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Taylors Island Tides Today

Slaughter Creek · Dorchester County, MD · NOAA 8571752

Right nowFri Nov 6
Next tide
Today69°N 5 to 9 mph · Rain showers
12:38 AM1.4 ft7:25 AM0.2 ft1:19 PM1.8 ft8:23 PM0.5 ft
  1. High12:38AM1.4 ft
  2. Low7:25AM0.2 ft
  3. High1:19PM1.8 ft
  4. Low8:23PM0.5 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 7:25 AM lands near sunrise, and the tides are among the strongest this week.

Best Windows Today

  • 6:25 to 8:25 AMaround low tide
  • 12:19 to 2:19 PMaround high tide

Solunar Times

  • Minor3:27 to 4:27 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

  • TodayHigh 69°Rain showers 100% rainN 5 to 9 mph
  • TonightLow 51°Rain showers likely then mostly cloudy 72% rainNW 3 to 16 mph
  • SaturdayHigh 59°SunnyNW 18 mph

Boating Forecast

Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD · issued Fri 12:30 PM

This Afternoon
N winds 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt... diminishing to 5 kt late. Waves 1 ft. Showers.
Tonight
SE winds 5 kt...becoming NW 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt in the late evening and overnight. Waves 1 ft...building to 3 ft after midnight.
Sat
NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft.

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

DayFishingHigh TidesLow TidesMoon
SaturdayNov 7Good1:20 AM 1.3 ft2:05 PM 1.9 ft8:00 AM 0.2 ft9:17 PM 0.5 ft
SundayNov 8Fair2:01 AM 1.3 ft2:50 PM 1.9 ft8:34 AM 0.1 ft10:08 PM 0.5 ft
MondayNov 9Good2:44 AM 1.2 ft3:32 PM 1.9 ft9:09 AM 0.1 ft10:54 PM 0.5 ft
TuesdayNov 10Good3:28 AM 1.2 ft4:12 PM 1.9 ft9:44 AM 0.2 ft11:37 PM 0.5 ft
WednesdayNov 11Good4:11 AM 1.1 ft4:51 PM 1.8 ft10:19 AM 0.2 ft
ThursdayNov 12Good4:51 AM 1.1 ft5:29 PM 1.7 ft12:20 AM 0.5 ft10:53 AM 0.2 ft
FridayNov 13Good5:31 AM 1.0 ft6:09 PM 1.7 ft1:06 AM 0.5 ft11:27 AM 0.2 ft

About the Tides at Taylors Island

Taylors 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 1.4 feet.

Over the next two weeks the biggest tides come on Sunday, November 8, when the water moves about 1.8 feet. The lowest water is 0.1 ft on Saturday, November 21 at 6:22 AM, and the highest is 1.9 ft on Sunday, November 8 at 2:50 PM.

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

Official NOAA prediction for station 8571752, Taylors Island, Slaughter Creek, timed from its reference station Baltimore, Fort McHenry (8574680). Updated Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:46 GMT.