North Carolina
Oak Island tides
Tide charts & times for Oak Island, North Carolina · read from NOAA station Oak Island, Yaupon Beach (#8659182)
Yaupon Beach · North Carolina · NOAA station 8659182 · Tide predictions
33.9017, -78.0817
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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
Sunset Beach Nearshore Waves (SUN2WAVE) buoy · 23 mi W · Station ssbn7
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Nearby tide stations
- Fort Caswell · 3.7 mi E
- Southport · 3.7 mi E
- Bald Head · 4.8 mi E
- Varnamtown, Lockwoods Folly River · 8.2 mi W
- Zekes Island · 8.2 mi NE
Plan ahead
2027 tide extremes for this station
Highest predicted high tide: 6.5 ft — Fri Oct 1 · 8:44 AM
Lowest predicted low tide: -1.4 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 1:24 AM
Biggest single-day swing: 7.3 ft on Sat Jan 23
Best daytime minus tides of 2027
| Date | Low tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Jan 24 | 2:55 PM | -0.9 ft |
| Sat Jan 23 | 2:08 PM | -0.9 ft |
| Sun Feb 21 | 1:43 PM | -0.9 ft |
| Sun Jul 4 | 2:07 PM | -0.9 ft |
| Mon Aug 2 | 1:53 PM | -0.9 ft |
| Tue Aug 3 | 2:49 PM | -0.8 ft |
| Mon Jul 5 | 3:03 PM | -0.8 ft |
| Mon Feb 22 | 2:28 PM | -0.8 ft |
| Mon Jan 25 | 3:41 PM | -0.8 ft |
| Sat Feb 20 | 12:56 PM | -0.8 ft |
233 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
Oak Island, Yaupon Beach 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.
Georgia and the Carolinas run the biggest ranges on the Southeast coast — 7 to 10 ft through marsh creeks and barrier-island inlets that rearrange themselves with every storm.