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Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound tide chart

Florida · near North Key Largo (4 mi) · NOAA station 8723506 · times in local time (EDT)

Tides today, Sunday, October 11

12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM6:29 AM · 0.4 ft12:34 PM · 1.2 ft6:50 PM · 0.5 ft1.2 ft
  • Low 6:29 AM 0.4 ft
  • High 12:34 PM 1.2 ft
  • Low 6:50 PM 0.5 ft

Sunrise 7:18 AM · Sunset 6:59 PM · New moon (0%)

Fishing forecast

Hour by hour at Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound
86Excellent

Best times

1:00 AM–2:00 AM and 8:00 AM–9:00 AM

New moon (0% lit)

    Biting around here in October

    • Snook In seasonMoving tide at night around docks and passes (watch closed seasons)
    • Redfish In seasonShallow flats on a rising tide
    • Spotted seatrout In seasonGrass flats with moving water
    • Spanish mackerel In seasonClean moving water near inlets and piers
    • Pompano In seasonSurf troughs on the incoming tide

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

    Weather and conditions at Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound

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    Tide times this week

    DayHigh and low tidesSunrise / sunsetMoon
    Sun Oct 11L 6:29 AM 0.4 ftH 12:34 PM 1.2 ftL 6:50 PM 0.5 ft7:18 AM / 6:59 PMNew moon (0%)
    Mon Oct 12H 12:39 AM 1.2 ftL 7:11 AM 0.4 ftH 1:18 PM 1.2 ftL 7:32 PM 0.6 ft7:19 AM / 6:58 PMNew moon (2%)
    Tue Oct 13H 1:21 AM 1.2 ftL 7:52 AM 0.4 ftH 2:01 PM 1.2 ftL 8:13 PM 0.6 ft7:19 AM / 6:57 PMWaxing crescent (6%)
    Wed Oct 14H 2:04 AM 1.2 ftL 8:34 AM 0.4 ftH 2:46 PM 1.1 ftL 8:54 PM 0.6 ft7:20 AM / 6:56 PMWaxing crescent (12%)
    Thu Oct 15H 2:49 AM 1.1 ftL 9:17 AM 0.5 ftH 3:34 PM 1.1 ftL 9:35 PM 0.6 ft7:20 AM / 6:55 PMWaxing crescent (19%)
    Fri Oct 16H 3:37 AM 1.1 ftL 10:02 AM 0.5 ftH 4:25 PM 1.1 ftL 10:21 PM 0.7 ft7:21 AM / 6:54 PMWaxing crescent (28%)
    Sat Oct 17H 4:28 AM 1.1 ftL 10:52 AM 0.5 ftH 5:17 PM 1.1 ftL 11:12 PM 0.7 ft7:21 AM / 6:53 PMFirst quarter (38%)

    Tidal currents near Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound

    From NOAA's current predictions for Caesar Creek, Biscayne Bay, 6.0 miles away. Slack is when the current turns and the water is calmest; flood runs in with the rising tide and ebb runs out with the falling tide. Times are the peak of each run, in knots. The flood runs toward the NW (316°) and the ebb toward the ESE (123°). The strongest current this week is 2.2 knots.

    DaySlack water and peak currents
    Sun Oct 11Ebb 1:48 AM 2.2 knSlack 5:38 AMFlood 8:44 AM 1.4 knSlack 11:30 AMEbb 2:18 PM 1.8 knSlack 5:51 PMFlood 8:24 PM 1.3 knSlack 11:12 PM
    Mon Oct 12Ebb 2:18 AM 2.2 knSlack 6:14 AMFlood 9:11 AM 1.4 knSlack 12:10 PMEbb 2:55 PM 1.7 knSlack 6:30 PMFlood 9:00 PM 1.3 knSlack 11:44 PM
    Tue Oct 13Ebb 2:51 AM 2.2 knSlack 6:52 AMFlood 9:41 AM 1.4 knSlack 12:51 PMEbb 3:34 PM 1.6 knSlack 7:15 PMFlood 9:42 PM 1.2 kn
    Wed Oct 14Slack 12:20 AMEbb 3:27 AM 2.1 knSlack 7:31 AMFlood 10:15 AM 1.3 knSlack 1:34 PMEbb 4:15 PM 1.4 knSlack 8:06 PMFlood 10:28 PM 1.1 kn
    Thu Oct 15Slack 1:01 AMEbb 4:07 AM 1.9 knSlack 8:15 AMFlood 10:56 AM 1.2 knSlack 2:20 PMEbb 5:02 PM 1.3 knSlack 9:02 PMFlood 11:19 PM 0.9 kn
    Fri Oct 16Slack 1:47 AMEbb 4:51 AM 1.7 knSlack 9:06 AMFlood 11:43 AM 1.1 knSlack 3:11 PMEbb 6:00 PM 1.1 knSlack 10:04 PM
    Sat Oct 17Flood 12:17 AM 0.8 knSlack 2:41 AMEbb 5:44 AM 1.4 knSlack 10:07 AMFlood 12:42 PM 0.9 knSlack 4:11 PMEbb 7:23 PM 1.0 knSlack 11:11 PM

    Current predictions can differ a lot over short distances: check the station location on NOAA before planning a passage.

    Best fishing times at Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound

    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 1186 · Excellent1:00 AM–2:00 AM, 8:00 AM–9:00 AM12:34 AM–2:34 AM, 12:56 PM–2:56 PM7:46 AM–8:46 AM, 7:01 PM–8:01 PM
    Mon Oct 1273 · Good2:00 AM–3:00 AM1:19 AM–3:19 AM, 1:43 PM–3:43 PM8:43 AM–9:43 AM, 7:38 PM–8:38 PM
    Tue Oct 1363 · Good3:00 AM–4:00 AM, 3:00 PM–4:00 PM2:07 AM–4:07 AM, 2:31 PM–4:31 PM9:40 AM–10:40 AM, 8:19 PM–9:19 PM
    Wed Oct 1453 · Fair3:00 AM–5:00 AM, 4:00 PM–5:00 PM2:56 AM–4:56 AM, 3:21 PM–5:21 PM10:36 AM–11:36 AM, 9:04 PM–10:04 PM
    Thu Oct 1544 · Fair5:00 PM–6:00 PM, 4:00 AM–6:00 AM3:46 AM–5:46 AM, 4:12 PM–6:12 PM11:29 AM–12:29 PM, 9:53 PM–10:53 PM
    Fri Oct 1650 · Fair6:00 PM–7:00 PM, 5:00 AM–7:00 AM4:37 AM–6:37 AM, 5:02 PM–7:02 PM12:20 PM–1:20 PM, 10:46 PM–11:46 PM
    Sat Oct 1752 · Fair6:00 AM–7:00 AM, 6:00 PM–7:00 PM5:27 AM–7:27 AM, 5:52 PM–7:52 PM1:06 PM–2:06 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 7:52 AM on Tuesday, October 13
    2. 0.4 ft at 8:34 AM on Wednesday, October 14
    3. 0.5 ft at 9:17 AM on Thursday, October 15
    4. 0.5 ft at 10:02 AM on Friday, October 16
    5. 0.5 ft at 10:52 AM on Saturday, October 17
    6. 0.5 ft at 4:10 PM on Friday, October 23

    Tide table: October 11 to November 10, 2026

    Full 2026 tide table Full 2027 tide table

    DayHigh and low tidesSunrise / sunset
    Sun Oct 11L 6:29 AM 0.4 ftH 12:34 PM 1.2 ftL 6:50 PM 0.5 ft7:18 AM / 6:59 PM
    Mon Oct 12H 12:39 AM 1.2 ftL 7:11 AM 0.4 ftH 1:18 PM 1.2 ftL 7:32 PM 0.6 ft7:19 AM / 6:58 PM
    Tue Oct 13H 1:21 AM 1.2 ftL 7:52 AM 0.4 ftH 2:01 PM 1.2 ftL 8:13 PM 0.6 ft7:19 AM / 6:57 PM
    Wed Oct 14H 2:04 AM 1.2 ftL 8:34 AM 0.4 ftH 2:46 PM 1.1 ftL 8:54 PM 0.6 ft7:20 AM / 6:56 PM
    Thu Oct 15H 2:49 AM 1.1 ftL 9:17 AM 0.5 ftH 3:34 PM 1.1 ftL 9:35 PM 0.6 ft7:20 AM / 6:55 PM
    Fri Oct 16H 3:37 AM 1.1 ftL 10:02 AM 0.5 ftH 4:25 PM 1.1 ftL 10:21 PM 0.7 ft7:21 AM / 6:54 PM
    Sat Oct 17H 4:28 AM 1.1 ftL 10:52 AM 0.5 ftH 5:17 PM 1.1 ftL 11:12 PM 0.7 ft7:21 AM / 6:53 PM
    Sun Oct 18H 5:22 AM 1.1 ftL 11:48 AM 0.5 ftH 6:09 PM 1.0 ft7:22 AM / 6:52 PM
    Mon Oct 19L 12:13 AM 0.7 ftH 6:17 AM 1.1 ftL 12:49 PM 0.5 ftH 7:01 PM 1.1 ft7:22 AM / 6:51 PM
    Tue Oct 20L 1:17 AM 0.7 ftH 7:12 AM 1.1 ftL 1:47 PM 0.5 ftH 7:50 PM 1.1 ft7:23 AM / 6:50 PM
    Wed Oct 21L 2:14 AM 0.6 ftH 8:07 AM 1.1 ftL 2:39 PM 0.5 ftH 8:39 PM 1.1 ft7:23 AM / 6:50 PM
    Thu Oct 22L 3:03 AM 0.6 ftH 9:02 AM 1.1 ftL 3:26 PM 0.5 ftH 9:26 PM 1.1 ft7:24 AM / 6:49 PM
    Fri Oct 23L 3:48 AM 0.5 ftH 9:56 AM 1.1 ftL 4:10 PM 0.5 ftH 10:11 PM 1.2 ft7:24 AM / 6:48 PM
    Sat Oct 24L 4:32 AM 0.4 ftH 10:47 AM 1.2 ftL 4:53 PM 0.5 ftH 10:56 PM 1.2 ft7:25 AM / 6:47 PM
    Sun Oct 25L 5:16 AM 0.3 ftH 11:36 AM 1.2 ftL 5:38 PM 0.5 ftH 11:40 PM 1.2 ft7:25 AM / 6:46 PM
    Mon Oct 26L 6:01 AM 0.3 ftH 12:24 PM 1.2 ftL 6:24 PM 0.5 ft7:26 AM / 6:45 PM
    Tue Oct 27H 12:25 AM 1.2 ftL 6:49 AM 0.3 ftH 1:12 PM 1.2 ftL 7:11 PM 0.5 ft7:26 AM / 6:45 PM
    Wed Oct 28H 1:12 AM 1.2 ftL 7:39 AM 0.3 ftH 2:01 PM 1.2 ftL 8:00 PM 0.5 ft7:27 AM / 6:44 PM
    Thu Oct 29H 2:01 AM 1.2 ftL 8:31 AM 0.3 ftH 2:52 PM 1.2 ftL 8:51 PM 0.6 ft7:28 AM / 6:43 PM
    Fri Oct 30H 2:53 AM 1.2 ftL 9:25 AM 0.3 ftH 3:47 PM 1.1 ftL 9:46 PM 0.6 ft7:28 AM / 6:43 PM
    Sat Oct 31H 3:51 AM 1.2 ftL 10:22 AM 0.3 ftH 4:44 PM 1.1 ftL 10:46 PM 0.6 ft7:29 AM / 6:42 PM
    Sun Nov 1H 3:51 AM 1.1 ftL 10:23 AM 0.4 ftH 4:41 PM 1.1 ftL 10:54 PM 0.6 ft6:30 AM / 5:41 PM
    Mon Nov 2H 4:53 AM 1.1 ftL 11:30 AM 0.4 ftH 5:37 PM 1.1 ft6:30 AM / 5:41 PM
    Tue Nov 3L 12:07 AM 0.5 ftH 5:55 AM 1.1 ftL 12:37 PM 0.5 ftH 6:30 PM 1.1 ft6:31 AM / 5:40 PM
    Wed Nov 4L 1:15 AM 0.5 ftH 6:56 AM 1.1 ftL 1:37 PM 0.5 ftH 7:22 PM 1.1 ft6:31 AM / 5:39 PM
    Thu Nov 5L 2:11 AM 0.4 ftH 7:55 AM 1.1 ftL 2:30 PM 0.5 ftH 8:12 PM 1.1 ft6:32 AM / 5:39 PM
    Fri Nov 6L 2:59 AM 0.4 ftH 8:51 AM 1.1 ftL 3:17 PM 0.5 ftH 8:59 PM 1.1 ft6:33 AM / 5:38 PM
    Sat Nov 7L 3:42 AM 0.3 ftH 9:42 AM 1.1 ftL 4:00 PM 0.5 ftH 9:45 PM 1.1 ft6:33 AM / 5:38 PM
    Sun Nov 8L 4:23 AM 0.3 ftH 10:29 AM 1.1 ftL 4:42 PM 0.5 ftH 10:28 PM 1.1 ft6:34 AM / 5:37 PM
    Mon Nov 9L 5:04 AM 0.3 ftH 11:12 AM 1.1 ftL 5:24 PM 0.5 ftH 11:11 PM 1.1 ft6:35 AM / 5:37 PM
    Tue Nov 10L 5:44 AM 0.3 ftH 11:54 AM 1.1 ftL 6:05 PM 0.5 ftH 11:53 PM 1.1 ft6:36 AM / 5:36 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 Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound

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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 Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound

    40 kinds of fish, sharks and rays have been recorded within 15 km (about 9 miles) of this spot, most often Redband Parrotfish, Bluehead, Striped Parrotfish. The bar shows how many records each has.

    • Redband Parrotfish Sparisoma aurofrenatumSalt water · 7831 records
    • Bluehead Thalassoma bifasciatumSalt water · 7691 records
    • Striped Parrotfish Scarus iseriSalt water · 7557 records
    • White Grunt Haemulon plumieriiSalt water · 6862 records
    • Bicolor Damselfish Stegastes partitusSalt water · 5897 records
    • Ocean Surgeon Acanthurus bahianusSalt water · 5107 records
    • Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma virideSalt water · 4774 records
    • Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleusSalt water · 4683 records
    • Yellowtail Snapper Ocyurus chrysurusSalt water · 4452 records
    • Slippery Dick Halichoeres bivittatusSalt water · 4338 records
    • Yellowhead Wrasse Halichoeres garnotiSalt water · 3508 records
    • Clown Wrasse Halichoeres maculipinnaSalt water · 2912 records
    • Bluestriped Grunt Haemulon sciurusSalt water · 2898 records
    • French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatumSalt water · 2710 records
    • Hogfish Lachnolaimus maximusSalt water · 2585 records
    • Grey Snapper Lutjanus griseusSalt water · 2252 records
    • Doctorfish Acanthurus chirurgusSalt water · 2171 records
    • Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilisSalt water · 2119 records
    • Gray Angelfish Pomacanthus arcuatusSalt water · 2107 records
    • Bar Jack Caranx ruberSalt water · 1882 records
    • Greenblotch Parrotfish Sparisoma atomariumSalt water · 1543 records
    • Porkfish Anisotremus virginicusSalt water · 1534 records
    • Cocoa Damselfish Stegastes variabilisSalt water · 1527 records
    • Tomtate Grunt Haemulon aurolineatumSalt water · 1430 records
    • Sharpnose Puffer Canthigaster rostrataSalt water · 1428 records
    • Bridled Goby Coryphopterus glaucofraenumSalt water · 1279 records
    • Princess Parrotfish Scarus taeniopterusSalt water · 1150 records
    • Threespot Damselfish Stegastes planifronsSalt water · 1039 records
    • Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodusSalt water · 1028 records
    • Code Goby Gobiosoma robustumSalt water · 1004 records
    • Rock Beauty Holacanthus tricolorSalt water · 980 records
    • Queen Angelfish Holacanthus ciliarisSalt water · 970 records
    • Redfin Parrotfish Sparisoma rubripinneSalt water · 961 records
    • Masked Goby Coryphopterus personatusSalt water · 954 records
    • Blue Chromis Chromis cyaneaSalt water · 912 records
    • Butter Hamlet Hypoplectrus unicolorSalt water · 886 records
    • Bermuda Sea Chub Kyphosus sectatrixSalt water · 855 records
    • Spotted Goatfish Pseudupeneus maculatusSalt water · 849 records
    • Saucereye Porgy Calamus calamusSalt water · 848 records
    • Foureye Butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratusSalt water · 787 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 Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound

    Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound gets two high tides and two low tides almost every day, and the two highs are close in height. Over the next month the water typically rises or falls about 0.6 ft between a high and the next low.

    The biggest swings in this window come around Wednesday, October 28, when the day's range reaches 0.9 ft, and again around Sunday, October 11 (0.8 ft). Those spring tides follow the new and full moon by a day or two. The calmest day is Tuesday, October 20, with only 0.5 ft between the day's highest and lowest water.

    The lowest tide of the month is 0.3 ft at 6:49 AM on Tuesday, October 27.

    The highest predicted tide is 1.2 ft at 12:25 AM on Tuesday, October 27. 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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