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Miami Tide Chart
Miami’s tides are small — often just two or three feet — but in a city built on Biscayne Bay’s shallow flats, even a foot of water moving on or off the flat changes everything for boaters and anglers.
Upcoming tides in Miami
Live NOAA predictions for station 8723214 (Virginia Key (Biscayne Bay)).
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Heights in feet above MLLW, station local time. See the full interactive tide map.
The pattern
Expect a modest semidiurnal tide — two highs and two lows a day, usually in the 2-to-3-foot range. The ocean beaches see slightly more range than the bay, and bay tides run a little behind the ocean. The year’s highest tides arrive in the fall, when seasonal king tides can push water over seawalls and into streets even on calm, sunny days.
Flats fishing and boating
Biscayne Bay is world-famous for bonefish, tarpon, and permit on the flats, and the whole game is water movement — a rising tide floods the flats and brings the fish with it. Boaters poling the skinny backcountry live by the tide table: at low water, the channels are the only way through. Ocean-side, the Government Cut jetties fish well on moving tides.
King tides
Fall king tides are Miami’s signature tidal event, flooding low-lying streets and docks around the new and full moons. If you are visiting from September through November, check the forecast before parking low. For the wider coast, see our Southeast Atlantic tide guide.