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Brunswick Tide Chart
Brunswick — the Georgia Golden Isles port city on the Turtle River, gateway to Jekyll and St. Simons — works a mixed semidiurnal tide of around nine feet. Note the NOAA station sits at Howe Street Pier, on the downtown waterfront.
Upcoming tides in Brunswick
Live NOAA predictions for station 8677406 (Howe Street Pier, Brunswick).
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Heights in feet above MLLW, station local time. See the full interactive tide map.
The pattern
Two highs and two lows daily with around nine feet of range — big Georgia-coast water. The tide floods the Turtle River and the marsh creeks behind the barrier islands, then drains the shrimp-boat docks and mudflats — the swing is among the largest on the Atlantic seaboard.
Shrimp fleet and the Isles
Brunswick’s shrimp boats — the town’s working identity — unload at the downtown docks, and the Golden Isles’ beaches, golf, and the Jekyll Island causeway draw visitors year-round; see our best time to fish tides guide for the marsh windows.
Boating
The port’s ship channel is big-ship water — stay clear of the freighters and their wakes. The marsh creeks are shallow and current-swept; favor a rising tide and the marked cuts. For the region, see our Southeast Atlantic tides guide.