Tide tables and solunar tables for sport fishers in Cape May Point (Sunset Beach). Find out the forecast for high tides and low tides before setting out to fish, and other fishing-related data such as the lunar phase, tidal coefficient, sun and moon rising and setting times, hours of maximum fish activity, weather conditions in Cape May Point (Sunset Beach) ...
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Today Friday, 24th of May of 2013, the sun rose in Cape May Point (Sunset Beach) at 5:40 am and sunset was at 8:15 pm. The moon set at 5:10 am at 247º southwest. Then, the moon rose at 115º southeast at 7:54 pm.
In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first low tide was at 2:11 am and the next low tide at 2:11 pm. The first high tide was at 8:23 am and the next high tide at 8:50 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Gibbous. Today we had 14 hours and 35 minutes of sun. The solar transit was at 12:57 pm and the length of time the moon will be visible will be 9 hours and 16 minutes.
The tidal coefficient today is 100. With such a hight coefficient we will have big tides and the currents will also be very evident. At noon the tidal coefficient increases to 101 to end the day with a tidal coefficient of 101. The tide heights today are -0.3 ft, 4.9 ft, -0.7 ft and 6.6 ft. We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Cape May Point (Sunset Beach) which is of 6.9 ft and a minimum height of -1.3 ft.
The solunar fishing calendar in Cape May Point (Sunset Beach) tells us that today is a good day for fishing, the fish activity forecast is high. Please, read more about solunar tables. The best times of day for fishing are:
Tide timetable for Cape May Point (Sunset Beach). The times are generated in local time in New Jersey and the daylight saving time change is calculated automatically, so you don't need to add or subtract anything. You will also have the lunar phase, sunrise and sunset times, the tidal coefficient and the average fish activity forecast for each day according to the solunar tables:
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NOTE: The times reflected in the tide table for Cape May Point (Sunset Beach) are tide forecasts only valid as references for sport fishing. They shouldn't be used as a guide for navigation. The heights are expressed in feet referenced to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW).
MLLW is the average of the lower low water height of each tidal day observed over the official time segment over which tide observations are taken and reduced to obtain mean value (Tidal Datum Epoch).
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UTC -4 Start of summer time UTC-4
March 10, 2013 at 2:00 am ► 3:00 am
End of summer time UTC-5
November 3, 2013 at 2:00 am ► 1:00 am
There are 162 days left until the clocks change
| 2:11 am | low tide | ( -0.3 ft. ) | ||
| 8:23 am | high tide | ( 4.9 ft. ) | ||
| 2:11 pm | low tide | ( -0.7 ft. ) | ||
| 8:50 pm | high tide | ( 6.6 ft. ) |
| coefficient 0h | 100 |
| coefficient 12h | 101 |
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Activity of the day HIGH |
Major periods
from 12:32 pm to 2:32 pm
minor periods
from 5:10 am to 6:10 am and from 7:54 pm to 8:54 pm.
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Waxing Gibbous Moon age: 13 days Light: 98 % |
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Full Moon (0 days) May 25, 2013 at 12:25 am Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
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Last Quarter Moon (7 days) May 31, 2013 at 2:58 pm |
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New Moon (15 days) June 8, 2013 at 11:56 am |
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First Quarter Moon (22 days) June 16, 2013 at 1:24 pm |
General Fishing Conditions
Fishing changes by Pressure Trend | Moonrise | 7:54 pm |
| Lunar transit | - |
| Moonset | 5:10 am |
| Duration of the moon | 9 h 16 m |
| Sunrise | 5:40 am |
| Transit | 12:57 pm |
| Sunset | 8:15 pm |
| Duration of the sun | 14 h 35 m |
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