Tides / New York / Queens County / Norton Point
Norton Point
Tide station
NOAA station Norton Point, Head of Bay in Queens County, New York. 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 Cedarhurst, Elmont, North Valley Stream, South Floral Park, South Valley Stream, Valley Stream, and Woodmere.
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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 Norton Point. 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 7:08 AM and sunset is 6:12 PM. The tides are a high of 4.6 ft at 1:10 AM, a low of 1.6 ft at 7:15 AM, a high of 5.4 ft at 1:31 PM, and a low of 1.4 ft at 8:15 PM. The low at 7:15 AM is 7 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Light Rain Likely then Mostly Cloudy, 54°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 7:09 AM and sunset is 6:11 PM. The tides are a high of 4.5 ft at 2:04 AM, a low of 1.8 ft at 8:23 AM, a high of 5.2 ft at 2:23 PM, and a low of 1.4 ft at 9:19 PM. The low at 8:23 AM is 74 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 56°F, wind 8 to 12 mph NE.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:10 AM and sunset is 6:09 PM. The tides are a high of 4.5 ft at 2:57 AM, a low of 1.7 ft at 9:32 AM, a high of 5.2 ft at 3:16 PM, and a low of 1.3 ft at 10:15 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 then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 59°F, wind 13 to 16 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 7:11 AM and sunset is 6:08 PM. The tides are a high of 4.6 ft at 3:51 AM, a low of 1.5 ft at 10:29 AM, a high of 5.2 ft at 4:11 PM, and a low of 1.0 ft at 11:03 PM. The high at 4:11 PM is 117 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Partly Sunny, 63°F, wind 15 mph N.
Wednesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 79% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:12 AM and sunset is 6:06 PM. The tides are a high of 4.9 ft at 4:48 AM, a low of 1.2 ft at 11:20 AM, a high of 5.3 ft at 5:09 PM, and a low of 0.8 ft at 11:47 PM. The high at 5:09 PM is 57 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 63°F, wind 16 mph NE.
Saturday, Sunday, 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
- 5:37 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:09 AM
- Dawn
- 6:41 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:41 AM to 6:51 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:51 AM to 7:46 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:08 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:40 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:34 PM to 6:29 PM
- Sunset
- 6:12 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:29 PM to 6:39 PM
- Dusk
- 6:39 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:11 PM
- Last light
- 7:43 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 3 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 41% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:54 PM
- Moonset
- 10:55 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
- Kayak Boat Launch7.5 mi
- Kayak Launch7.8 mi
Beaches
- Rockaway Beach7.0 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 17.7 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 27.8 mi
- Jacob Riis Park Beach 37.9 mi
Parks
- Tribute Park6.1 mi
- Flight 587 Memorial Park6.1 mi
- Beach Channel Park6.2 mi
- Veteran's Circle6.3 mi
- Patricia A Brackley Park6.4 mi
- Gwirtzman Triangle7.3 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Inwood1.4 mi · Queens County
- J.F.K. International Airport2.1 mi · Queens County
- Woodmere2.7 mi · Nassau County
- Atlantic Beach2.8 mi · Nassau County
- Bay Park4.0 mi · Nassau County
- North Channel Bridge4.8 mi · Queens 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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