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Hatteras (Ocean) Tides Today

Dare County, NC · NOAA 8654467

Right nowFri Nov 6
Next tide
Today73°S 13 mph · Mostly cloudy then slight chance showers and thunderstorms
12:13 AM0.5 ft6:02 AM0.9 ft1:08 PM0.5 ft6:29 PM0.7 ft
  1. Low12:13AM0.5 ft
  2. High6:02AM0.9 ft
  3. Low1:08PM0.5 ft
  4. High6:29PM0.7 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 6:02 AM lands near sunrise, and the tides are among the strongest this week.

Best Windows Today

  • 5:02 to 7:02 AMaround high tide
  • 12:08 to 2:08 PMaround low tide
  • 5:29 to 7:29 PMaround high tide

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

Solunar Times

  • Minor3:22 to 4:22 AMmoonrise
  • Major8:41 to 10:41 AMmoon overhead
  • Minor2:53 to 3:53 PMmoonset
  • Major9:04 to 11:04 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 North Carolina fishing license info and size and bag limits from the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries.

Weather and Wind

  • TodayHigh 73°Mostly cloudy then slight chance showers and thunderstorms 16% rainS 13 mph
  • TonightLow 60°Showers and thunderstorms 90% rainW 12 to 16 mph
  • SaturdayHigh 63°Mostly sunny 3% rainN 13 to 18 mph

Boating Forecast

Pamlico Sound · issued Fri 4:14 AM

Today
S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt late this morning and afternoon. Waves around 2 ft. A slight chance of showers and tstms late.
Tonight
SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Waves around 2 ft. A slight chance of tstms. Showers likely, mainly in the evening.
Sat
N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft.

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

DayFishingHigh TidesLow TidesMoon
SaturdayNov 7Good6:46 AM 0.9 ft7:18 PM 0.7 ft1:01 AM 0.5 ft2:03 PM 0.4 ft
SundayNov 8Good7:32 AM 0.8 ft8:05 PM 0.7 ft1:53 AM 0.5 ft2:49 PM 0.4 ft
MondayNov 9Fair8:18 AM 0.8 ft8:46 PM 0.7 ft2:40 AM 0.4 ft3:27 PM 0.4 ft
TuesdayNov 10Good8:59 AM 0.8 ft9:23 PM 0.7 ft3:19 AM 0.4 ft4:02 PM 0.4 ft
WednesdayNov 11Good9:38 AM 0.8 ft10:02 PM 0.6 ft3:55 AM 0.4 ft4:37 PM 0.4 ft
ThursdayNov 12Good10:19 AM 0.7 ft10:50 PM 0.6 ft4:30 AM 0.4 ft5:17 PM 0.4 ft
FridayNov 13Good11:08 AM 0.7 ft11:58 PM 0.6 ft5:11 AM 0.4 ft6:03 PM 0.4 ft

About the Tides at Hatteras (Ocean)

Hatteras (Ocean) 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 0.3 feet. Tides here are small, so wind and river flow can move the water as much as the tide does.

Over the next two weeks the biggest tides come on Sunday, November 8, when the water moves about 0.4 feet. The lowest water is 0.3 ft on Friday, November 20 at 11:31 PM, and the highest is 0.9 ft on Saturday, November 7 at 6:46 AM.

NOAA station 8654467 here measures the water live and reports its temperature. Minor flooding starts when the water reaches 2.4 ft.

Official NOAA prediction for station 8654467, Hatteras (ocean). Updated Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:46 GMT.