Know the Tide

Know the tide.

New England

Block Island (Old Harbor)

Rhode Island · NOAA station 8459338 · Tide predictions

· Eastern Time · Feet / MLLW (mean lower low water)

41.1733, -71.5567

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On the water nearby

Block Island, RI (154) buoy · 27 mi SE · Station 44097
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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 4.1 ft — Thu Sep 30 · 8:11 AM

Lowest predicted low tide: -0.9 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 1:27 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 4.6 ft on Sat Jan 23

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Sat Jan 232:24 PM-0.8 ft
Sun Feb 211:56 PM-0.8 ft
Fri Jan 221:41 PM-0.8 ft
Sun Jan 243:04 PM-0.8 ft
Sat Feb 201:18 PM-0.8 ft
Mon Feb 222:31 PM-0.8 ft
Thu Jan 2112:55 PM-0.6 ft
Mon Jan 253:42 PM-0.6 ft
Fri Feb 1912:35 PM-0.6 ft
Tue Feb 233:03 PM-0.6 ft

260 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

Block Island (Old Harbor) 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.

Rocky shores and the country's biggest northern ranges: Eastport flirts with 20 ft, and the Gulf of Maine funnels weather as much as tide. Harbors here float — or sit in the mud — on the moon's schedule.

Diurnal range3.2 ft
Mean range2.9 ft
RegionNew England
NOAA chart13217
Station since1987