Delaware
Delaware City tides
Tide charts & times for Delaware City, Delaware · read from NOAA station Delaware City (#8551762)
Delaware · NOAA station 8551762 · Tide predictions
39.5822, -75.5890
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48-hour outlook
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Drawn from the high/low predictions — NOAA publishes high/low only for this station.
The next seven days
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H = high tide · L = low tide · highs & lows in local time
On the water nearby
Baltimore buoy · 56 mi SW · Station 44080
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Nearby tide stations
- Pea Patch Island, Bulkhead Shoal Channel, Del. · 0.8 mi E
- Delaware City Branch Channel bridge · 0.8 mi S
- REEDY POINT · 1.9 mi SE
- St. Georges, Delaware · 3.7 mi SW
- Sinnickson Landing · 4.9 mi E
Plan ahead
2027 tide extremes for this station
Highest predicted high tide: 6.9 ft — Tue Aug 3 · 12:10 AM
Lowest predicted low tide: -0.8 ft — Sun Jan 24 · 6:51 AM
Biggest single-day swing: 6.8 ft on Wed Aug 4
Best daytime minus tides of 2027
| Date | Low tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Mon Jan 25 | 7:43 AM | -0.7 ft |
| Sat Jan 23 | 6:47 PM | -0.7 ft |
| Sun Feb 21 | 6:20 PM | -0.7 ft |
| Tue Feb 23 | 7:23 AM | -0.7 ft |
| Fri Jan 22 | 5:58 PM | -0.6 ft |
| Tue Jan 26 | 8:35 AM | -0.6 ft |
| Sat Feb 20 | 5:34 PM | -0.6 ft |
| Wed Feb 24 | 8:12 AM | -0.5 ft |
| Thu Jan 21 | 5:06 PM | -0.5 ft |
| Wed Jan 27 | 9:28 AM | -0.5 ft |
164 minus tides (below 0 ft) are predicted here in 2027. The table shows up to the 10 lowest that fall between 7 AM and 7 PM — the ones worth planning a clam dig or tidepool walk around.
About this station
Delaware City is one of NOAA's reference tide stations — its predictions are computed directly from harmonic analysis of water levels observed here, and other nearby stations are calculated from it.
Barrier islands, big bays, and river tides: Chesapeake and Delaware bays carry the tide deep inland, and a nor'easter can hold water in, or blow it out, for days at a time.