Maryland
Ocean City tides
Tide charts & times for Ocean City, Maryland · read from NOAA station OCEAN CITY (FISHING PIER) (#8570280)
Maryland · NOAA station 8570280 · Tide predictions
38.3267, -75.0833
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Stations named for Ocean City
- OCEAN CITY (FISHING PIER) · #8570280
- Ocean City (Isle of Wight Bay) · #8570282
- Ocean City Inlet · #8570283
This page reads the OCEAN CITY (FISHING PIER) station; the others serve nearby shores with the same name.
On the water nearby
Bethany Beach, DE (263) buoy · 15 mi N · Station 44084
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Nearby tide stations
- Ocean City Inlet · 0.5 mi W
- Ocean City (Isle of Wight Bay) · 0.5 mi NW
- Keydash, Isle of Wight Bay · 1.0 mi N
- Little Assawoman Bay · 9.0 mi N
- South Point, Sinepuxent Neck · 9.7 mi SW
Plan ahead
2027 tide extremes for this station
Highest predicted high tide: 4.9 ft — Sun Jul 4 · 8:41 PM
Lowest predicted low tide: -1.1 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 1:26 AM
Biggest single-day swing: 5.6 ft on Sat Jan 23
Best daytime minus tides of 2027
| Date | Low tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Jan 24 | 3:03 PM | -0.8 ft |
| Mon Feb 22 | 2:33 PM | -0.8 ft |
| Sat Jan 23 | 2:16 PM | -0.8 ft |
| Sun Feb 21 | 1:50 PM | -0.7 ft |
| Mon Jan 25 | 3:50 PM | -0.7 ft |
| Tue Aug 3 | 2:52 PM | -0.7 ft |
| Tue Feb 23 | 3:16 PM | -0.7 ft |
| Fri Jan 22 | 1:28 PM | -0.7 ft |
| Mon Aug 2 | 1:58 PM | -0.6 ft |
| Sat Feb 20 | 1:06 PM | -0.6 ft |
243 minus tides (below 0 ft) are predicted here in 2027. The table shows up to the 10 lowest that fall between 7 AM and 7 PM — the ones worth planning a clam dig or tidepool walk around.
About this station
OCEAN CITY (FISHING PIER) is one of NOAA's reference tide stations — its predictions are computed directly from harmonic analysis of water levels observed here, and other nearby stations are calculated from it.
Barrier islands, big bays, and river tides: Chesapeake and Delaware bays carry the tide deep inland, and a nor'easter can hold water in, or blow it out, for days at a time.