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Bar Harbor, ME tide times

Bar Harbor, ME tide forecast — heights relative to MLLW.

44.39°N · 68.20°W
Updated Thu 11 Jun
Datum MLLW
Tide rising
3.13m
Next high in 4h 34m
COEF76
Next high
07:36
3.13 m · in 4h 34m
Next low
13:41
0.22 m · in 10h 39m
Tide · next 12 h0.22 m → 3.13 m
H 07:36L 13:41NOW · 03:01
Today

Today's tide times for Bar Harbor, ME

Tide times at Bar Harbor, ME on Thursday, 11 June 2026: first low tide at 01:28am, first high tide at 07:36am, second low tide at 01:41pm, second high tide at 07:58pm. Sunrise 04:48am, sunset 08:16pm.

Tide curve

Tide chart for Bar Harbor, ME

24-hour cosine-interpolated curve around the present moment. Heights relative to MLLW. Predictions: NOAA CO-OPS station 8413320.

Tide MSL (m)H 07:36 · 3.13 m L 13:41 · 0.22 m
H 07:36 · 3.13 mL 13:41 · 0.22 m17:2522:1303:0107:4912:37NOW · 03:01
Today's conditions

Sun, moon and conditions on Thu 11 Jun

Snapshot at build time — refreshes daily. Sea state from NOAA harmonic predictions.

Sunrise
04:48
Day -9h -32m
Sunset
20:16
Local America/New York
Moon
19%
Waning crescent
Wind
Swell
no period data
Water
no data
7-day outlook

Highs and lows next 7 days

Every predicted high and low for the next week, with the daily tidal coefficient (0–120; higher = bigger swing, > 95 means stronger currents).

DayTypeTimeHeightCoef.
Wed 10 JunH07:363.13 m77
L13:410.22 m
H19:583.58 m
Thu 11 JunL02:26-0.02 m84
H08:353.21 m
L14:370.18 m
H20:533.74 m
Fri 12 JunL03:23-0.19 m92
H09:333.29 m
L15:330.12 m
H21:473.88 m
Sat 13 JunL04:19-0.34 m97
H10:303.38 m
L16:290.07 m
H22:423.98 m
Sun 14 JunL05:14-0.43 m100
H11:253.44 m
L17:250.04 m
H23:374.03 m
Mon 15 JunL06:09-0.47 m89
H12:213.48 m
L18:210.03 m
Tue 16 JunH00:334.00 m100
L07:05-0.44 m
H13:163.48 m
L19:190.06 m
Coastline

Other spots nearby

The three closest curated TideTurtle locations to Bar Harbor, ME, measured by great-circle distance.

Fishing & activity windows

Today's solunar windows

Solunar tradition: major periods are the ≈3h windows around moon transit and opposition; minor are ≈2h around moonrise and moonset. Pair with the local tide stage and wind for the best read.

Major (≈3h)
19:0422:04
07:2910:29
Minor (≈2h)
00:5002:50
15:2517:25
Spring and neap cycle

Cycle dates near Bar Harbor, ME

Next spring tide on Mon 15 Jun (range 4.5m / 14.7ft). Next neap on Thu 11 Jun.

Spring tides cluster around new and full moons (biggest swings). Neap tides land on quarter moons (smallest swings). See the spring tide and neap tide glossary entries for the why.

Editorial

About tides at Bar Harbor, ME

A short guide to the coastline at Bar Harbor, ME — geography, sea state, and what the tide is actually doing under your feet.

Bar Harbor sits on the eastern shore of Mount Desert Island, the granite mass that anchors Acadia National Park on the central Maine coast. The tide here is large and gets larger the further north-east you go, building toward the world-record swings at the head of the Bay of Fundy a few hundred kilometres further east. 4.

The pattern is cleanly semidiurnal, two highs and two lows of comparable size, twelve and a half hours apart. The geography of Frenchman Bay and the funnel-shape of the broader Gulf of Maine amplify the open-Atlantic signal. The most photographed feature of the swing is the Bar that gives the town its name — a gravel sandbar between the harbour and Bar Island that emerges across the lower half of every cycle and lets you walk over to the island for an hour or two either side of low water.

The cycle catches visitors out: the bar covers fast on the flood. Predictions on this page come from NOAA CO-OPS station 8413320. Nor'easter storm surge in winter can stack 30 cm or more above predicted.

Common questions

Tide questions about Bar Harbor, ME

Quick answers to the most common questions about tide times, range, and water access at Bar Harbor, ME.

When is the next high tide at Bar Harbor?

The hero block shows the next high tide at Bar Harbor in local Eastern time. The 7-day table covers all four daily extremes. The pattern here is straight semidiurnal — two highs and two lows of similar size each day, no diurnal asymmetry to watch for.

When does the Bar to Bar Island emerge?

The gravel bar between Bar Harbor and Bar Island is exposed for roughly an hour and a half either side of low tide. The 7-day table on this page flags each day's low. The bar covers quickly on the flood — set a turn-around time well before predicted low-plus-90-minutes if you walk across, especially on neap days when the low isn't very low. Acadia's visitor centre publishes the same advice.

What's the typical tide range at Bar Harbor?

Mean range is about 3.1 metres, with spring tides pushing past 3.7 metres and neaps around 2.4. The range increases steadily as you move north-east up the Maine coast toward Eastport and the head of the Bay of Fundy, where springs reach 8 metres and more. Bar Harbor sits roughly midway along that gradient.

Where do these tide predictions come from?

NOAA CO-OPS station 8413320, Bar Harbor. NOAA's harmonic predictions are calibrated on the gauge record and produce navigation-grade accuracy under normal weather. The Bay of Fundy region is one of the better-studied tide-prediction systems in the world; the constituents resolve cleanly here.

Is this safe to use for navigation?

No. For piloting in Frenchman Bay or among the Cranberry Isles use NOAA's authoritative chart products and the latest USCG notices. The currents through the Western Way and the eastern entrance to Frenchman Bay can run hard on the change of tide; rocky shoals reward real navigational sources, not a planning tool.