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Mahon River Entrance Tides Today

Near Little Creek · Kent County, DE · NOAA 8554399

Right nowFri Nov 6
Next tide
This Afternoon66°NW 5 mph · Rain likely
1:08 AM0.1 ft7:06 AM5.9 ft1:32 PM0.1 ft7:23 PM5.7 ft
  1. Low1:08AM0.1 ft
  2. High7:06AM5.9 ft
  3. Low1:32PM0.1 ft
  4. High7:23PM5.7 ft

Local Eastern time. Heights in feet above average low water (MLLW). Shaded bands are today's best fishing windows.

Fishing Outlook

The high tide at 7:06 AM lands near sunrise, and the tides are among the strongest this week.

Best Windows Today

  • 6:06 to 8:06 AMaround high tide
  • 12:32 to 2:32 PMaround low tide

Solunar Times

  • Minor3:24 to 4:24 AMmoonrise
  • Major8:40 to 10:40 AMmoon overhead
  • Minor2:47 to 3:47 PMmoonset
  • Major9:02 to 11:02 PMmoon underfoot

Major periods are the two hours around the moon overhead or underfoot. Minor periods are the hour around moonrise and moonset.

Fishing here? See Delaware fishing license info and size and bag limits from the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife.

Weather and Wind

  • This AfternoonHigh 66°Rain likely 70% rainNW 5 mph
  • TonightLow 52°Chance light rain then mostly cloudy 49% rainNW 0 to 15 mph
  • SaturdayHigh 57°Mostly sunny 1% rainNW 15 to 20 mph

Boating Forecast

Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE · issued Fri 12:10 PM

This Afternoon
NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Rain with a slight chance of tstms.
Tonight
NW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt after midnight. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 2 seconds. A chance of rain in the evening.
Sat
NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 3 seconds.

From the National Weather Service. Arrows point the way the wind blows.

DayFishingHigh TidesLow TidesMoon
SaturdayNov 7Good7:49 AM 6.1 ft8:07 PM 5.6 ft1:51 AM 0.0 ft2:21 PM 0.0 ft
SundayNov 8Fair8:29 AM 6.2 ft8:50 PM 5.4 ft2:32 AM 0.0 ft3:06 PM 0.0 ft
MondayNov 9Good9:08 AM 6.2 ft9:31 PM 5.3 ft3:11 AM 0.1 ft3:48 PM 0.1 ft
TuesdayNov 10Good9:46 AM 6.2 ft10:11 PM 5.1 ft3:48 AM 0.2 ft4:29 PM 0.2 ft
WednesdayNov 11Good10:24 AM 6.1 ft10:51 PM 4.8 ft4:24 AM 0.4 ft5:09 PM 0.4 ft
ThursdayNov 12Good11:03 AM 5.9 ft11:31 PM 4.6 ft5:00 AM 0.5 ft5:50 PM 0.6 ft
FridayNov 13Good11:44 AM 5.8 ft5:38 AM 0.6 ft6:33 PM 0.8 ft

About the Tides at Mahon River Entrance

Mahon River Entrance gets two high tides and two low tides most days, both about the same size. On a typical day the water rises and falls about 5.4 feet.

Over the next two weeks the biggest tides come on Sunday, November 8, when the water moves about 6.2 feet. The lowest water is 0.0 ft on Sunday, November 8 at 3:06 PM, and the highest is 6.2 ft on Monday, November 9 at 9:08 AM.

NOAA predicts the tides here from years of measurements at station 8554399.

Official NOAA prediction for station 8554399, Mahon River entrance. Updated Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:46 GMT.