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Middle Hooper Island Tides Today

Near Fishing Creek · Dorchester County, MD · NOAA 8571519

Right nowFri Nov 6
Next tide
This Afternoon67°N 7 to 12 mph · Showers and thunderstorms
5:46 AM0.3 ft11:54 AM2.2 ft6:44 PM0.6 ft11:55 PM1.6 ft
  1. Low5:46AM0.3 ft
  2. High11:54AM2.2 ft
  3. Low6:44PM0.6 ft
  4. High11:55PM1.6 ft

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

Fishing Outlook

The low tide at 5:46 AM lands near sunrise, and the tides are among the strongest this week.

Best Windows Today

  • 4:46 to 6:46 AMaround low tide
  • 10:54 AM to 12:54 PMaround high tide

Solunar Times

  • Minor3:26 to 4:26 AMmoonrise
  • Major8:44 to 10:44 AMmoon overhead
  • Minor2:52 to 3:52 PMmoonset
  • Major9:06 to 11:06 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 Maryland fishing license info and size and bag limits from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

Weather and Wind

  • This AfternoonHigh 67°Showers and thunderstorms 100% rainN 7 to 12 mph
  • TonightLow 54°Rain showers then mostly cloudy 84% rainN 5 to 24 mph
  • SaturdayHigh 59°SunnyNW 17 to 24 mph

Boating Forecast

Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island · issued Fri 12:30 PM

This Afternoon
N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft. Showers and scattered tstms. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
Tonight
N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt... becoming NW 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt late. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Showers.
Sat
NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 ft.

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

DayFishingHigh TidesLow TidesMoon
SaturdayNov 7Good12:40 PM 2.3 ft6:21 AM 0.2 ft7:38 PM 0.6 ft
SundayNov 8Good12:36 AM 1.5 ft1:25 PM 2.3 ft6:55 AM 0.2 ft8:29 PM 0.6 ft
MondayNov 9Good1:19 AM 1.5 ft2:07 PM 2.3 ft7:30 AM 0.2 ft9:15 PM 0.6 ft
TuesdayNov 10Good2:03 AM 1.4 ft2:47 PM 2.2 ft8:05 AM 0.2 ft9:58 PM 0.6 ft
WednesdayNov 11Good2:46 AM 1.3 ft3:26 PM 2.2 ft8:40 AM 0.2 ft10:41 PM 0.6 ft
ThursdayNov 12Good3:26 AM 1.3 ft4:04 PM 2.1 ft9:14 AM 0.3 ft11:27 PM 0.7 ft
FridayNov 13Good4:06 AM 1.2 ft4:44 PM 2.0 ft9:48 AM 0.3 ft

About the Tides at Middle Hooper Island

Middle Hooper Island gets two high tides and two low tides most days, and they are not a matched pair. One high or one low each day is clearly bigger than the other. On a typical day the water rises and falls about 1.7 feet.

Over the next two weeks the biggest tides come on Sunday, November 8, when the water moves about 2.1 feet. The lowest water is 0.1 ft on Saturday, November 21 at 4:43 AM, and the highest is 2.3 ft on Sunday, November 8 at 1:25 PM.

NOAA works out the times here from its reference station at Baltimore, Fort McHenry, adjusted for this location.

Official NOAA prediction for station 8571519, Middle Hooper Island, timed from its reference station Baltimore, Fort McHenry (8574680). Updated Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:46 GMT.