New Bedford Harbor tide times
The tide is rising: high tide at 10:53 PM, 3.9 ft. Measured 4.46 ft at 10:06 PM, 0.82 ft above the prediction.
Now
Today, Tuesday, September 29: every high and low tide, and the predicted curve through the day.
- Low tide3:21 AM-0.1 ft
- High tide10:24 AM4.6 ft
- Low tide4:14 PM0.1 ft
- High tide10:53 PM3.9 ft
Feet above mean lower low water. Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Sunrise 6:38 AM, sunset 6:29 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 4.6 ft, Tue, Sep 29 at 10:24 AM. Lowest -0.1 ft, Tue, Sep 29 at 3:21 AM.
| Date | High and low tides | Sunrise / sunset | Moon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Sep 29 Today | Low 3:21 AM -0.1 ft | High 10:24 AM 4.6 ft | Low 4:14 PM 0.1 ft | High 10:53 PM 3.9 ft | 6:38 AM / 6:29 PM | Waning gibbousRises 7:45 PM |
| Wed, Sep 30 | Low 4:00 AM 0.0 ft | High 11:13 AM 4.5 ft | Low 4:59 PM 0.3 ft | High 11:45 PM 3.7 ft | 6:40 AM / 6:27 PM | Waning gibbousRises 8:27 PM |
| Thu, Oct 1 | Low 4:42 AM 0.1 ft | High 12:07 PM 4.3 ft | Low 5:50 PM 0.6 ft | 6:41 AM / 6:25 PM | Waning gibbousRises 9:19 PM | |
| Fri, Oct 2 | High 12:41 AM 3.5 ft | Low 5:29 AM 0.3 ft | High 1:06 PM 4.1 ft | Low 8:24 PM 0.8 ft | 6:42 AM / 6:24 PM | Waning gibbousRises 10:23 PM |
| Sat, Oct 3 | High 1:40 AM 3.4 ft | Low 6:27 AM 0.6 ft | High 2:08 PM 4.0 ft | Low 9:52 PM 0.7 ft | 6:43 AM / 6:22 PM | Last quarter 9:25 AMRises 11:35 PM |
| Sun, Oct 4 | High 2:41 AM 3.4 ft | Low 8:02 AM 0.7 ft | High 3:12 PM 3.9 ft | Low 10:50 PM 0.6 ft | 6:44 AM / 6:20 PM | Waning crescent |
| Mon, Oct 5 | High 3:42 AM 3.5 ft | Low 10:01 AM 0.6 ft | High 4:17 PM 3.9 ft | Low 11:38 PM 0.4 ft | 6:45 AM / 6:19 PM | Waning crescentRises 12:51 AM |
Next moon phases: last quarter Sat, Oct 3, new moon Sat, Oct 10.
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Water level, last 48 hours
Measured 4.46 ft at 10:06 PM, 0.82 ft above the prediction. Highest in 48 hours: 6.02 ft at Mon 9:30 AM.
- Measured
- Predicted tide
Storm surge
Measured less predicted: +0.82 ft now; over 48 hours, +0.68 ft to +1.54 ft. Wind, air pressure and river flow move the water off the tide table.
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 MHHW | 3.99 ft |
| Mean high water MHW | 3.75 ft |
| Mean diurnal tide level DTL | 2.00 ft |
| Mean tide level MTL | 1.95 ft |
| Mean sea level MSL | 1.77 ft |
| Mean low water MLW | 0.15 ft |
| Mean lower low water MLLW | 0.00 ft |
| Highest water measured October 18, 2024 | 5.88 ft |
| Lowest water measured February 18, 2025 | -1.39 ft |
| Highest astronomical tide | 5.32 ft |
| Lowest astronomical tide | -0.97 ft |
Mean range of tide 3.60 ft; great diurnal range 3.99 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.
More for this place
- Forecast for New Bedford, MA
- Live radar at this station
- Bristol Area Beaches beach forecast
- September 2026 tide table
- October 2026 tide table
- November 2026 tide table
- December 2026 tide table
- Sea level rise on the map at this station
- Sea level rise and high tide flooding at Fall River (14 mi away)
- All tide stations in Massachusetts
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 8447636: original at NOAA.