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The tide, where you're standing.
Perigee finds the tide gauge nearest you and charts what the water is doing right now — tides, currents, wind, and the sky that drives them, for every NOAA station on the US coast.
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Sta. 1612340Today's featured station — allow location access to see the water nearest you.
The soundings
Everything the gauge hears
Water
- Observed water levels to six-minute resolution
- Tide predictions, high/low or continuous curve
- Currents by depth bin, with flood and ebb direction
- Flood thresholds and sea level trends per station
Weather
- Wind speed, gusts, and direction at the water's edge
- Air and water temperature, pressure, visibility
- Sea level trends and high-tide flooding counts
- Extreme water level statistics per station
Sky
- Moon phase, illumination, age, and distance
- Sunrise, sunset, twilights, and golden hour
- Next new and full moons for any date
- Computed locally — works for any point on Earth
Activity planner
Plan around the water, not the table
Choose an activity and Perigee turns tide height, wind, daylight, moon, and observed water level into a plain-English read.
Fishing
Time tide movement against dawn, dusk, moon phase, wind, and water temperature.
Boating
Check departure windows from wind, daylight, observed water, and the next tide.
Surf/Paddle
Match lighter wind and wave signals with the tide stage you prefer.
Beachcombing
Spot daylight low-water windows and falling-tide access on the flats.
Photography
Pair golden hour and moonlight with the water height that shapes the scene.
Coastal living
Check high-water timing, observed level, wind, and shoreline context.
Find your station
From Eastport to Pago Pago, if NOAA keeps a gauge there, it's on the chart.
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