Tides in New York

The Battery tide times

New YorkNear Financial District, New York CountyNOAA 8518750Water level station

The tide is rising: high tide at 9:59 PM, 5.1 ft. Measured 2.40 ft at 6:00 PM, 1.19 ft above the prediction.

Now

Today, Monday, September 28: every high and low tide, and the predicted curve through the day.

  1. Low tide3:46 AM0.0 ft
  2. High tide9:33 AM5.8 ft
  3. Low tide4:23 PM0.1 ft
  4. High tide9:59 PM5.1 ft
024612 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM12 AMNow

Feet above mean lower low water. Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Sunrise 6:50 AM, sunset 6:43 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 5.8 ft, Tue, Sep 29 at 10:14 AM. Lowest 0.0 ft, Mon, Sep 28 at 3:46 AM.

High and low tides at The Battery, NY, Eastern Daylight Time, feet above MLLW
DateHigh and low tidesSunrise / sunsetMoon
Mon, Sep 28 TodayLow 3:46 AM 0.0 ftHigh 9:33 AM 5.8 ftLow 4:23 PM 0.1 ftHigh 9:59 PM 5.1 ft6:50 AM / 6:43 PMWaning gibbousRises 7:27 PM
Tue, Sep 29Low 4:24 AM 0.0 ftHigh 10:14 AM 5.8 ftLow 5:08 PM 0.2 ftHigh 10:47 PM 4.9 ft6:51 AM / 6:41 PMWaning gibbousRises 8:01 PM
Wed, Sep 30Low 5:05 AM 0.2 ftHigh 11:03 AM 5.7 ftLow 5:57 PM 0.4 ftHigh 11:44 PM 4.7 ft6:52 AM / 6:40 PMWaning gibbousRises 8:43 PM
Thu, Oct 1Low 5:49 AM 0.4 ftHigh 12:02 PM 5.6 ftLow 6:56 PM 0.6 ft6:53 AM / 6:38 PMWaning gibbousRises 9:36 PM
Fri, Oct 2High 12:51 AM 4.5 ftLow 6:45 AM 0.7 ftHigh 1:09 PM 5.4 ftLow 8:06 PM 0.8 ft6:54 AM / 6:36 PMWaning gibbousRises 10:40 PM
Sat, Oct 3High 1:59 AM 4.4 ftLow 7:59 AM 0.9 ftHigh 2:18 PM 5.3 ftLow 9:19 PM 0.8 ft6:55 AM / 6:35 PMLast quarter 9:25 AMRises 11:52 PM
Sun, Oct 4High 3:05 AM 4.4 ftLow 9:20 AM 1.0 ftHigh 3:25 PM 5.2 ftLow 10:24 PM 0.6 ft6:56 AM / 6:33 PMWaning crescent

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

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Water level, last 48 hours

Measured 2.40 ft at 6:00 PM, 1.19 ft above the prediction. Highest in 48 hours: 8.00 ft at Sun 9:48 AM.

0246812 AM12 PM12 AM12 PM12 AMMinor flooding 7.2 ftModerate flooding 8.4 ftNow
  • Measured
  • Predicted tide

Storm surge

Measured less predicted: +1.19 ft now; over 48 hours, +0.78 ft to +2.91 ft. Wind, air pressure and river flow move the water off the tide table.

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Coastal flood thresholds

Minor flooding7.2 ft
Moderate flooding8.4 ft
Major flooding9.9 ft

The water is 4.80 ft below minor flood level now. Highest predicted tide in the next 7 days: 5.8 ft on Tue, Sep 29 at 10:14 AM, 1.4 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 8 days. NOAA’s outlook for May 2026 to April 2027 is 16 to 21 days.

Last year
8 daysMay 2025 to April 2026
Outlook
16 to 21 daysMay 2026 to April 2027
Record
24 daysMay 2023 to April 2024
Typical in 2000
5 daysNOAA’s trend value
Days each year, May to April, the water reached NOAA’s minor flooding threshold here, since 1920. 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 2026800100%
2024 to 20251200100%
2023 to 20242420100%
2022 to 2023910100%
2021 to 20221300100%
2020 to 20211300100%
2019 to 20201000100%
2018 to 20191210100%
2017 to 20181510100%
2016 to 2017800100%

Thresholds

FloodingAbove MHHWAbove MLLWWhat it means
Minor1.85 ft6.90 ftDisruptive: flooded low roads and yards, and overwhelmed storm drains
Moderate2.78 ft7.83 ftTypically damaging to homes and businesses near the water
Major4.05 ft9.10 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: 60 to 85 days a year of minor flooding, between the Low and Intermediate scenarios, and 6 to 10 days of moderate.

Days a year of minor flooding, by sea level rise scenario
DecadeLowInt-LowIntermediateInt-HighHigh
2020s1010101010
2030s2025252525
2040s3545455555
2050s607585110125
2060s90115145200240
2070s115160225295335
2080s140210300350360
2090s165255345360365
2100s190290360365365
Days a year of moderate flooding, by sea level rise scenario
DecadeLowInt-LowIntermediateInt-HighHigh
2020s11111
2030s22233
2040s44566
2050s68101520
2060s1015255075
2070s153065130220
2080s2055135260340
2090s3085240340365
2100s40120325360365

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

Sea level rise

The 2022 Interagency Sea Level Rise Technical Report’s five scenarios for this gauge, in feet of rise above the 1996 to 2014 average, with 2005 as zero.

By 2050, 1.0 ft (Low) to 1.6 ft (High); Intermediate 1.2 ft, likely 1.0 ft to 1.6 ft. By 2100, 1.7 ft (Low) to 6.5 ft (High); Intermediate 3.8 ft, likely 3.1 ft to 4.5 ft.

02468101214 ft2020205021002150LowInt-LowIntermediateInt-HighHigh
  • Low
  • Intermediate-Low
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate-High
  • High
  • Intermediate, likely range
  • Measured trend, continued

Measured here from 1856 to 2025, sea level rose 2.95 mm a year (±0.05, 95% confidence), 0.97 ft in 100 years.

Feet of rise above the 2005 zero, median of each scenario
YearLowInt-LowIntermediateInt-HighHigh
20200.30.40.40.40.4
20300.60.60.60.70.7
20400.80.90.91.01.1
20501.01.11.21.41.6
20601.21.41.62.02.3
20701.31.62.12.63.2
20801.51.92.53.34.2
20901.62.13.24.25.3
21001.72.43.85.16.5
21101.92.64.65.97.7
21202.02.95.26.68.9
21302.13.25.97.210.0
21402.33.46.57.810.8
21502.43.77.08.411.6

The five scenarios run from 0.3 to 2.0 meters (1 to 6.6 feet) of global rise by 2100, each adjusted for this coast’s sinking or rising land and its ocean. They agree closely to 2050, when most of the rise is already set, and part after it with how fast the ice sheets melt. The likely range is the 17th to 83rd percentile.

See 1 to 10 ft of rise on the map

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 MHHW5.05 ft
Mean high water MHW4.73 ft
Mean diurnal tide level DTL2.53 ft
Mean tide level MTL2.47 ft
Mean sea level MSL2.57 ft
Mean low water MLW0.20 ft
Mean lower low water MLLW0.00 ft
NAVD88 (land survey datum) NAVD882.77 ft
Highest water measured October 30, 201214.04 ft
Lowest water measured February 2, 1976-4.29 ft
Highest astronomical tide6.48 ft
Lowest astronomical tide-1.53 ft

Mean range of tide 4.53 ft; great diurnal range 5.05 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.

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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). Sea level rise scenarios from the 2022 Interagency Sea Level Rise Technical Report (Sweet et al. 2022), as NOAA publishes them per gauge. Measured trend from NOAA’s sea level trends. Station 8518750: original at NOAA.