Tide tables and solunar tables for sport fishers in Nags Head. 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 Nags Head ...
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Today Saturday, 18th of May of 2013, the sun rose in Nags Head at 5:54 am and sunset was at 8:05 pm. The moon set at 1:33 am at 279º west. Then, the moon rose at 84º east at 1:18 pm.
In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first high tide was at 1:28 am and the next high tide at 2:15 pm. The first low tide was at 8:00 am and the next low tide at 8:28 pm.
The lunar phase is a First Quarter Moon. Today we had 14 hours and 11 minutes of sun. The solar transit was at 12:59 pm and the length of time the moon will be visible will be 12 hours and 15 minutes.
The tidal coefficient today is 45, a low value, which means that the range (difference between high tide and low tide) will be lower than on other occasions and the currents will also be small. At noon the tidal coefficient increases to 48 to end the day with a tidal coefficient of 51. The tide heights today are 3.0 ft, 0.7 ft, 3.3 ft and 1.0 ft. We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Nags Head which is of 5.2 ft and a minimum height of -1.3 ft.
The solunar fishing calendar in Nags Head 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 Nags Head. The times are generated in local time in North Carolina 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 Nags Head 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 168 days left until the clocks change
| 1:28 am | high tide | ( 3.0 ft. ) | ||
| 8:00 am | low tide | ( 0.7 ft. ) | ||
| 2:15 pm | high tide | ( 3.3 ft. ) | ||
| 8:28 pm | low tide | ( 1.0 ft. ) |
| coefficient 0h | 45 |
| coefficient 12h | 48 |
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Activity of the day HIGH |
Major periods
from 7:25 am to 9:25 am and from 7:41 pm to 9:41 pm.
minor periods
from 1:33 am to 2:33 am and from 1:18 pm to 2:18 pm.
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First Quarter Moon Moon age: 7 days Light: 49 % |
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Full Moon (6 days) May 25, 2013 at 12:25 am Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
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Last Quarter Moon (13 days) May 31, 2013 at 2:58 pm |
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New Moon (21 days) June 8, 2013 at 11:56 am |
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First Quarter Moon (28 days) June 16, 2013 at 1:24 pm |
General Fishing Conditions
Fishing changes by Pressure Trend | Moonrise | 1:18 pm |
| Lunar transit | 7:41 pm |
| Moonset | 1:33 am |
| Duration of the moon | 12 h 15 m |
| Sunrise | 5:54 am |
| Transit | 12:59 pm |
| Sunset | 8:05 pm |
| Duration of the sun | 14 h 11 m |
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