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Thomas Point Shoal Light Tides Today

Near Annapolis Neck · Anne Arundel County, MD · NOAA 8575737

Right nowFri Nov 6
Next tide
This Afternoon68°NE 5 to 9 mph · Rain showers
1:57 AM1.0 ft8:14 AM0.2 ft2:38 PM1.3 ft9:12 PM0.3 ft
  1. High1:57AM1.0 ft
  2. Low8:14AM0.2 ft
  3. High2:38PM1.3 ft
  4. Low9:12PM0.3 ft

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

Fishing Outlook

No tide change lands near sunrise or sunset, and the tides are among the strongest this week.

Best Windows Today

  • 7:14 to 9:14 AMaround low tide
  • 1:38 to 3:38 PMaround high tide

Tides here are small, so wind can move the water more than the moon does.

Solunar Times

  • Minor3:28 to 4:28 AMmoonrise
  • Major8:44 to 10:44 AMmoon overhead
  • Minor2:52 to 3:52 PMmoonset
  • Major9:07 to 11:07 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 68°Rain showers 96% rainNE 5 to 9 mph
  • TonightLow 47°Isolated rain showers then mostly cloudy 15% rainW 5 to 14 mph
  • SaturdayHigh 59°SunnyNW 14 mph

Boating Forecast

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

This Afternoon
NE winds 5 kt. Waves less than 1 ft. Showers.
Tonight
S winds 5 kt...becoming NW 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt in the late evening and overnight. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
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 7Fair2:39 AM 1.0 ft3:24 PM 1.4 ft8:49 AM 0.1 ft10:06 PM 0.4 ft
SundayNov 8Good3:20 AM 0.9 ft4:09 PM 1.4 ft9:23 AM 0.1 ft10:57 PM 0.4 ft
MondayNov 9Good4:03 AM 0.9 ft4:51 PM 1.4 ft9:58 AM 0.1 ft11:43 PM 0.4 ft
TuesdayNov 10Good4:47 AM 0.9 ft5:31 PM 1.4 ft10:33 AM 0.1 ft
WednesdayNov 11Good5:30 AM 0.8 ft6:10 PM 1.3 ft12:26 AM 0.4 ft11:08 AM 0.1 ft
ThursdayNov 12Good6:10 AM 0.8 ft6:48 PM 1.3 ft1:09 AM 0.4 ft11:42 AM 0.2 ft
FridayNov 13Good6:50 AM 0.7 ft7:28 PM 1.2 ft1:55 AM 0.4 ft12:16 PM 0.2 ft

About the Tides at Thomas Point Shoal Light

Thomas Point Shoal Light 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 1.0 foot.

Over the next two weeks the biggest tides come on Sunday, November 8, when the water moves about 1.3 feet. The lowest water is 0.0 ft on Saturday, November 21 at 7:11 AM, and the highest is 1.4 ft on Sunday, November 8 at 4:09 PM.

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

Official NOAA prediction for station 8575737, Thomas Point Shoal Light, timed from its reference station Baltimore, Fort McHenry (8574680). Updated Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:46 GMT.