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Savannah Tide Chart

Savannah has the biggest tides in the Southeast — seven feet or more at the river mouth — a semidiurnal giant that floods the marsh twice daily and sets the schedule for shrimpers and anglers from Tybee to the sounds.

The pattern

Two highs and two lows daily with a seven-foot range at Fort Pulaski — Georgia’s famously big tides, among the largest on the U.S. Atlantic coast. The marsh creeks transform completely between tides, and the spring tides near full and new moons push water high into the spartina.

Shrimping and fishing

This is shrimp country: the sounds and rivers produce the sweet Georgia shrimp the coast is famous for, and the moving tides set the table. Redfish tail the flooded marsh on high water — sight-fishing at its finest — while trout and flounder work the creek mouths on the fall.

Boating the river

The Savannah River ship channel carries serious current on the tide change — give the big ships room and cross the channel smartly. The back rivers and the Intracoastal are the small-boat playgrounds. For the wider coast, see our Southeast Atlantic tide guide.