The Battery tide times
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.
- Low tide3:46 AM0.0 ft
- High tide9:33 AM5.8 ft
- Low tide4:23 PM0.1 ft
- High tide9:59 PM5.1 ft
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.
| Date | High and low tides | Sunrise / sunset | Moon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Sep 28 Today | Low 3:46 AM 0.0 ft | High 9:33 AM 5.8 ft | Low 4:23 PM 0.1 ft | High 9:59 PM 5.1 ft | 6:50 AM / 6:43 PM | Waning gibbousRises 7:27 PM |
| Tue, Sep 29 | Low 4:24 AM 0.0 ft | High 10:14 AM 5.8 ft | Low 5:08 PM 0.2 ft | High 10:47 PM 4.9 ft | 6:51 AM / 6:41 PM | Waning gibbousRises 8:01 PM |
| Wed, Sep 30 | Low 5:05 AM 0.2 ft | High 11:03 AM 5.7 ft | Low 5:57 PM 0.4 ft | High 11:44 PM 4.7 ft | 6:52 AM / 6:40 PM | Waning gibbousRises 8:43 PM |
| Thu, Oct 1 | Low 5:49 AM 0.4 ft | High 12:02 PM 5.6 ft | Low 6:56 PM 0.6 ft | 6:53 AM / 6:38 PM | Waning gibbousRises 9:36 PM | |
| Fri, Oct 2 | High 12:51 AM 4.5 ft | Low 6:45 AM 0.7 ft | High 1:09 PM 5.4 ft | Low 8:06 PM 0.8 ft | 6:54 AM / 6:36 PM | Waning gibbousRises 10:40 PM |
| Sat, Oct 3 | High 1:59 AM 4.4 ft | Low 7:59 AM 0.9 ft | High 2:18 PM 5.3 ft | Low 9:19 PM 0.8 ft | 6:55 AM / 6:35 PM | Last quarter 9:25 AMRises 11:52 PM |
| Sun, Oct 4 | High 3:05 AM 4.4 ft | Low 9:20 AM 1.0 ft | High 3:25 PM 5.2 ft | Low 10:24 PM 0.6 ft | 6:56 AM / 6:33 PM | Waning 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.
- 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.
Coastal flood thresholds
| Minor flooding | 7.2 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 8.4 ft |
| Major flooding | 9.9 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
Recent years
| May to April | Minor | Moderate | Major | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 to 2026 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| 2024 to 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| 2023 to 2024 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 2022 to 2023 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 2021 to 2022 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| 2020 to 2021 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| 2019 to 2020 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| 2018 to 2019 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 2017 to 2018 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 2016 to 2017 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Thresholds
| Flooding | Above MHHW | Above MLLW | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor | 1.85 ft | 6.90 ft | Disruptive: flooded low roads and yards, and overwhelmed storm drains |
| Moderate | 2.78 ft | 7.83 ft | Typically damaging to homes and businesses near the water |
| Major | 4.05 ft | 9.10 ft | Often 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.
| Decade | Low | Int-Low | Intermediate | Int-High | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 2030s | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| 2040s | 35 | 45 | 45 | 55 | 55 |
| 2050s | 60 | 75 | 85 | 110 | 125 |
| 2060s | 90 | 115 | 145 | 200 | 240 |
| 2070s | 115 | 160 | 225 | 295 | 335 |
| 2080s | 140 | 210 | 300 | 350 | 360 |
| 2090s | 165 | 255 | 345 | 360 | 365 |
| 2100s | 190 | 290 | 360 | 365 | 365 |
| Decade | Low | Int-Low | Intermediate | Int-High | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2030s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 2040s | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 2050s | 6 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
| 2060s | 10 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 75 |
| 2070s | 15 | 30 | 65 | 130 | 220 |
| 2080s | 20 | 55 | 135 | 260 | 340 |
| 2090s | 30 | 85 | 240 | 340 | 365 |
| 2100s | 40 | 120 | 325 | 360 | 365 |
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.
- 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.
| Year | Low | Int-Low | Intermediate | Int-High | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 2030 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 2040 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| 2050 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 2060 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| 2070 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 2080 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 2090 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 2100 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| 2110 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 7.7 |
| 2120 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 8.9 |
| 2130 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 10.0 |
| 2140 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 10.8 |
| 2150 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 11.6 |
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.
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 | 5.05 ft |
| Mean high water MHW | 4.73 ft |
| Mean diurnal tide level DTL | 2.53 ft |
| Mean tide level MTL | 2.47 ft |
| Mean sea level MSL | 2.57 ft |
| Mean low water MLW | 0.20 ft |
| Mean lower low water MLLW | 0.00 ft |
| NAVD88 (land survey datum) NAVD88 | 2.77 ft |
| Highest water measured October 30, 2012 | 14.04 ft |
| Lowest water measured February 2, 1976 | -4.29 ft |
| Highest astronomical tide | 6.48 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.
Nearby8
The closest other NOAA tide stations, nearest first.
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- Gowanus BayTide predictions
- Williamsburg BridgeTide predictions
- Hunters Point, Newtown CreekTide predictions
- East 41st Street, New York CityTide predictions
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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.