NOAA publishes daily tide predictions for Virginia Key, Biscayne Bay, and Florida boaters treat them as gospel. It's the reference station boaters lean on around Miami, Homestead. 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

High tide
4:47 AM
2.52 ft (MLLW)
Low tide
11:09 AM
0.576 ft (MLLW)
High tide
5:31 PM
2.585 ft (MLLW)
Low tide
11:41 PM
0.744 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 8723214 (Virginia Key, Biscayne Bay), fetched at build time via the NOAA Tides & Currents API. Station coordinates: 25.731399536132812, -80.16179656982422.