Pensacola tide times.
Next high tide is 6:51 AM. High and low for today and the next few days from NOAA.
Today
Tomorrow
Friday, Nov 6
Predictions from NOAA Tides & Currents, station 8729840 (Pensacola). Refreshed 11:38 PM.
One tide a day, not two
Pensacola has a diurnal tide, which means most days bring a single high and a single low rather than the two-a-day cycle people expect from the Atlantic. If you're used to reading tide charts elsewhere, that's the thing that trips you up — there's no second high tide coming in six hours.
The range is small
Swing between high and low is usually a foot to a foot and a half. That's minor compared to most coastlines, so tides rarely make or break a beach day. They matter most if you're fishing the pass, launching a kayak off a shallow bayou ramp, or wading the flats — moving water is what turns the fish on, and the hour either side of a tide change is when it moves.
Wind beats the chart
Because the range is so small, a sustained wind can override the prediction. A hard south wind piles water into the bay and holds the level above the forecast; a strong north wind after a front can blow the bayous down until the chart looks wrong. Treat the times below as accurate and the heights as a good estimate.