The almanac

The read, today.

The coast runs on tide, light, and water. This is the instrument for it — the live read of the shore, point by point from Fire Island to The End. Measured, not guessed: NOAA tide stations, the offshore buoys, the sun and the moon computed for each place.

Pick a point on the coast. The bite windows are the solunar majors and minors — when the fish move.

The read · today —

TIME · sun & moon

Sunrise—

Sunset—

Day length—

Moon—

Moonrise—

Moonset—

WATER · tide & sea

Water temp—

Wave height—

THE BITE · solunar

Day—

Major windows (lunar overhead & underfoot) run strongest; minors track moonrise & moonset.

— · reading the instruments…

Showing Montauk — the sportfishing end. Choose another point below.

The whole coast

Almanac Fire Island The west pole — Great South Bay at Seaview. Barefoot, car-free, the beachhead. Almanac The Hamptons Shinnecock Inlet — the ocean gate where the coast starts to climb east. Almanac Montauk The End — first light on the continent, the sportfishing capital of the Northeast. Almanac The North Fork Greenport — the quieter arm. Farmland, vineyards, working harbors. Almanac Shelter Island Held between the two forks — ferry-only, the water on every side.