Know the Tide

Know the tide.

New England

Plum Island

Merrimack River Entrance · Massachusetts · NOAA station 8440452 · Tide predictions

· Eastern Time · Feet / MLLW (mean lower low water)

42.8167, -70.8200

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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 10.1 ft — Tue Jul 6 · 1:23 AM

Lowest predicted low tide: -1.4 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 6:07 PM

Biggest single-day swing: 11.3 ft on Sat Jan 23

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Sat Jan 236:07 PM-1.4 ft
Sun Jan 246:55 PM-1.4 ft
Fri Jan 225:18 PM-1.3 ft
Sun Feb 215:46 PM-1.1 ft
Wed Aug 47:28 AM-1.1 ft
Tue Jul 67:50 AM-1.1 ft
Wed Jul 78:40 AM-1.1 ft
Sat Feb 204:58 PM-1.1 ft
Mon Feb 226:31 PM-1.0 ft
Thu Aug 58:16 AM-1.0 ft

190 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

Plum Island, Merrimack River Entrance 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.

Rocky shores and the country's biggest northern ranges: Eastport flirts with 20 ft, and the Gulf of Maine funnels weather as much as tide. Harbors here float — or sit in the mud — on the moon's schedule.

Diurnal range8.7 ft
Mean range8.0 ft
RegionNew England
NOAA chart13282
Station since1989