Tides in Louisiana

Rat Bayou tide times

LouisianaNear Port Sulphur, Plaquemines ParishNOAA 8761431Tide prediction station

The tide is rising: high tide at 1:35 PM, 0.8 ft.

Now

Today, Wednesday, September 23: every high and low tide, and the predicted curve through the day.

  1. High tide1:35 PM0.8 ft
  2. Low tide11:58 PM0.5 ft
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Feet above mean lower low water. Times are Central Daylight Time. Sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 6:54 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 0.9 ft, Tue, Sep 29 at 3:14 AM. Lowest 0.3 ft, Tue, Sep 29 at 2:37 PM.

High and low tides at Rat Bayou, LA, Central Daylight Time, feet above MLLW
DateHigh and low tidesSunrise / sunsetMoon
Wed, Sep 23 TodayHigh 1:35 PM 0.8 ftLow 11:58 PM 0.5 ft6:48 AM / 6:54 PMWaxing gibbousRises 5:16 PM
Thu, Sep 24High 2:35 PM 0.8 ft6:49 AM / 6:53 PMWaxing gibbousRises 5:46 PM
Fri, Sep 25Low 12:20 AM 0.5 ftHigh 4:38 PM 0.7 ftLow 11:11 PM 0.6 ft6:49 AM / 6:52 PMWaxing gibbousRises 6:15 PM
Sat, Sep 26High 4:13 AM 0.6 ftLow 10:41 AM 0.5 ft6:50 AM / 6:51 PMFull moon 11:49 AMRises 6:46 PM
Sun, Sep 27High 1:45 AM 0.7 ftLow 11:42 AM 0.5 ft6:50 AM / 6:49 PMWaning gibbousRises 7:18 PM
Mon, Sep 28High 2:22 AM 0.8 ftLow 12:42 PM 0.4 ft6:51 AM / 6:48 PMWaning gibbousRises 7:54 PM
Tue, Sep 29High 3:14 AM 0.9 ftLow 2:37 PM 0.3 ft6:51 AM / 6:47 PMWaning gibbousRises 8:36 PM

Next moon phases: full moon Sat, Sep 26, last quarter Sat, Oct 3.

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.

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. Station 8761431: original at NOAA.