Tides / New Jersey / Ocean County / Tuckerton
Tuckerton
Tide station
NOAA station Tuckerton, Shooting Thorofare, Little Egg Inlet in Ocean 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.
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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 Tuckerton. 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 7:08 AM and sunset is 6:17 PM. The tides are a high of 2.5 ft at 12:45 AM, a low of 0.8 ft at 6:23 AM, a high of 3.3 ft at 1:04 PM, and a low of 0.9 ft at 7:34 PM. The low at 6:23 AM is 45 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:34 PM is 77 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 74°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 7:09 AM and sunset is 6:16 PM. The tides are a high of 2.4 ft at 1:35 AM, a low of 0.9 ft at 7:14 AM, a high of 3.2 ft at 1:54 PM, and a low of 0.9 ft at 8:27 PM. The low at 7:14 AM is 5 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Rain Showers Likely then Mostly Cloudy, 55°F, wind 25 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:10 AM and sunset is 6:14 PM. The tides are a high of 2.4 ft at 2:30 AM, a low of 1.0 ft at 8:11 AM, a high of 3.1 ft at 2:47 PM, and a low of 0.9 ft at 9:21 PM. The low at 8:11 AM is 61 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 56°F, wind 15 to 20 mph NE.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:11 AM and sunset is 6:13 PM. The tides are a high of 2.4 ft at 3:28 AM, a low of 1.0 ft at 9:12 AM, a high of 3.1 ft at 3:43 PM, and a low of 0.8 ft at 10:13 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, 60°F, wind 20 to 25 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 7:12 AM and sunset is 6:11 PM. The tides are a high of 2.5 ft at 4:25 AM, a low of 1.0 ft at 10:12 AM, a high of 3.1 ft at 4:39 PM, and a low of 0.7 ft at 11:01 PM. The high at 4:39 PM is 92 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers, 63°F, wind 15 to 20 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
- 5:39 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:10 AM
- Dawn
- 6:41 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:41 AM to 6:52 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:52 AM to 7:45 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:08 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:43 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:40 PM to 6:33 PM
- Sunset
- 6:17 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:33 PM to 6:44 PM
- Dusk
- 6:44 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:15 PM
- Last light
- 7:46 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 8 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:09 PM
- Moonset
- 10:03 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
- Beach Haven Municipal Boat Ramp6.3 mi
- 5th Street Boat Ramp7.2 mi
Marinas
- Fourth Bridge Marina1.8 mi
- Rand's Marina2.1 mi
- Cape Horn Marina2.4 mi
- First Bridge Marina3.9 mi
- Holgate Marina4.2 mi
- Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club5.6 mi
Beaches
- Little Beach2.0 mi
- North End Beach6.6 mi
- Brigantine Beach7.1 mi
Parks
- Joan Road Park3.8 mi
- Green Street Park4.7 mi
- Nelson Avenue Park4.8 mi
- Veterans' Park4.9 mi
- Pulaski Monument5.1 mi
- Mystic Islands Park5.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Brigantine Wilderness1.8 mi
- Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area2.4 mi
- Mystic Island Preserve3.8 mi
- Mystic Beach Conservation Area4.0 mi
- Mystic Beach Conservation Area4.1 mi
- Clam Cove Reserve4.4 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Seven Island0.9 mi · Ocean County
- Little Sheepshead Creek1.0 mi · Ocean County
- Main Marsh Thorofare3.7 mi · Atlantic County
- Graveling Point4.0 mi · Atlantic County
- Beach Haven4.6 mi · Ocean County
- Tuckerton Creek entrance4.7 mi · Ocean 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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