Anyone know if there is a tide map where you could click around and see the projected high/low for a specific area?
Navionics is what most use. SaltStrong is ok at best, but I got rid of it as it tends to be inaccurate at times.
For free go to Tides4fishing.com
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I use Tides4Fishing on the laptop. You can select your location. I believe they have a phone app as well.
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Another vote for Tides and solunar charts for fishing in Georgia in 2025
This what I have bookmarked
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I also have iSolunar bookmarked on my Mac and phone. They sell a premium app for 0.99.
Premium Weather Package, Fishing Times by iSolunar
Study the NOAA Tides & Currents tide stations near you. Mine are updated about every thirty minutes, and can give tide predictions. They aren’t always right, but are better than many. TJ
I like tide king https://tideking.com/. I bookmark the area I’m fishing on my phone. What I like is that the graph shows where the tide is at the moment you look it.
Tide charts are not as accurate as people think. Lots of other factors other than moon cause tide changes and depending on where you are in relation to the actual tide station you may see tide change earlier or later than the chart. If I use a tide chart it’s Fishing Calendar Pro for iPhone. It may be available for Samsung/ Android as well.
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Completely agree. I fish Florida’s St. Joe Bay extensively, and there are times the water stubbornly refuses to drop no matter what the chart says. Other times it’s hours past projected high tide and it doesn’t show up. It’s a bowl shaped bay with a relatively narrow opening, so it tends to swirl around a lot kind of like water in your toilet bowl. It can vary a lot from one side to the other. Movement of any kind is always welcome.
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I downloaded one this summer on our scalloping trip. It’s called Tides Near Me. I found it to be very easy to use and really accurate as best I could tell. By default, it will pull up tide info closest to your location, but it will let you search for other locations. The o lot downside is it will only display data for 1 week at the most, so it won’t be an option if you want to see tides well into the future for trip planning.
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I’ve tried many and this one is the best I’ve found for use on the phone. Very easy to find Alt locations too.
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Tides in St. Joe Bay are measured in inches, not feet. 
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I agree that NOAA is the best. I have iSolunar, Tide Alert, and several others. What I think is the key difference with NOAA is the predicted vs. observed water level data. The tide is one thing, but here in Texas, we’re dealing w/ water so skinny that the actual water level is I think more important.
As an example: Water Levels - NOAA Tides & Currents
There is a big difference between the tide prediction and how much water is actually out there when you’re dealing with water that is 12 inches deep.
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“Tide Alert” app works pretty well here in SWFL.
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@gh_estero Welcome aboard!!
I use realTide on my phone and NOAA on my laptop.
NOAA is great for seeing real time acutal vs. predicted on the floods in NE FL. Many times it is not forecasted to get high enough to fish in the grass, but with the right direction of wind blowing that can change in a matter of hours.
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Somewhat off-topic, but related, here’s a little tidal nugget that can help you avoid getting stuck on a falling tide.
Ever heard of the rule of 12ths? You’ve felt it/seen it, but maybe didn’t know it.
In the first hour of a tide cycle, the tide moves 1/12 of the total vertical distance it will go.
In the second hour, 2/12ths.
In the third and fourth hours, 3/12 (1/4)
In the fifth hour, 2/12ths
in the final hour, 1/12th.
That’s not very helpful until you put real numbers to it. Here in my area, our tides are roughly 6 feet on a big tide.
That means, in the first hour, it moves 6 inches
Second hour 1 foot
Third and fourth hour 1.5 feet
Fifth hour 1 foot
Final hour, 6 inches.
When you are back in the marsh, if you know the area well, you can use oysters and time to make sure you get out in time. Where I fish, there’s a sandbar that blocks the marsh - I need a foot of water there to make sure I get out. If I miss that window, I get a nice 3 hour addition to my trip . . . That spot sits a certain distance below the top of an adjacent oyster bar. On a falling tide, I watch that bar, I know the time, I know when to start heading back out.
Sorry Gulf coasters, this doesn’t work for you. 
And, if you DID know that, smarty pants, someone tell me why south GA has 10 foot tides, but Wilmington NC only has 6 foot tides . . . Did you ever wonder?
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Welcome @gh_estero Glad to have you join us.
Our Texas tide swing is usually less than a foot. The only time we really see huge drops is with strong north winds. Summer we have bull tides and it floods the back back back lakes where the cow trails are but it’s still only a foot or so higher than “normal”. Down south starting around Corpus Christi and further into the Lower Laguna Madre it’s much less than a foot due to lack of cuts feeding to and from The Gulf of America. Tides down there are more wind driven than anything.
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I use Willyweather.com It gives weather, wind, tides and more. It’s not an app but a website and free. Their wind predictions are right on and the tide chart is good.
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