Belle Chasse tides today
- Tide now 1.1 ft ↑ rising · high 3:55 am (1.3 ft)
- Best time to fish 3:10–4:50 pm good day · 8/10
- Wind · air 4 mph · 58 °F from the N, gusts 5 · mainly clear
- Sun 7:11 am–6:15 pm 11 h 4 min of daylight
- Moon 83% · 9:18 pm waning gibbous · rises at 9:18 pm
- Pressure 30.12 inHg falling · steady tomorrow
- Coefficient 114 big spring tides · spring tides Nov 9–11
- Major solunar period 2:41–4:41 am today's activity: medium
Today in Belle Chasse there is high tide at 3:55 am (1.3 ft) and low tide at 3:47 pm. Tide coefficient 114. Right now the tide is rising toward the high tide at 3:55 am. The sun rises at 7:11 am and sets at 6:15 pm: 11 h 4 min of daylight. The moon is 83% illuminated (waning gibbous) and rises at 9:18 pm. Major solunar periods run from 2:41 am to 4:41 am and from 3:14 pm to 5:14 pm. The next spring tides arrive from November 9 to 11. There's a light breeze from the north (4 mph). Mainly clear, 58 °F.
Fishing in Belle Chasse today
Best time to fish
Solunar activity today: medium- Low tide at 3:47 pm
- Major period 3:14–5:14 pm
- Steady pressure (30.09 inHg) and light onshore wind (10 mph)
- Waning gibbous: a bit more activity than at the quarters
- Highest tide coefficient today: 114 (big spring tides)
Your day at a glance
The best window, 3:10 pm to 4:50 pm, combines the 3:47 pm low tide, a major period and a light onshore breeze. Also good from 2:50 am to 4:40 am, with the 3:55 am high tide and a major period.
Species with the most records nearby: red drum, spotted seatrout, striped mullet and black drum. What you can catch
Tides in Belle Chasse
Today's high and low tides
- ▲ Next high tide 3:55 am 1.3 ft · coef. 114
- ▼ Low tide 3:47 pm 0.1 ft
↑ Rising The tide is rising. 2 h 36 min to high tide at 3:55 am.
Tide coefficient 114 for the 3:55 am high tide. Big spring tides. The water rises and falls 1.1 ft between the highest high and the lowest low: a large range for this place. 70 is an average tide here; 90 and above means spring tides; below 45, neap tides. What is the tide coefficient?
2026 extremes: the highest tide of the year is on October 3 (1.3 ft) and the lowest, on January 30 (-0.8 ft).
Diurnal: one high and one low tide a day most days.
Heights above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero of US nautical charts. Astronomical prediction: wind and air pressure can raise or lower the water by a few inches, and more in a storm. Not for navigation. MLLW
Tide coefficient and range in October
The biggest tides of the month come on October 30 (coefficient 117, 1.1 ft range). The smallest, on October 8 (coefficient 26, 0.3 ft).
Tide and solunar table · this week
| Day | Sun | Tide 1 | Tide 2 | Coef. | Moon | Major periods | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today, Thu 29 | 7:11 am · 6:15 pm | High tide 3:55 am · 1.3 ft | Low tide 3:47 pm · 0.1 ft | Coef. 114 | 83% | Major periods 2:41 am · 3:14 pm | Medium |
| Fri 30 | 7:12 am · 6:15 pm | High tide 4:39 am · 1.3 ft | Low tide 5:13 pm · 0.1 ft | Coef. 117 | 74% | Major periods 3:46 am · 4:17 pm | Medium |
| Sat 31 | 7:13 am · 6:14 pm | High tide 6:10 am · 1.2 ft | Low tide 6:06 pm · 0.1 ft | Coef. 112 | 63% | Major periods 4:48 am · 5:17 pm | Medium |
| Sun 1 | 6:14 am · 5:13 pm | High tide 6:20 am · 1.1 ft | Low tide 6:07 pm · 0.2 ft | Coef. 102 | Last quarter | Major periods 4:46 am · 5:13 pm | Medium |
| Mon 2 | 6:14 am · 5:12 pm | High tide 6:48 am · 1.0 ft | Low tide 7:43 pm · 0.3 ft | Coef. 85 | 40% | Major periods 5:38 am · 6:03 pm | Medium |
| Tue 3 | 6:15 am · 5:11 pm | High tide 10:51 am · 0.9 ft | Low tide 8:28 pm · 0.4 ft | Coef. 58 | 30% | Major periods 6:27 am · 6:50 pm | Medium |
| Wed 4 | 6:16 am · 5:11 pm | High tide 12:00 pm · 0.8 ft | Low tide 8:53 pm · 0.5 ft | Coef. 27 | 20% | Major periods 7:13 am · 7:35 pm | Medium |
▲ high tide · ▼ low tide · heights above MLLW. Major periods: start time; they last 2 hours. Activity: based on the moon phase and the solunar periods.
Where this tide comes from
Belle Chasse has no station of its own, so we use the tide at The Rigolets (NOAA), 26 mi away. On the open coast the difference is usually a few minutes and inches; inside estuaries, rivers and enclosed bays it can be much larger.
Station data attribution: Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database)
The sea at Belle Chasse
Sea state
The wave model doesn't reach Belle Chasse: it's on inland water (an estuary, sound or sheltered bay) or far from the open sea. Wind is still available right here.
Wind on the coast and offshore
Cross-offshore wind. The coast faces southeast and the wind comes off the land at an angle: calmer water near the shore, and bait and boats drift out to sea.
Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 1:19 am (local time).
Nearest marine station
This is a real measurement of the sea, not a forecast. Data from station NWCL1, NOAA National Data Buoy Center (public domain).
Weather in Belle Chasse
Now in Belle Chasse
- Low / high
- 54 / 80 °F
- Rain
- 0.00 in · 0%
- Clouds
- 22%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew pointDew point
- 53 °F
- Visibility
- 8.8 mi
- UV indexUV
- 0 · low
- Air qualityAir
- Good · 43
- Saharan dust
- No
Pressure and fishing
- ↗ RisingRising Anglers say fish bite less for a while
- → SteadySteady Anglers expect normal activity
- ↘ FallingFalling · now Anglers say fish feed more before the change
Falling now (−0.04 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: −0.04 inHg. Falling pressure: anglers say fish feed more before the change. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.
Today, hour by hourHour by hour
Bars: mean wind. Dashed line: gusts. Arrows point where the wind blows to.
| Time | 12:00 am | 3:00 am | 6:00 am | 9:00 am | 12:00 pm | 3:00 pm | 6:00 pm | 9:00 pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky | Clear | Mainly clear | Overcast | Overcast | Partly cloudy | Overcast | Partly cloudy | Overcast |
| Temperature | 59° | 56° | 55° | 67° | 79° | 80° | 74° | 68° |
| Wind (mph) | 2 N | 5 N | 5 NNE | 7 ENE | 8 ENE | 10 NE | 5 E | 2 E |
| Gusts | 2 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
| Rain | 0.00 in | 0.00 in | 0.00 in | 0.00 in | 0.00 in | 0.00 in | 0.00 in | 0.00 in |
- 3:00 am 56° 5 N
- 6:00 am 55° 5 NNE
- 9:00 am 67° 7 ENE
- 12:00 pm 79° 8 ENE
- 3:00 pm 80° 10 NE
- 6:00 pm 74° 5 E
- 9:00 pm 68° 2 E
- 12:00 am 65° 3 NE
Next 14 daysComing days
| Day | Sky | Low / high | Max wind | High tides |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today · 29 | 54 / 80 °F | 10 mph NE | 3:55 am | |
| Fri 30 | 65 / 78 °F | 14 mph ENE | 4:39 am | |
| Sat 31 | 68 / 80 °F | 13 mph E | 6:10 am | |
| Sun 1 | 69 / 78 °F | 11 mph ENE | 6:20 am | |
| Mon 2 | 67 / 78 °F | 13 mph E | 6:48 am | |
| Tue 3 | 68 / 79 °F | 16 mph SE | 10:51 am | |
| Wed 4 | 63 / 76 °F | 14 mph SSW | 12:00 pm | |
| Thu 5 | 60 / 74 °F | 11 mph WNW | 2:33 am · 3:00 pm | |
| Fri 6 | 57 / 71 °F | 10 mph NW | 12:47 am | |
| Sat 7 | 55 / 72 °F | 9 mph NE | 12:41 am | |
| Sun 8 | 56 / 71 °F | 9 mph ENE | 12:21 am | |
| Mon 9 | 53 / 70 °F | 6 mph NNE | 12:16 am | |
| Tue 10 | 55 / 73 °F | 4 mph N | 12:47 am | |
| Wed 11 | 55 / 70 °F | 7 mph NNW | 1:35 am |
- Fri 30 Light drizzle 65° / 78° 14 mph
- Sat 31 Light drizzle 68° / 80° 13 mph
- Sun 1 Drizzle 69° / 78° 11 mph
- Mon 2 Light drizzle 67° / 78° 13 mph
- Tue 3 Light drizzle 68° / 79° 16 mph
- Wed 4 Light showers 63° / 76° 14 mph
- Thu 5 Light rain 60° / 74° 11 mph
Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore. High tides: our own tide calculation.
- Normal Today, warmer than normal for late October (+3.2 °F; normal high: 77 °F). Climate by month →
Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 1:19 am (local time).
The sun in Belle Chasse
Sunrise and sunset
- First light 6:19 am
- Full dark 7:08 pm
- Civil dawn 6:47 am
- Civil dusk 6:40 pm
- Solar noon 12:44 pm (47° high)
- Daylight 11 h 4 min (−2 min)
- Evening golden hour 5:42 pm
- Full dark 7:08 pm
Golden hour and the day-night map
Today the sun is 92,329,518 mi away and looks 32′ 11″ across.
The moon in Belle Chasse
Moon phase and position
Today the moon is 226,775 mi away and looks 32′ 44″ across.
Solunar periods
Today's activity: medium- 2:41–4:41 am Major · the moon passes overhead · high activity
- 3:14–5:14 pm Major · the moon passes underfoot · high activity
- 10:40–11:40 am Minor · moonset · medium activity
- 8:48–9:48 pm Minor · moonrise · medium activity
According to solunar theory, fish feed more when the moon passes overhead or underfoot (major periods, about 2 h) and when it rises or sets (minor periods, 1 h). It works best around new and full moon.
Upcoming moon phases
2026 moon calendar →- Last quarter Sun, Nov 1 · 2:29 pmNov 1 in 3 days
- New moon Mon, Nov 9 · 1:03 amNov 9 in 11 days
- First quarter Tue, Nov 17 · 5:48 amNov 17 in 19 days
- Full moon Tue, Nov 24 · 8:54 amNov 24 in 26 days
Next perigee (the moon at its closest to Earth): November 25, 223,281 mi away.
Where to fish in Belle Chasse
Piers, ramps and tackle shops nearby
Map: OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles · © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Jetty 0.5 mi
- Jetty 0.7 mi
- Jetty 1.0 mi
- Jetty 1.1 mi
- Jetty 1.2 mi
- PPHTD Boatyard 0.5 mi
- Plaquemines Port Harbor and Terminal District 0.6 mi
- Marina 0.9 mi
- Marina 1.1 mi
- Belle Chasse Anchorages (74.2) 1.6 mi
- Barataria Bait and Tackle 1.1 mi
- La Redfish Outfitters 1.1 mi
Within 9.3 mi. A spot may be missing or closed. Open the map on OpenStreetMap · Missing one? Add it to OpenStreetMap
Spots: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps.
Water depth
Shallow, gradualShallow, gradual bottom: 0.3 ft at 0.4 mi.
From the shoreline (0.5 mi from Belle Chasse) out to sea, heading southeast.
How far from shore
- 16 ft deepnot within 0.4 mi
- 33 ft deepnot within 0.4 mi
- 66 ft deepnot within 0.4 mi
- 164 ft deepnot within 0.4 mi
For fishing, swimming and diving
- Shore fishing. Very shallow: the water doesn't reach 16 ft within 0.4 mi. Cast far from the beach, ideally around high tide.
- Swimming. A very gentle way in with plenty of shallow water, good for kids. At low tide the water can be far out.
- Diving. Shallow: the water doesn't reach 33 ft within 0.4 mi. For deeper dives, take a boat farther out.
Inside bays, estuaries and harbors the bottom changes a lot from spot to spot (channels and shoals): use this only as a rough guide. There is land ahead (an island, a headland or the far shore) 0.4 mi out.
Source: NOAA U.S. Coastal Relief Model (public domain), cells of about 300 ft; depth below mean sea level. For reference only: not for navigation or anchoring.
Tides near Belle ChasseTides nearby
- Gretna5.6 mi
- Violet6.2 mi
- Chalmette6.3 mi
- Arabi6.9 mi
- New Orleans8.5 mi
- Lafitte15 mi
- Pointe à la Hache23 mi
- Port Sulphur31 mi
- Slidell32 mi
- Golden Meadow37 mi
Belle Chasse at a glance
- Town or city of about 12,679 people. Coordinates: 29.855° N, 89.991° W.
- It is 8.5 mi southeast of New Orleans, the main place in Louisiana. The sun rises at the same time and sets at the same time than in New Orleans.
- The nearest tide station, The Rigolets, is 26 mi to the northeast.
- Its coast faces southeast.
Questions about Belle ChasseQuestions
What time is high tide today in Belle Chasse?
Today in Belle Chasse there is high tide at 3:55 am (1.3 ft) and low tide at 3:47 pm. Tide coefficient 114.
What time is sunset today in Belle Chasse?
At 6:15 pm. There is light until the end of civil twilight, at 6:40 pm.
What time is sunrise tomorrow in Belle Chasse?
At 7:12 am. First light comes at 6:19 am.
What phase is the moon today?
Waning gibbous, 83% illuminated. New moon on Mon, Nov 9 · 1:03 am.
When are the next spring tides?
From November 9 to 11.
What are today's solunar periods?
Major 2:41–4:41 am, Minor 10:40–11:40 am, Major 3:14–5:14 pm, Minor 8:48–9:48 pm. Today's activity is medium.
What's the weather like today in Belle Chasse?
Overcast, from 54 °F to 80 °F, with a light breeze from the north (4 mph) and a 0% chance of rain.
When is the best time to visit Belle Chasse?
The best time to visit Belle Chasse is from March to May and from October to November: highs of 72 °F to 85 °F, about 8 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.
Can I use this data for navigation?
No. These are predictions for fishing and leisure; for navigation, use the official publications.
Where this data comes from
Tide: NOAA station The Rigolets (public domain), via Slackwater database. Sun and moon: our own calculation with astronomy-engine. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Coastline: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).