Both inlets run two highs and two lows daily on a ~6 hr cycle, within ~15–20 min of each other (OC slightly later). Tidal coefficients are running high (~70–81) this week — stronger currents and bigger swings. Moving water is king.
🎯 Best windows: last 2 hrs of incoming + first 2 hrs of outgoing. Flounder → incoming (clean ocean push). Big stripers → night outgoing on cut bait. Surf → 2 hrs either side of high tide & after dark.
Highs/lows shift ~45–50 min later each day — verify with a live NOAA / IRI–OC Inlet tide table the morning of your trip.