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Little Assawoman Bay tide chart

Delaware · near Ocean View (6 mi) · NOAA station 8559957 · times in local time (EDT)

Tides today, Sunday, October 11

12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM6:03 AM · 0.5 ft12:25 PM · 1.3 ft6:45 PM · 0.6 ft1.3 ft
  • Low 6:03 AM 0.5 ft
  • High 12:25 PM 1.3 ft
  • Low 6:45 PM 0.6 ft

Sunrise 7:06 AM · Sunset 6:29 PM · New moon (0%)

Fishing forecast

Hour by hour at Little Assawoman Bay
84Excellent

Best times

1:00 AM–2:00 AM and 8:00 AM–9:00 AM

New moon (0% lit)

    Biting around here in October

    • Striped bass In seasonSpring and fall runs; moving water at dawn and dusk
    • Bluefish In seasonFast-moving tide and bait schools
    • Tautog In seasonRocks, bridges and wrecks near slack tide

    General seasonal guide for Mid-Atlantic. Seasons, sizes and limits vary, so check your state rules before keeping fish.

    Weather and conditions at Little Assawoman Bay

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    Marine forecast: Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM

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    • 162.550 MHz WX1 WXJ94, Lewes, DE (15 mi)
    • 162.475 MHz WX3 KEC92, Salisbury, DE (32 mi)

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    VHF marine channels

    • Ch 16 Distress, safety and calling
    • Ch 9 Boater-to-boater calling
    • Ch 22A Coast Guard safety broadcasts
    • Ch 13 Bridge-to-bridge (big ships, drawbridges)
    • Ch 68, 69, 71, 72, 78A Recreational chat

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    Tide times this week

    DayHigh and low tidesSunrise / sunsetMoon
    Sun Oct 11L 6:03 AM 0.5 ftH 12:25 PM 1.3 ftL 6:45 PM 0.6 ft7:06 AM / 6:29 PMNew moon (0%)
    Mon Oct 12H 12:17 AM 1.2 ftL 6:39 AM 0.5 ftH 1:12 PM 1.3 ftL 7:32 PM 0.7 ft7:07 AM / 6:28 PMNew moon (2%)
    Tue Oct 13H 12:53 AM 1.1 ftL 7:14 AM 0.5 ftH 1:58 PM 1.3 ftL 8:18 PM 0.7 ft7:08 AM / 6:26 PMWaxing crescent (6%)
    Wed Oct 14H 1:31 AM 1.1 ftL 7:49 AM 0.4 ftH 2:43 PM 1.3 ftL 9:05 PM 0.7 ft7:09 AM / 6:25 PMWaxing crescent (12%)
    Thu Oct 15H 2:11 AM 1.0 ftL 8:26 AM 0.4 ftH 3:30 PM 1.3 ftL 9:53 PM 0.7 ft7:10 AM / 6:23 PMWaxing crescent (19%)
    Fri Oct 16H 2:55 AM 1.0 ftL 9:07 AM 0.4 ftH 4:20 PM 1.2 ftL 10:44 PM 0.7 ft7:11 AM / 6:22 PMWaxing crescent (28%)
    Sat Oct 17H 3:45 AM 1.0 ftL 9:54 AM 0.4 ftH 5:12 PM 1.2 ftL 11:37 PM 0.7 ft7:12 AM / 6:21 PMFirst quarter (38%)

    Best fishing times at Little Assawoman Bay

    The bite score (0 to 100) adds up what anglers watch most: moving water (a tide running harder than usual here scores higher), solunar periods (major periods of about two hours centred on the moon overhead or underfoot, minor periods of about an hour on moonrise and moonset), dawn and dusk light, and how close it is to the new or full moon. Best times are the stretches of the day scoring near that day's top.

    DayBite scoreBest timesMajor periodsMinor periods
    Sun Oct 1184 · Excellent1:00 AM–2:00 AM, 8:00 AM–9:00 AM12:12 AM–2:12 AM, 12:35 PM–2:35 PM7:46 AM–8:46 AM, 6:16 PM–7:16 PM
    Mon Oct 1273 · Good1:00 AM–3:00 AM, 2:00 PM–3:00 PM12:58 AM–2:58 AM, 1:21 PM–3:21 PM8:50 AM–9:50 AM, 6:45 PM–7:45 PM
    Tue Oct 1364 · Good2:00 AM–4:00 AM, 3:00 PM–4:00 PM1:45 AM–3:45 AM, 2:09 PM–4:09 PM9:54 AM–10:54 AM, 7:20 PM–8:20 PM
    Wed Oct 1456 · Good3:00 AM–4:00 AM, 4:00 PM–5:00 PM2:34 AM–4:34 AM, 2:59 PM–4:59 PM10:54 AM–11:54 AM, 8:01 PM–9:01 PM
    Thu Oct 1550 · Fair4:00 AM–5:00 AM, 5:00 PM–6:00 PM3:24 AM–5:24 AM, 3:50 PM–5:50 PM11:51 AM–12:51 PM, 8:49 PM–9:49 PM
    Fri Oct 1656 · Good5:00 AM–6:00 AM, 5:00 PM–7:00 PM4:15 AM–6:15 AM, 4:41 PM–6:41 PM12:40 PM–1:40 PM, 9:43 PM–10:43 PM
    Sat Oct 1758 · Good6:00 AM–7:00 AM, 6:00 PM–7:00 PM5:06 AM–7:06 AM, 5:30 PM–7:30 PM1:23 PM–2:23 PM, 10:41 PM–11:41 PM

    A planning aid, not a guarantee. Wind, water clarity, bait and pressure changes matter too; the forecast above adds live wind and pressure when you open the page.

    Best daylight low tides in the next two weeks

    The lowest water that falls between sunrise and sunset, for tide pooling and beachcombing.

    1. 0.4 ft at 9:54 AM on Saturday, October 17
    2. 0.4 ft at 1:57 PM on Wednesday, October 21
    3. 0.4 ft at 2:56 PM on Thursday, October 22
    4. 0.4 ft at 9:07 AM on Friday, October 16
    5. 0.4 ft at 10:49 AM on Sunday, October 18
    6. 0.4 ft at 11:51 AM on Monday, October 19

    Tide table: October 11 to November 10, 2026

    Full 2026 tide table Full 2027 tide table

    DayHigh and low tidesSunrise / sunset
    Sun Oct 11L 6:03 AM 0.5 ftH 12:25 PM 1.3 ftL 6:45 PM 0.6 ft7:06 AM / 6:29 PM
    Mon Oct 12H 12:17 AM 1.2 ftL 6:39 AM 0.5 ftH 1:12 PM 1.3 ftL 7:32 PM 0.7 ft7:07 AM / 6:28 PM
    Tue Oct 13H 12:53 AM 1.1 ftL 7:14 AM 0.5 ftH 1:58 PM 1.3 ftL 8:18 PM 0.7 ft7:08 AM / 6:26 PM
    Wed Oct 14H 1:31 AM 1.1 ftL 7:49 AM 0.4 ftH 2:43 PM 1.3 ftL 9:05 PM 0.7 ft7:09 AM / 6:25 PM
    Thu Oct 15H 2:11 AM 1.0 ftL 8:26 AM 0.4 ftH 3:30 PM 1.3 ftL 9:53 PM 0.7 ft7:10 AM / 6:23 PM
    Fri Oct 16H 2:55 AM 1.0 ftL 9:07 AM 0.4 ftH 4:20 PM 1.2 ftL 10:44 PM 0.7 ft7:11 AM / 6:22 PM
    Sat Oct 17H 3:45 AM 1.0 ftL 9:54 AM 0.4 ftH 5:12 PM 1.2 ftL 11:37 PM 0.7 ft7:12 AM / 6:21 PM
    Sun Oct 18H 4:42 AM 0.9 ftL 10:49 AM 0.4 ftH 6:06 PM 1.2 ft7:13 AM / 6:19 PM
    Mon Oct 19L 12:31 AM 0.6 ftH 5:44 AM 0.9 ftL 11:51 AM 0.4 ftH 6:59 PM 1.1 ft7:14 AM / 6:18 PM
    Tue Oct 20L 1:22 AM 0.6 ftH 6:46 AM 0.9 ftL 12:55 PM 0.4 ftH 7:48 PM 1.1 ft7:15 AM / 6:17 PM
    Wed Oct 21L 2:08 AM 0.6 ftH 7:46 AM 1.0 ftL 1:57 PM 0.4 ftH 8:33 PM 1.1 ft7:16 AM / 6:15 PM
    Thu Oct 22L 2:51 AM 0.5 ftH 8:42 AM 1.0 ftL 2:56 PM 0.4 ftH 9:15 PM 1.1 ft7:17 AM / 6:14 PM
    Fri Oct 23L 3:30 AM 0.5 ftH 9:34 AM 1.1 ftL 3:52 PM 0.4 ftH 9:55 PM 1.1 ft7:18 AM / 6:13 PM
    Sat Oct 24L 4:09 AM 0.4 ftH 10:25 AM 1.1 ftL 4:46 PM 0.4 ftH 10:35 PM 1.1 ft7:19 AM / 6:11 PM
    Sun Oct 25L 4:48 AM 0.4 ftH 11:15 AM 1.2 ftL 5:39 PM 0.5 ftH 11:15 PM 1.1 ft7:20 AM / 6:10 PM
    Mon Oct 26L 5:28 AM 0.3 ftH 12:07 PM 1.2 ftL 6:31 PM 0.5 ftH 11:56 PM 1.0 ft7:21 AM / 6:09 PM
    Tue Oct 27L 6:10 AM 0.3 ftH 12:59 PM 1.3 ftL 7:24 PM 0.5 ft7:22 AM / 6:08 PM
    Wed Oct 28H 12:39 AM 1.0 ftL 6:55 AM 0.3 ftH 1:53 PM 1.3 ftL 8:18 PM 0.6 ft7:23 AM / 6:06 PM
    Thu Oct 29H 1:26 AM 1.0 ftL 7:44 AM 0.3 ftH 2:50 PM 1.3 ftL 9:13 PM 0.6 ft7:24 AM / 6:05 PM
    Fri Oct 30H 2:17 AM 1.0 ftL 8:36 AM 0.3 ftH 3:49 PM 1.3 ftL 10:09 PM 0.6 ft7:25 AM / 6:04 PM
    Sat Oct 31H 3:14 AM 1.0 ftL 9:34 AM 0.3 ftH 4:50 PM 1.3 ftL 11:07 PM 0.7 ft7:26 AM / 6:03 PM
    Sun Nov 1H 3:18 AM 1.1 ftL 9:38 AM 0.4 ftH 4:51 PM 1.3 ftL 11:07 PM 0.6 ft6:27 AM / 5:02 PM
    Mon Nov 2H 4:26 AM 1.1 ftL 10:47 AM 0.4 ftH 5:50 PM 1.2 ft6:28 AM / 5:01 PM
    Tue Nov 3L 12:04 AM 0.6 ftH 5:36 AM 1.1 ftL 11:57 AM 0.5 ftH 6:42 PM 1.2 ft6:29 AM / 5:00 PM
    Wed Nov 4L 12:58 AM 0.6 ftH 6:43 AM 1.1 ftL 1:04 PM 0.5 ftH 7:29 PM 1.2 ft6:30 AM / 4:58 PM
    Thu Nov 5L 1:46 AM 0.5 ftH 7:46 AM 1.2 ftL 2:07 PM 0.5 ftH 8:11 PM 1.1 ft6:32 AM / 4:57 PM
    Fri Nov 6L 2:31 AM 0.5 ftH 8:42 AM 1.2 ftL 3:03 PM 0.5 ftH 8:49 PM 1.1 ft6:33 AM / 4:56 PM
    Sat Nov 7L 3:12 AM 0.4 ftH 9:34 AM 1.2 ftL 3:54 PM 0.5 ftH 9:27 PM 1.1 ft6:34 AM / 4:55 PM
    Sun Nov 8L 3:50 AM 0.4 ftH 10:23 AM 1.2 ftL 4:43 PM 0.5 ftH 10:04 PM 1.0 ft6:35 AM / 4:55 PM
    Mon Nov 9L 4:27 AM 0.3 ftH 11:08 AM 1.2 ftL 5:29 PM 0.5 ftH 10:41 PM 1.0 ft6:36 AM / 4:54 PM
    Tue Nov 10L 5:02 AM 0.3 ftH 11:52 AM 1.2 ftL 6:14 PM 0.5 ftH 11:20 PM 0.9 ft6:37 AM / 4:53 PM

    Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero line on most US nautical charts. A minus height means the water drops below that line.

    Around Little Assawoman Bay

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    Fishing piers and docks

    Distances from the tide station. Places from © OpenStreetMap contributors; links open in Google Maps.

    Fish in the waters around Little Assawoman Bay

    40 kinds of fish, sharks and rays have been recorded within 15 km (about 9 miles) of this spot, most often Cownose Ray, Summer Flounder, Windowpane. The bar shows how many records each has.

    • Cownose Ray Rhinoptera bonasusSalt water · 365 records
    • Summer Flounder Paralichthys dentatusSalt water · 145 records
    • Windowpane Scophthalmus aquosusSalt water · 144 records
    • Spotted Hake Urophycis regiaSalt water · 136 records
    • Smooth Dogfish Mustelus canisSalt water · 126 records
    • Butterfish Peprilus triacanthusSalt water · 125 records
    • Weakfish Cynoscion regalisSalt water · 116 records
    • Common Skate Leucoraja erinaceaSalt water · 111 records
    • Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrixSalt water · 108 records
    • Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilliSalt water · 106 records
    • Clearnose Skate Raja eglanteriaSalt water · 102 records
    • Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurusSalt water · 88 records
    • Atlantic Croaker Micropogonias undulatusSalt water · 84 records
    • Porgy Stenotomus chrysopsSalt water · 79 records
    • Broad-striped Anchovy Anchoa hepsetusSalt water · 77 records
    • Dusky Shark Carcharhinus obscurusSalt water · 62 records
    • Bullnose Eagle Ray Myliobatis freminvilleiSalt water · 57 records
    • Striped Searobin Prionotus evolansSalt water · 57 records
    • Northern Puffer Sphoeroides maculatusSalt water · 56 records
    • Winter Skate Leucoraja ocellataSalt water · 52 records
    • Smallmouth Flounder Etropus microstomusSalt water · 45 records
    • Alewife Alosa pseudoharengusSalt water · 45 records
    • Striped Cusk-eel Ophidion marginatumSalt water · 45 records
    • Hogchoker Trinectes maculatusSalt water · 43 records
    • Silver Hake Merluccius bilinearisSalt water · 42 records
    • Blueback Herring Alosa aestivalisSalt water · 41 records
    • Spurdog Squalus acanthiasSalt water · 41 records
    • Red Hake Urophycis chussSalt water · 40 records
    • Northern Searobin Prionotus carolinusSalt water · 40 records
    • American Shad Alosa sapidissimaSalt water · 32 records
    • Silver Croaker Bairdiella chrysouraSalt water · 29 records
    • Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannusSalt water · 27 records
    • Black Sea Bass Centropristis striataSalt water · 26 records
    • Northern Stargazer Astroscopus guttatusSalt water · 26 records
    • Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidiaSalt water · 25 records
    • Atlantic Herring Clupea harengusSalt water · 25 records
    • Atlantic Moonfish Selene setapinnisSalt water · 24 records
    • Blue Runner Caranx crysosSalt water · 24 records
    • Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfiiSalt water · 23 records
    • Winter Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanusSalt water · 23 records

    Records from GBIF datasets released under CC0 or CC BY 4.0 (museum collections, surveys and community sightings). It shows what has been found here, not a complete list. Check your state rules before keeping fish.

    About the tides at Little Assawoman Bay

    Little Assawoman Bay gets two high tides and two low tides most days, but one high is clearly higher than the other (and one low clearly lower), which is called a mixed tide. Over the next month the water typically rises or falls about 0.7 ft between a high and the next low.

    The biggest swings in this window come around Thursday, October 29, when the day's range reaches 1.0 ft, and again around Tuesday, November 10 (0.9 ft). Here the biggest ranges depend on the moon's phase and on how far north or south of the equator it is, so they don't always line up with the new and full moon. The calmest day is Friday, October 23, with only 0.7 ft between the day's highest and lowest water.

    The lowest tide of the month is 0.3 ft at 6:55 AM on Wednesday, October 28.

    The highest predicted tide is 1.3 ft at 12:25 PM on Sunday, October 11. Onshore wind or a storm can push the real water level above that.

    This is a reference (harmonic) station: NOAA predicts its tides directly from years of measured water levels here, which makes it among the most reliable predictions on the coast.

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