New York (The Battery), NY tide times

The hero block above shows the next high tide at The Battery in local Eastern time, with the height above MLLW. Scroll down for the 7-day table covering both daily highs and lows. For storm surge or coastal flood watches, the National Weather Service New York office is the authoritative source.

Mean range is about 1.4 metres at New York Harbor. Spring tides push to roughly 1.7 metres, neap tides drop to about 1.0 metre. The Battery sits inside the harbour, so the swing is gentler than open Atlantic shoreline like Sandy Hook. Wind from the east or south can push water levels noticeably higher than predicted, even in fair weather.

The East River is a tidal strait, not a river. It connects Long Island Sound and New York Harbor, and the tide reaches each end at different times. The phase difference forces water through Hell Gate at currents that can exceed four knots. The strongest flow happens roughly midway between high and low tide at The Battery — slack water is around the actual high and low.

NOAA CO-OPS station 8518750 (The Battery, NY). It's one of the longest continuous tide records in the US, dating back to 1856. NOAA uses harmonic analysis on the historical data to project future tides — a high-accuracy method that nails the astronomical component to within a few minutes and a few centimetres under normal conditions.

No. For piloting in New York Harbor, use NOAA's official chart and current products and the latest USCG notices. Tide height and current at The Battery can shift significantly with weather and Hudson River discharge in ways harmonic prediction doesn't capture.