Baltimore tide chart for today and solunar table

What are the tides like in Baltimore?

The station is at Fort McHenry, in Baltimore Harbor at the top of the Chesapeake. The astronomical tide is small here — wind and river flow often move the water more than the Moon does.

Based on the station's constants, Baltimore has a mixed, mainly semidiurnal (with a daily inequality) tide: the form number (K1+O1)/(M2+S2) is 0.67. The reference spring range — around new and full moon — is about 1.2 ft, and mean sea level sits 0.8 ft above MLLW. That is why the two high tides (or the two lows) on the same day are often noticeably different in height.

What is the best time to fish in Baltimore?

Solunar theory points to the major periods (about 2 hours centered on the moon passing overhead or underfoot) and the minor periods (1 hour around moonrise and moonset). What surf, pier and inshore anglers repeat most often is simpler: moving water (the middle of the incoming or outgoing tide), low light (dawn and dusk) and a moon near new or full, when the tidal range is biggest.

The fishing score from 0 to 4 combines those three signals. It is a traditional rule of thumb, not a catch forecast: it knows nothing about wind, rain, water clarity or the species you are after. In November 2026, the top-scoring days at Baltimore are November 24, November 25, and November 27.

Where does this data come from?

The prediction adds up 33 harmonic constituents for NOAA station 8574680 — Baltimore, published by NOAA CO-OPS (Vector Average of 5 years (2017-2021). Sa and SSa from average of 19 years (2001-2021). Other long period constituents are not stable.). Phases are referenced to Greenwich (GMT) and converted to local time for each date, including daylight saving time. Heights are relative to MLLW from the station's 1983-2001 tidal datum epoch. Node factors follow Schureman; sun and moon positions use Meeus's formulas.

Wind, pressure and storms change the real water level, sometimes by a foot or more. Times shift much less than heights.