NOAA publishes daily tide predictions for Apalachicola, and Florida boaters treat them as gospel. It's the reference station boaters lean on around Apalachicola, Port St. Joe. Use the seven-day outlook below to line up your launch with the moving water — incoming tides tend to push bait and gamefish onto the flats.

Today's tides

Low tide
2:26 AM
0.693 ft (MLLW)
High tide
8:42 AM
1.65 ft (MLLW)
Low tide
4:07 PM
0.46 ft (MLLW)
High tide
10:15 PM
1.191 ft (MLLW)

7-day tide forecast

Predicted heights relative to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in feet, local time. Predictions only — not verified water levels.

Reading the tide

A rising ("flood") tide pushes bait and gamefish up onto the flats and into the mangroves; a falling ("ebb") tide pulls them back toward channels and drop-offs. The strongest current runs midway between high and low — often the most productive window.

Tide predictions from NOAA CO-OPS station 8728690 (Apalachicola), fetched at build time via the NOAA Tides & Currents API. Station coordinates: 29.7244444, -84.9805556.