Tides in Louisiana

Calcasieu Pass tide times

LouisianaNear Cameron, Cameron ParishNOAA 8768094Water level station

The tide is rising: high tide at 3:22 AM, 2.1 ft. Measured 2.25 ft at 12:24 AM, 0.55 ft above the prediction.

Now

Today, Tuesday, September 29: every high and low tide, and the predicted curve through the day.

  1. High tide3:22 AM2.1 ft
  2. Low tide11:14 AM0.1 ft
  3. High tide6:35 PM2.3 ft
  4. Low tide11:36 PM1.8 ft
0.00.51.01.52.012 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM12 AMNow

Feet above mean lower low water. Times are Central Daylight Time. Sunrise 7:06 AM, sunset 7:01 PM.

Alerts in force

National Weather Service products for coastal flooding, storm surge, high surf and tsunami at this station’s position.

None right now. The National Weather Service issues coastal flood advisories and warnings, storm surge watches and warnings, high surf advisories and tsunami messages for water at this station.

7-day tide table

Highest tide this week 2.3 ft, Sun, Oct 4 at 1:00 AM. Lowest 0.0 ft, Thu, Oct 1 at 12:55 PM.

High and low tides at Calcasieu Pass, LA, Central Daylight Time, feet above MLLW
DateHigh and low tidesSunrise / sunsetMoon
Tue, Sep 29 TodayHigh 3:22 AM 2.1 ftLow 11:14 AM 0.1 ftHigh 6:35 PM 2.3 ftLow 11:36 PM 1.8 ft7:06 AM / 7:01 PMWaning gibbousRises 8:50 PM
Wed, Sep 30High 3:34 AM 2.1 ftLow 12:00 PM 0.0 ftHigh 8:19 PM 2.3 ft7:06 AM / 7:00 PMWaning gibbousRises 9:39 PM
Thu, Oct 1Low 12:17 AM 2.0 ftHigh 3:45 AM 2.2 ftLow 12:55 PM 0.0 ftHigh 10:11 PM 2.3 ft7:07 AM / 6:59 PMWaning gibbousRises 10:36 PM
Fri, Oct 2Low 1:10 AM 2.2 ftHigh 3:44 AM 2.2 ftLow 2:01 PM 0.0 ftHigh 11:54 PM 2.3 ft7:07 AM / 6:58 PMWaning gibbousRises 11:40 PM
Sat, Oct 3Low 3:16 PM 0.1 ft7:08 AM / 6:56 PMLast quarter 8:25 AM
Sun, Oct 4High 1:00 AM 2.3 ftLow 4:28 PM 0.2 ft7:08 AM / 6:55 PMWaning crescentRises 12:48 AM
Mon, Oct 5High 1:34 AM 2.3 ftLow 6:34 AM 1.9 ftHigh 9:14 AM 2.0 ftLow 5:38 PM 0.3 ft7:09 AM / 6:54 PMWaning crescentRises 1:57 AM

Next moon phases: last quarter Sat, Oct 3, new moon Sat, Oct 10.

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Water level, last 48 hours

Measured 2.25 ft at 12:24 AM, 0.55 ft above the prediction. Highest in 48 hours: 2.74 ft at Sun 5:36 PM.

0123412 PM12 AM12 PM12 AM12 PMMinor flooding 4.0 ftNow
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Storm surge

Measured less predicted: +0.55 ft now; over 48 hours, +0.16 ft to +0.75 ft. Wind, air pressure and river flow move the water off the tide table.

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Coastal flood thresholds

Minor flooding4.0 ft
Moderate flooding5.0 ft
Major flooding6.0 ft

The water is 1.74 ft below minor flood level now. Highest predicted tide in the next 7 days: 2.3 ft on Sun, Oct 4 at 1:00 AM, 1.7 ft below minor flooding. Thresholds are the National Weather Service’s, used for its coastal flood advisories and warnings, in feet above MLLW.

High tide flooding

Flooding at high tide on calm, sunny days, with no storm: the days a year the water reaches NOAA’s flood thresholds, counted from May to April, and the days expected ahead as the sea rises.

From May 2025 to April 2026 the water reached minor high tide flooding on 1 day. NOAA’s outlook for May 2026 to April 2027 is 4 to 14 days.

Last year
1 dayMay 2025 to April 2026
Outlook
4 to 14 daysMay 2026 to April 2027
Record
22 daysMay 2020 to April 2021
Days each year, May to April, the water reached NOAA’s minor flooding threshold here, since 2004. Years less than 80% measured are left out. The last bar is the outlook, drawn to the top of its range.

Recent years

May to AprilMinorModerateMajorMeasured
2025 to 2026100100%
2024 to 2025900100%
2023 to 2024300100%
2022 to 2023300100%
2021 to 2022900100%
2020 to 20212232100%
2019 to 20201300100%
2018 to 20191000100%
2017 to 20181310100%
2016 to 2017300100%

Thresholds

FloodingAbove MHHWAbove MLLWWhat it means
Minor1.71 ft3.52 ftDisruptive: flooded low roads and yards, and overwhelmed storm drains
Moderate2.68 ft4.49 ftTypically damaging to homes and businesses near the water
Major3.91 ft5.72 ftOften destructive

NOAA’s national high tide flooding thresholds, set from the tide range so they compare from one gauge to the next. MHHW is the average of each day’s higher high tide; MLLW is the zero of this page’s tide tables. Where the National Weather Service has set flood levels of its own (under Water level), those drive its coastal flood advisories and can differ.

Flood days ahead

NOAA’s likeliest range for 2050: 210 to 250 days a year of minor flooding, between the Intermediate and Intermediate-High scenarios, and 25 to 40 days of moderate.

Days a year of minor flooding, by sea level rise scenario
DecadeLowInt-LowIntermediateInt-HighHigh
2020s1515202020
2030s4045455050
2040s85100110125140
2050s155190210250280
2060s235275310340355
2070s300335350365365
2080s335355365365365
2090s350360365365365
2100s360365365365365
Days a year of moderate flooding, by sea level rise scenario
DecadeLowInt-LowIntermediateInt-HighHigh
2020s11111
2030s22333
2040s5781010
2050s1520254065
2060s355585160230
2070s70120200320355
2080s120210320360365
2090s175290360365365
2100s245340365365365

Projected by NOAA from the 2022 interagency sea level rise scenarios (see Sea level rise below): the average days a year in each decade.

Datums and records

Heights above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero of this page and of NOAA’s charts. Tidal epoch 1983-2001.

Mean higher high water MHHW1.81 ft
Mean high water MHW1.71 ft
Mean diurnal tide level DTL0.90 ft
Mean tide level MTL1.10 ft
Mean sea level MSL1.12 ft
Mean low water MLW0.49 ft
Mean lower low water MLLW0.00 ft
NAVD88 (land survey datum) NAVD881.41 ft
Highest water measured September 13, 200811.88 ft
Lowest water measured January 2, 2003-3.34 ft
Highest astronomical tide2.52 ft
Lowest astronomical tide-1.50 ft

Mean range of tide 1.22 ft; great diurnal range 1.81 ft.

What this means

Heights are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW): the average of the lower of each day’s two low tides over NOAA’s 19-year tidal epoch, and the zero of US tide tables and nautical charts. A low tide below that average is printed as a negative height.

Predictions are astronomical. They account for the moon and the sun, not the weather: onshore wind, low air pressure and high river flow hold the water above the prediction, offshore wind and high pressure hold it below. The water level above measures the difference.

Spring tides, the largest ranges of the month, follow the new and full moon by a day or two. Neap tides, the smallest, follow the quarter moons.

Nearby8

The closest other NOAA tide stations, nearest first.

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Sources

Tide predictions and water levels from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS). Coastal flood, storm surge and high surf products from the National Weather Service. High tide flooding counts, outlook and projections from NOAA CO-OPS’s high tide flooding products (thresholds after Sweet et al. 2018). Station 8768094: original at NOAA.