SW Pass tide chart
Louisiana · NOAA station 8760943 · times in local time (CDT)
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Tides today, Sunday, October 11
- Low 6:39 AM 0.5 ft
- High 9:11 PM 1.6 ft
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Sunrise 6:57 AM · Sunset 6:33 PM · New moon (0%)
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1:00 AM–2:00 AM and 1:00 PM–2:00 PM
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Biting around here in October
- Redfish In seasonMarsh drains on the falling tide
- Speckled trout In seasonMoving water at dawn, under birds
- Southern flounder In seasonFall run out of the bays on outgoing tides
- Spanish mackerel In seasonClear green water off beaches and piers
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Marine forecast: Coastal waters from the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to Port Fourchon Louisiana out 20 NM
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Marine radio: weather channels and VHF
NOAA Weather Radio
- 162.475 MHz WX3 WXL41, Buras, LA (30 mi)
To get alerts on a weather alert radio, program county code 022075 (Plaquemines).
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
| Day | High and low tides | Sunrise / sunset | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Oct 11 | L 6:39 AM 0.5 ftH 9:11 PM 1.6 ft | 6:57 AM / 6:33 PM | New moon (0%) |
| Mon Oct 12 | L 7:40 AM 0.4 ftH 9:37 PM 1.7 ft | 6:57 AM / 6:32 PM | New moon (2%) |
| Tue Oct 13 | L 8:53 AM 0.3 ftH 10:08 PM 1.8 ft | 6:58 AM / 6:31 PM | Waxing crescent (6%) |
| Wed Oct 14 | L 10:26 AM 0.3 ftH 10:47 PM 1.8 ft | 6:59 AM / 6:30 PM | Waxing crescent (12%) |
| Thu Oct 15 | L 11:23 AM 0.3 ftH 11:37 PM 1.7 ft | 6:59 AM / 6:29 PM | Waxing crescent (20%) |
| Fri Oct 16 | L 12:14 PM 0.3 ft | 7:00 AM / 6:28 PM | Waxing crescent (29%) |
| Sat Oct 17 | H 12:32 AM 1.7 ftL 1:10 PM 0.3 ft | 7:00 AM / 6:27 PM | First quarter (39%) |
Best fishing times at SW Pass
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.
| Day | Bite score | Best times | Major periods | Minor periods |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Oct 11 | 79 · Excellent | 1:00 AM–2:00 AM, 1:00 PM–2:00 PM | 12:11 AM–2:11 AM, 12:34 PM–2:34 PM | 7:29 AM–8:29 AM, 6:33 PM–7:33 PM |
| Mon Oct 12 | 78 · Excellent | 2:00 PM–3:00 PM, 1:00 AM–3:00 AM | 12:57 AM–2:57 AM, 1:20 PM–3:20 PM | 8:28 AM–9:28 AM, 7:08 PM–8:08 PM |
| Tue Oct 13 | 70 · Good | 2:00 AM–3:00 AM, 3:00 PM–4:00 PM | 1:44 AM–3:44 AM, 2:09 PM–4:09 PM | 9:26 AM–10:26 AM, 7:48 PM–8:48 PM |
| Wed Oct 14 | 63 · Good | 3:00 AM–4:00 AM, 3:00 PM–5:00 PM | 2:33 AM–4:33 AM, 2:59 PM–4:59 PM | 10:23 AM–11:23 AM, 8:32 PM–9:32 PM |
| Thu Oct 15 | 59 · Good | 4:00 AM–5:00 AM, 4:00 PM–6:00 PM | 3:24 AM–5:24 AM, 3:49 PM–5:49 PM | 11:18 AM–12:18 PM, 9:21 PM–10:21 PM |
| Fri Oct 16 | 66 · Good | 5:00 PM–7:00 PM, 5:00 AM–6:00 AM | 4:15 AM–6:15 AM, 4:40 PM–6:40 PM | 12:08 PM–1:08 PM, 10:14 PM–11:14 PM |
| Sat Oct 17 | 69 · Good | 6:00 PM–7:00 PM, 6:00 AM–7:00 AM | 5:05 AM–7:05 AM, 5:30 PM–7:30 PM | 12:53 PM–1:53 PM, 11:10 PM–12:10 AM |
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Best daylight low tides in the next two weeks
The lowest water that falls between sunrise and sunset, for tide pooling and beachcombing.
- 0.3 ft at 11:23 AM on Thursday, October 15
- 0.3 ft at 12:14 PM on Friday, October 16
- 0.3 ft at 1:10 PM on Saturday, October 17
- 0.3 ft at 10:26 AM on Wednesday, October 14
- 0.3 ft at 2:06 PM on Sunday, October 18
- 0.3 ft at 8:53 AM on Tuesday, October 13
Tide table: October 11 to November 10, 2026
Full 2026 tide table Full 2027 tide table
| Day | High and low tides | Sunrise / sunset |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Oct 11 | L 6:39 AM 0.5 ftH 9:11 PM 1.6 ft | 6:57 AM / 6:33 PM |
| Mon Oct 12 | L 7:40 AM 0.4 ftH 9:37 PM 1.7 ft | 6:57 AM / 6:32 PM |
| Tue Oct 13 | L 8:53 AM 0.3 ftH 10:08 PM 1.8 ft | 6:58 AM / 6:31 PM |
| Wed Oct 14 | L 10:26 AM 0.3 ftH 10:47 PM 1.8 ft | 6:59 AM / 6:30 PM |
| Thu Oct 15 | L 11:23 AM 0.3 ftH 11:37 PM 1.7 ft | 6:59 AM / 6:29 PM |
| Fri Oct 16 | L 12:14 PM 0.3 ft | 7:00 AM / 6:28 PM |
| Sat Oct 17 | H 12:32 AM 1.7 ftL 1:10 PM 0.3 ft | 7:00 AM / 6:27 PM |
| Sun Oct 18 | H 1:21 AM 1.6 ftL 2:06 PM 0.3 ft | 7:01 AM / 6:26 PM |
| Mon Oct 19 | H 2:10 AM 1.6 ftL 2:48 PM 0.4 ft | 7:02 AM / 6:25 PM |
| Tue Oct 20 | H 3:11 AM 1.5 ftL 3:17 PM 0.5 ft | 7:02 AM / 6:24 PM |
| Wed Oct 21 | H 4:40 AM 1.3 ftL 3:29 PM 0.6 ft | 7:03 AM / 6:23 PM |
| Thu Oct 22 | H 7:11 AM 1.2 ftL 3:12 PM 0.8 ftH 9:39 PM 1.0 ft | 7:04 AM / 6:22 PM |
| Fri Oct 23 | L 2:48 AM 0.9 ftH 9:24 AM 1.1 ftL 2:34 PM 0.9 ftH 9:01 PM 1.1 ft | 7:04 AM / 6:21 PM |
| Sat Oct 24 | L 4:08 AM 0.7 ftH 8:34 PM 1.3 ft | 7:05 AM / 6:20 PM |
| Sun Oct 25 | L 5:26 AM 0.4 ftH 8:21 PM 1.6 ft | 7:06 AM / 6:19 PM |
| Mon Oct 26 | L 6:33 AM 0.2 ftH 8:43 PM 1.8 ft | 7:06 AM / 6:18 PM |
| Tue Oct 27 | L 7:32 AM 0.0 ftH 9:18 PM 1.9 ft | 7:07 AM / 6:17 PM |
| Wed Oct 28 | L 8:44 AM -0.1 ftH 10:01 PM 2.0 ft | 7:08 AM / 6:16 PM |
| Thu Oct 29 | L 10:15 AM -0.1 ftH 10:58 PM 2.0 ft | 7:08 AM / 6:15 PM |
| Fri Oct 30 | L 11:26 AM -0.2 ft | 7:09 AM / 6:15 PM |
| Sat Oct 31 | H 12:10 AM 1.9 ftL 12:31 PM -0.1 ft | 7:10 AM / 6:14 PM |
| Sun Nov 1 | H 1:17 AM 1.8 ftL 12:40 PM 0.0 ft | 6:11 AM / 5:13 PM |
| Mon Nov 2 | H 1:22 AM 1.6 ftL 1:41 PM 0.2 ft | 6:11 AM / 5:12 PM |
| Tue Nov 3 | H 3:23 AM 1.4 ftL 2:25 PM 0.5 ft | 6:12 AM / 5:12 PM |
| Wed Nov 4 | H 5:49 AM 1.1 ftL 2:41 PM 0.8 ftH 8:04 PM 0.9 ft | 6:13 AM / 5:11 PM |
| Thu Nov 5 | L 1:23 AM 0.8 ftH 9:08 AM 1.0 ftL 11:29 AM 0.9 ftH 7:00 PM 1.1 ft | 6:14 AM / 5:10 PM |
| Fri Nov 6 | L 3:38 AM 0.5 ftH 6:39 PM 1.3 ft | 6:14 AM / 5:09 PM |
| Sat Nov 7 | L 4:51 AM 0.3 ftH 6:51 PM 1.5 ft | 6:15 AM / 5:09 PM |
| Sun Nov 8 | L 5:37 AM 0.1 ftH 7:18 PM 1.6 ft | 6:16 AM / 5:08 PM |
| Mon Nov 9 | L 6:14 AM 0.1 ftH 7:47 PM 1.7 ft | 6:17 AM / 5:08 PM |
| Tue Nov 10 | L 6:51 AM 0.0 ftH 8:16 PM 1.7 ft | 6:18 AM / 5:07 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.
Fish in the waters around SW Pass
40 kinds of fish, sharks and rays have been recorded within 15 km (about 9 miles) of this spot, most often Ragged Goby, Blackedge Cusk-eel, Yellowfin Tuna. The bar shows how many records each has.
- Ragged Goby Bollmannia communisSalt water · 6 records
- Blackedge Cusk-eel Lepophidium brevibarbeSalt water · 5 records
- Yellowfin Tuna Thunnus albacaresSalt water · 5 records
- Bigeye Searobin Prionotus longispinosusSalt water · 5 records
- Big-eye Frogfish Fowlerichthys radiosusSalt water · 5 records
- Common Dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurusSalt water · 4 records
- Yellow Conger Rhynchoconger flavusSalt water · 4 records
- Wahoo Acanthocybium solandriSalt water · 3 records
- Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanusSalt water · 3 records
- Rock Sea Bass Centropristis philadelphicaSalt water · 3 records
- Swordfish Xiphias gladiusSalt water · 3 records
- Sand Seatrout Cynoscion arenariusSalt water · 3 records
- Luminous Hake Steindachneria argenteaSalt water · 3 records
- Smoothhead Scorpionfish Scorpaena calcarataSalt water · 2 records
- Largehead Hairtail Trichiurus lepturusSalt water · 2 records
- Atlantic Spadefish Chaetodipterus faberSalt water · 2 records
- Threadtail Conger Uroconger syringinusSalt water · 2 records
- Blackedge Moray Gymnothorax nigromarginatusSalt water · 2 records
- Stippled Spoon-nose Eel Echiophis punctiferSalt water · 2 records
- Smooth Puffer Lagocephalus laevigatusSalt water · 2 records
- Bay Whiff Citharichthys spilopterusSalt water · 2 records
- Blackwing Searobin Prionotus rubioSalt water · 2 records
- Dwarf Sand Perch Diplectrum bivittatumSalt water · 2 records
- Shrimp Eel Ophichthus gomesiiSalt water · 2 records
- Lionfish Pterois volitansSalt water · 1 record
- Atlantic Midshipman Porichthys plectrodonSalt water · 1 record
- Gulf Toadfish Opsanus betaSalt water · 1 record
- Jenny Mojarra Eucinostomus gulaSalt water · 1 record
- King Mackerel Scomberomorus cavallaSalt water · 1 record
- Common Remora Remora remoraSalt water · 1 record
- Highfin Goby Gobionellus oceanicusSalt water · 1 record
- Black Sea Bass Centropristis striataSalt water · 1 record
- Pinfish Lagodon rhomboidesSalt water · 1 record
- Atlantic Threadfin Polydactylus octonemusSalt water · 1 record
- American Harvestfish Peprilus paruSalt water · 1 record
- Escolar Lepidocybium flavobrunneumSalt water · 1 record
- Silver Seatrout Cynoscion nothusSalt water · 1 record
- Gulf Kingfish Menticirrhus littoralisSalt water · 1 record
- Bandtail Puffer Sphoeroides spengleriSalt water · 1 record
- Least Puffer Sphoeroides parvusSalt water · 1 record
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 SW Pass
SW Pass gets usually just one high tide and one low tide a day. Over the next month the water typically rises or falls about 1.2 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 2.2 ft, and again around Tuesday, November 10 (1.7 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 0.3 ft between the day's highest and lowest water.
The lowest tide of the month is -0.2 ft at 11:26 AM on Friday, October 30. There are 4 minus tides (lows below the chart's zero line) in this window: the best times for tide pools, clamming and walking the flats.
The highest predicted tide is 2.0 ft at 10:01 PM on Wednesday, October 28. 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.
Station details
- NOAA station ID: 8760943
- Type: reference (harmonic)
- Location: 28.9250, -89.4183
Nearby tide stations
- Southwest Pass 1 mi
- Pilots Station East, SW Pass 1 mi
- Joseph Bayou 13 mi
- Port Eads, South Pass 17 mi
- South Pass 17 mi
- Pilottown 20 mi