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Cape Cod tides
Cape Cod has 154 coastal places, including 49 main ones. All of them show today's tide, from 21 official stations.
Main placesOther places
- Places with tides 154 of 154 134 with a station within 5 mi
- Biggest range today 13.3 ft in East Dennis
- Spring tides Oct 26–28 full moon · with perigee · coef. 85
- Sun 7:09 am–5:41 pm 10 h 32 min of daylight
- Moon 91% · 7:10 pm waning gibbous
- Next phase Last quarter Sun, Nov 1 · 3:29 pm
Cape Cod at a glance
- Coastal places: 154 (49 main ones and 105 more): 107 towns and cities, 32 beaches, 13 harbors, 1 lighthouse and 1 pier.
- State: Massachusetts.
- With today's tide: 154 of 154 places (134 with a station within 5 miles and 20 within 31 miles).
- Most used station: Wellfleet (NOAA), for 22 places. 21 official stations in all.
- Biggest tide today: East Dennis, with 13.3 ft between high and low tide (Sesuit Harbor station).
- Smallest tide today: Falmouth, with 1.8 ft.
- Tide type: semidiurnal: two high and two low tides a day, of similar height.
- Next spring tides: from October 26 to 28, with a coefficient of up to 85 and the moon near perigee.
- Sun: rises 3 minutes earlier in Nauset Beach (Orleans) than in Woods Hole, at the two ends of the area.
Today's tides by station
| Station | ▲ High tides | ▼ Low tides | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellfleet 22 places · NOAA | 1:12 am 1:22 pm | 7:30 am 8:08 pm | 13.2 ft |
| Pleasant Bay 16 places · NOAA | 3:26 am 3:36 pm | 10:27 am 11:05 pm | 4.3 ft |
| Monument Beach 11 places · NOAA | 10:05 am 10:32 pm | 3:15 am 4:14 pm | 5.7 ft |
| Falmouth Heights 10 places · NOAA | 12:42 am 12:52 pm | 6:51 am 7:29 pm | 1.8 ft |
| Chappaquoit Point 10 places · NOAA | 10:01 am 10:27 pm | 3:01 am 3:51 pm | 5.4 ft |
| Sandwich Marina 9 places · NOAA | 1:02 am 1:14 pm | 7:04 am 7:42 pm | 11.9 ft |
| Poponesset Island 9 places · NOAA | 3:01 am 3:11 pm | 8:52 am 9:30 pm | 3.0 ft |
| Dennisport 8 places · NOAA | 2:01 am 2:11 pm | 7:38 am 8:16 pm | 4.5 ft |
The 8 stations with the most places, out of 21 in the area. Each place uses the nearest official station in the same body of water. Range: from the day's highest high tide to its lowest low tide.
Main places on Cape Cod
- Barnstable High tide 1:09 am · 1:19 pm Low tide 7:30 am · 8:08 pm
- South Yarmouth High tide 2:46 am · 2:56 pm Low tide 8:46 am · 9:24 pm
- Falmouth High tide 12:42 am · 12:52 pm Low tide 6:51 am · 7:29 pm
- Yarmouth High tide 1:09 am · 1:19 pm Low tide 7:30 am · 8:08 pm
- Sandwich High tide 1:02 am · 1:14 pm Low tide 7:04 am · 7:42 pm
- Monument Beach High tide 10:05 am · 10:32 pm Low tide 3:15 am · 4:14 pm
- Hyannis High tide 1:09 am · 1:19 pm Low tide 7:30 am · 8:08 pm
- West Falmouth High tide 10:01 am · 10:27 pm Low tide 3:01 am · 3:51 pm
- Buzzards Bay High tide 11:07 am · 11:32 pm Low tide 4:16 am · 6:30 pm
- Sagamore High tide 12:51 am · 1:03 pm Low tide 7:01 am · 7:39 pm
- Dennis Port High tide 2:01 am · 2:11 pm Low tide 7:38 am · 8:16 pm
- Wellfleet High tide 1:12 am · 1:22 pm Low tide 7:30 am · 8:08 pm
- East Dennis High tide 1:04 am · 1:18 pm Low tide 7:06 am · 7:42 pm
- Provincetown High tide 1:06 am · 1:18 pm Low tide 7:03 am · 7:40 pm
- Cotuit High tide 2:15 am · 2:25 pm Low tide 7:47 am · 8:25 pm
- West Dennis High tide 2:46 am · 2:56 pm Low tide 8:46 am · 9:24 pm
- Harwich Port High tide 1:50 am · 2:00 pm Low tide 7:25 am · 8:03 pm
- Northwest Harwich High tide 2:01 am · 2:11 pm Low tide 7:38 am · 8:16 pm
- Bourne High tide 12:01 pm Low tide 6:20 am · 7:09 pm
- Centerville High tide 2:09 am · 2:09 pm Low tide 7:31 am · 8:25 pm
- Marstons Mills High tide 2:15 am · 2:25 pm Low tide 7:47 am · 8:25 pm
- Mashpee Neck High tide 2:15 am · 2:25 pm Low tide 7:47 am · 8:25 pm
- West Yarmouth High tide 2:46 am · 2:56 pm Low tide 8:46 am · 9:24 pm
- Eastham High tide 3:26 am · 3:36 pm Low tide 10:27 am · 11:05 pm
The other 130 places on Cape Cod (25 of them main places)
In alphabetical order. Each one with today's tides, sun and moon.
- Acapesket
- Allen Harbor
- Amrita
- Ballston Beach
- Bank Street Beach
- Barnstable Harbor
- Bass River Beach
- Beach Point
- Black Beach
- Bourne Corners
- Bournedale
- Brewster
- Cahoon Hollow
- Cahoon Hollow Beach
- Cataumet
- Cataumet Station
- Chappaquoit
- Chatham
- Coast Guard Beach
- Cooks Brook Beach
- Corporation Beach
- Cotuit Anchorage
- Craigville
- Craigville Beach
- Davisville
- Dennis Beaches
- Duck Harbor Beach
- Earle Road Beach
- East Boat Basin
- East Brewster
- East Harbor
- East Orleans
- East Sandwich
- Englewood
- Falmouth Beach
- First Encounter Beach
- Forest Beach
- Fresh Brook
- Glendon Road Beach
- Gray Gables
- Haigis Beach
- Highland Beach
- Hyannis Inner Harbor
- Inman Road Beach
- Kingdom Hall
- Kingsbury Beach
- Long Point Light
- Longnook Beach
- MacMillan Wharf
- Mara Vista
- Marconi Beach
- Mayo Beach
- Megansett
- Menauhant
- Monomoscoy Island
- Namskaket
- Nauset Beach
- Nauset Beach (Orleans)
- Nauset Light Beach
- New Boston
- New Seabury
- Newcomb Hollow
- Newcomb Hollow Beach
- North Chatham
- North Dennis
- North Eastham
- North Falmouth
- North Falmouth Station
- North Pocasset
- North Truro
- Old Harbor
- Old Quaker Meetinghouse
- Old Silver Beach
- Orleans
- Osterville
- Oyster Harbors
- Oyster Harbors Beach
- Patuisset
- Phinneys Harbor
- Pine Tree Corner
- Pleasant Road Beach
- Plowed Neck
- Pocasset
- Pocasset Station
- Popponesset
- Popponesset Island
- Quissett
- Quitnesset
- Racing Beach
- Red River Beach
- Rock Harbor
- Sagamore Beach
- Salt Box Beach
- Saquatucket Harbor
- Scusset Harbor
- Sea Street Beach
- Seabrook
- Seconsett Island
- Sesuit Harbor
- Shooters Island
- Silver Beach
- Sippewisset
- Snug Harbor
- South Cape Beach
- South Chatham
- South Dennis
- South Harwich
- South Mashpee
- South Orleans
- South Pocasset
- South Truro
- South Wellfleet
- Springhill Brook
- Sunken Meadow Beach
- Tahanto Beach
- The Springs
- Thumpertown Beach
- Tonset
- Town Beach
- Truro
- Weeset
- Wellfleet by the Sea
- West Brewster
- West Chatham
- West Hyannisport
- White Crest Beach
- Wianno
- Wood End
- Woods Hole
- Wychmere Harbor
Questions about the tides on Cape Cod
What time is high tide today on Cape Cod?
Today, at the Wellfleet station, used by 22 places on Cape Cod, high tide is at 1:12 am (10.6 ft) and 1:22 pm (12.1 ft), and low tide at 7:30 am and 8:08 pm. It can change by a few minutes from place to place: check each place's page.
Where is the biggest tide on Cape Cod?
Today, in East Dennis: 13.3 ft between high and low tide (Sesuit Harbor station). The smallest is in Falmouth, with 1.8 ft. The range changes every day with the moon.
When are the next spring tides on Cape Cod?
From October 26 to 28, after the new or full moon, with the moon near perigee, so they will be bigger than usual. At the Wellfleet station the coefficient will reach 85.
How many tides a day are there on Cape Cod?
The tide is semidiurnal: two high and two low tides a day, of similar height. Each high tide comes about 50 minutes later than the day before.
What time are sunrise and sunset today on Cape Cod?
In the middle of the area, the sun rises at 7:09 am and sets at 5:41 pm: 10 h 32 min of daylight. In Nauset Beach (Orleans) it rises 3 minutes earlier than in Woods Hole.
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Understanding tides
Sun and moon: our own calculation with astronomy-engine. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Coastline: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). How we calculate the tide