Highest Tides to Watch

The upcoming highest predicted tides on the Damariscotta River — the dates the waterfront is most likely to take on water.

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Date

High tide

Predicted height

Sun, Oct 25

11:01 AM

10.6 ft

Mon, Oct 26

11:41 AM

11.1 ft

Tue, Oct 27

12:24 PM

11.3 ft

Wed, Oct 28

1:11 PM

11.4 ft

king tide

Thu, Oct 29

2:00 PM

11.3 ft

Fri, Oct 30

2:54 PM

11.0 ft

Mon, Nov 23

9:25 AM

11.0 ft

Tue, Nov 24

10:12 AM

11.4 ft

Where the water goes

Downtown municipal waterfront lot

The riverfront parking lot already floods on the highest tides today; on a king tide expect standing water across the spaces nearest the river. (The Maine Monitor, "Unstoppable ocean.")

Miles Street causeway

The causeway carries the route to MaineHealth's Miles Campus hospital and has closed in storm surge several times a year; the Schooner Road backup is not adequate for ambulances. A high tide alone may not close it, but it is the level that wind and surge build on top of. (The Maine Monitor, "Unstoppable ocean.")

How to read this

These are official astronomical tide predictions, in ft above MLLW. They tell you how high the water would rise on the tide alone, on a calm day.

Whether water actually reaches the street depends on wind, rain and storm surge on top of the tide. This is not a flood forecast. For warnings, follow the channel below.

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