2:09 PM, and a low of 1.2 ft at 8:55 PM. The low at 7:33 AM is 22 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 58°F, wind 15 mph NE.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:12 AM and sunset is 6:14 PM. The tides are a high of 3.0 ft at 2:53 AM, a low of 1.4 ft at 8:35 AM, a high of 3.8 ft at 3:09 PM, and a low of 1.1 ft at 9:50 PM. The low at 8:35 AM is 83 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers, 61°F, wind 15 to 20 mph NE.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 70% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:13 AM and sunset is 6:13 PM. The tides are a high of 3.1 ft at 3:57 AM, a low of 1.3 ft at 9:42 AM, a high of 3.9 ft at 4:10 PM, and a low of 1.0 ft at 10:40 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers, 64°F, wind 15 mph N.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:40 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:11 AM
- Dawn
- 6:42 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:42 AM to 6:53 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:53 AM to 7:46 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:09 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:44 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 9 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:09 PM
- Moonset
- 10:05 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
- Beesleys's Point5.2 mi
- Mosquito Landing Boat Ramp7.4 mi
- Bass Harbour Boat Ramp7.7 mi
Marinas
- Beesley's Point Sea-Doo Inc.5.1 mi
- Smith's Marina7.1 mi
- Pier 88 Marina7.1 mi
- Somers Point Marina7.1 mi
- Harbour Cove Marina7.5 mi
- Avalon Yacht Club7.9 mi
Beaches
- Whale Beach2.0 mi
- Peck Beach2.9 mi
- Peck's Beach3.7 mi
- Whale Beach;Ludlam Beach4.1 mi
- Beesley's Point Beach5.2 mi
- William Morrow Beach7.3 mi
Parks
- 52nd Street Park1.2 mi
- Sand Castle Park3.2 mi
- Lake & Shore Park4.8 mi
- Mark Soifer Park5.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park6.2 mi
- John F Kennedy Park6.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Corson's Inlet State Park0.3 mi
- Strathmere Natural Area0.8 mi
- Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area7.3 mi
- Beaver Swamp Wildlife Management Area7.5 mi
- Interdevelco7.6 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Strathmere1.1 mi · Cape May County
- Ludlam Bay4.2 mi · Cape May County
- Palermo4.3 mi · Cape May County
- Beesleys Point5.2 mi · Cape May County
- Townsend Sound7.2 mi · Cape May County
- Ocean Drive bridge7.4 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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