Florida/Riggins Ditch, Heislerville

Riggins Ditch, Heislerville

Riggins Ditch, Heislerville, NJ Β· 39.22Β°N 74.98Β°W
TODAY'S FISHING
B
Good conditions
β–²Next High
9:51 am 5.4 ft
β–ΌNext Low
4:13 am 0.7 ft
🌑Water Temp
56Β°F
↕Tidal Range
4.9 ft
🐟Solunar
Major 5:40 am
Live Conditions
11:55:32 PM
Tide Now
↑1.2 ft
Rising Β· 0.6 ft/hr
Tide speedModerate
Next Event
β–Ό Low Tide
5h 0m
0.6 ft at 4:56 am
🎣 Creek mouth action peaks near low
πŸ”₯ Best Window
5:40 am–7:40 AM
in 0 min
Major solunar Β· Incoming tide
Tide actively moving βœ“
Conditions
🌑️
56Β°FWater temp
πŸ“Š
1016 mb↗ Rising — fish active
πŸ’¨
8 ktLight β€” good visibility
πŸŒ™
Major 5:40 am2-hr window
0 ft (MLLW)Current: 1.16 ft6 ft (approx. MHHW)
Today's Tide Chart
Monday, May 18, 2026 Β· Predicted tides
Low: 4:13 am 0.7 ft
High: 9:51 am 5.4 ft
Low: 3:48 pm 0.5 ft
High: 10:16 pm 5.1 ft
Weather Forecast
Live data Β· Riggins Ditch, Heislerville, NJ
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Fishing Score
Composite of 6 factors
B
Good
Major period in 0 min β€” prepare
Tide phase48
Slow tide β€” moderate activity
Solunar strength85
Major period in 0 min β€” prepare
Pressure trend74
Stable β€” no rapid changes detected
Wind & chop90
Wind data loading…
Water temp70
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Moon phase77
πŸŒ‘ 10% illuminated
Current Conditions
Updated 10:20 AM
temp
74Β°F
feels Like
76Β°F
humidity
72%
wind Speed
8 kt
wind Dir
SE
visibility
10 mi
cloud Cover
15%
uv Index
6
water Temp
56Β°F
dew Point
63Β°F
pressure
1016 mb
Solunar Activity
Best feeding windows based on lunar & solar transit
β˜… Major2h window
5:40 am
Peak feeding period β€” fish most active
Passed
β—† Minor1h window
11:02 am
Secondary feeding period
Passed
β˜… Major2h window
5:15 pm
Peak feeding period β€” fish most active
Passed
β—† Minor1h window
11:27 pm
Secondary feeding period
🟒 Active now
Local Species
Riggins Ditch, Heislerville area Β· FL regulations
🎣
Striped Bass
28β€³ min Β· check season
Moving tide β€” rips, inlets, structure
Bait: Bunker (menhaden), live eel, swim shad
🐑
Summer Flounder
14β€³ min Β· 10/day
Incoming tide near channels & drop-offs
Bait: Gulp! shrimp, squid strip, bucktail jig
🐟
Bluefish
10β€³ min Β· 10/day
Moving tide β€” surface feeding, inlets
Bait: Metal jig, popper, bunker chunk
🐟
Weakfish (Seatrout)
13β€³ min Β· 10/day
Dawn & dusk β€” incoming tide on grass beds
Bait: Bucktail jig, live shrimp, soft plastic
🐑
Tautog (Blackfish)
16β€³ min Β· varies
Slack tide β€” wrecks, rocks, jetties
Bait: Green crab, fiddler crab, sand flea
7-Day Forecast
Fishing conditions Β· best day highlighted
TODAY
Mon
May 18
β˜€οΈ
A
70Β° / 59Β°
SE 8
CF 97
Tue
May 19
β›…
B+
71Β° / 59Β°
SE 10
CF 86
Wed
May 20
β˜€οΈ
B
72Β° / 58Β°
E 7
CF 72
Thu
May 21
🌧️
B
73Β° / 58Β°
NE 18
CF 58
Fri
May 22
β›…
C
74Β° / 58Β°
N 12
CF 47
Sat
May 23
β˜€οΈ
C
75Β° / 58Β°
NE 9
CF 41
Sun
May 24
β˜€οΈ
C
76Β° / 58Β°
SE 7
CF 41
30-Day Tide Calendar
May 2026 Β· Riggins Ditch, Heislerville
May 2026
Day
Sunrise / Sunset
1st Tide
2nd Tide
3rd Tide
4th Tide
Coefficient
Solunar
1Fri
πŸŒ•
↑ 6:10 am↓ 7:50 pm
3:43 amβ–Ό 1.7 ft
9:21 amβ–² 4.3 ft
3:18 pmβ–Ό 1.5 ft
9:46 pmβ–² 4.2 ft
99very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
2Sat
πŸŒ•
↑ 6:09 am↓ 7:51 pm
4:26 amβ–Ό 1.7 ft
10:04 amβ–² 4.3 ft
4:01 pmβ–Ό 1.5 ft
10:29 pmβ–² 4.4 ft
98very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
3Sun
πŸŒ•
↑ 6:08 am↓ 7:52 pm
5:09 amβ–Ό 1.6 ft
10:47 amβ–² 4.3 ft
4:44 pmβ–Ό 1.5 ft
11:12 pmβ–² 4.4 ft
93very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
4Mon
πŸŒ–
↑ 6:07 am↓ 7:53 pm
5:52 amβ–Ό 1.4 ft
11:30 amβ–² 4.3 ft
5:27 pmβ–Ό 1.4 ft
11:55 pmβ–² 4.3 ft
85high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
5Tue
πŸŒ–
↑ 6:06 am↓ 7:54 pm
12:38 amβ–² 4.1 ft
6:35 amβ–Ό 1.4 ft
12:13 pmβ–² 4.4 ft
6:10 pmβ–Ό 1.4 ft
75high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
6Wed
πŸŒ–
↑ 6:05 am↓ 7:55 pm
1:21 amβ–² 4.1 ft
7:18 amβ–Ό 1.4 ft
12:56 pmβ–² 4.5 ft
6:53 pmβ–Ό 1.3 ft
64average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
7Thu
πŸŒ–
↑ 6:04 am↓ 7:56 pm
2:05 amβ–² 4.2 ft
8:02 amβ–Ό 1.4 ft
1:39 pmβ–² 4.6 ft
7:36 pmβ–Ό 1.2 ft
55average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
8Fri
πŸŒ—
↑ 6:03 am↓ 7:58 pm
2:48 amβ–² 4.6 ft
8:45 amβ–Ό 1.3 ft
2:22 pmβ–² 4.7 ft
8:19 pmβ–Ό 1.1 ft
47low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
9Sat
πŸŒ—
↑ 6:02 am↓ 7:59 pm
3:31 amβ–² 4.9 ft
9:28 amβ–Ό 1.1 ft
3:05 pmβ–² 4.8 ft
9:02 pmβ–Ό 1.0 ft
42low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
10Sun
πŸŒ—
↑ 6:01 am↓ 8:00 pm
4:14 amβ–² 5.1 ft
10:11 amβ–Ό 0.9 ft
3:48 pmβ–² 5.0 ft
9:45 pmβ–Ό 0.9 ft
42low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
11Mon
πŸŒ—
↑ 6:00 am↓ 8:01 pm
4:57 amβ–² 5.1 ft
10:54 amβ–Ό 0.9 ft
4:31 pmβ–² 5.1 ft
10:29 pmβ–Ό 0.8 ft
47low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
12Tue
🌘
↑ 5:59 am↓ 8:02 pm
5:40 amβ–² 4.9 ft
11:37 amβ–Ό 0.9 ft
5:15 pmβ–² 5.2 ft
11:12 pmβ–Ό 0.7 ft
56average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
13Wed
🌘
↑ 5:58 am↓ 8:02 pm
6:23 amβ–² 4.9 ft
12:20 pmβ–Ό 0.8 ft
5:58 pmβ–² 5.3 ft
11:55 pmβ–Ό 0.6 ft
69average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
14Thu
🌘
↑ 5:57 am↓ 8:03 pm
12:38 amβ–Ό 0.5 ft
7:06 amβ–² 5.0 ft
1:03 pmβ–Ό 0.6 ft
6:41 pmβ–² 5.4 ft
82high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
15Fri
πŸŒ‘
↑ 5:56 am↓ 8:04 pm
1:21 amβ–Ό 0.5 ft
6:58 amβ–² 5.4 ft
12:56 pmβ–Ό 0.5 ft
7:24 pmβ–² 5.3 ft
94very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
16Sat
πŸŒ‘
↑ 5:55 am↓ 8:05 pm
2:04 amβ–Ό 0.5 ft
7:42 amβ–² 5.4 ft
1:39 pmβ–Ό 0.5 ft
8:07 pmβ–² 5.5 ft
102very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
17Sun
πŸŒ‘
↑ 5:54 am↓ 8:06 pm
2:47 amβ–Ό 0.6 ft
8:25 amβ–² 5.4 ft
2:22 pmβ–Ό 0.5 ft
8:50 pmβ–² 5.5 ft
102very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
18Mon
πŸŒ‘
↑ 5:53 am↓ 8:07 pm
3:30 amβ–Ό 0.7 ft
9:08 amβ–² 5.4 ft
3:05 pmβ–Ό 0.5 ft
9:33 pmβ–² 5.4 ft
97very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
19Tue
πŸŒ’
↑ 5:52 am↓ 8:08 pm
4:13 amβ–Ό 0.7 ft
9:51 amβ–² 5.4 ft
3:48 pmβ–Ό 0.5 ft
10:16 pmβ–² 5.1 ft
86high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
20Wed
πŸŒ’
↑ 5:51 am↓ 8:09 pm
4:56 amβ–Ό 0.7 ft
10:34 amβ–² 5.3 ft
4:31 pmβ–Ό 0.6 ft
10:59 pmβ–² 4.9 ft
72average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
21Thu
πŸŒ’
↑ 5:51 am↓ 8:10 pm
5:39 amβ–Ό 0.7 ft
11:17 amβ–² 5.2 ft
5:14 pmβ–Ό 0.7 ft
11:42 pmβ–² 4.8 ft
58average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
22Fri
πŸŒ’
↑ 5:50 am↓ 8:10 pm
12:25 amβ–² 5.0 ft
6:22 amβ–Ό 0.8 ft
12:00 pmβ–² 5.1 ft
5:57 pmβ–Ό 0.8 ft
47low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
23Sat
πŸŒ“
↑ 5:49 am↓ 8:11 pm
1:08 amβ–² 5.1 ft
7:05 amβ–Ό 1.0 ft
12:43 pmβ–² 5.0 ft
6:40 pmβ–Ό 0.9 ft
41low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
24Sun
πŸŒ“
↑ 5:48 am↓ 8:12 pm
1:51 amβ–² 4.9 ft
7:48 amβ–Ό 1.2 ft
1:26 pmβ–² 4.8 ft
7:23 pmβ–Ό 1.0 ft
41low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
25Mon
πŸŒ“
↑ 5:48 am↓ 8:13 pm
2:34 amβ–² 4.7 ft
8:31 amβ–Ό 1.3 ft
2:09 pmβ–² 4.7 ft
8:06 pmβ–Ό 1.1 ft
45low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
26Tue
πŸŒ”
↑ 5:47 am↓ 8:13 pm
3:17 amβ–² 4.3 ft
9:14 amβ–Ό 1.3 ft
2:52 pmβ–² 4.6 ft
8:49 pmβ–Ό 1.2 ft
54low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
27Wed
πŸŒ”
↑ 5:46 am↓ 8:14 pm
4:00 amβ–² 4.1 ft
9:57 amβ–Ό 1.3 ft
3:35 pmβ–² 4.5 ft
9:32 pmβ–Ό 1.3 ft
64average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
28Thu
πŸŒ”
↑ 5:45 am↓ 8:15 pm
4:43 amβ–² 4.0 ft
10:40 amβ–Ό 1.4 ft
4:18 pmβ–² 4.4 ft
10:15 pmβ–Ό 1.4 ft
75high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
29Fri
πŸŒ”
↑ 5:45 am↓ 8:15 pm
5:27 amβ–² 4.2 ft
11:24 amβ–Ό 1.5 ft
5:01 pmβ–² 4.3 ft
10:58 pmβ–Ό 1.4 ft
85high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
30Sat
πŸŒ•
↑ 5:44 am↓ 8:16 pm
6:10 amβ–² 4.4 ft
12:07 pmβ–Ό 1.7 ft
5:44 pmβ–² 4.3 ft
11:41 pmβ–Ό 1.5 ft
92very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
31Sun
πŸŒ•
↑ 5:44 am↓ 8:17 pm
12:24 amβ–Ό 1.5 ft
6:53 amβ–² 4.4 ft
12:50 pmβ–Ό 1.6 ft
6:27 pmβ–² 4.3 ft
97very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
CF:very highβ‰₯90high75–89average55–74low40–54very low<40🐟🐟🐟🐟 = peak solunar Β· β–² high Β· β–Ό low
Location & Map
Interactive β€” click markers for nearby stations
Latitude
39.22Β°N
Longitude
74.98Β°W
State
Florida
City
Riggins Ditch
Nearby Stations
About Tides at Riggins Ditch, Heislerville
Jersey Shore South inshore fishing guide

Riggins Ditch, Heislerville is a tidal station located in Riggins Ditch, Heislerville, NJ. Tides here are semidiurnal - two high tides and two low tides each day, with a mean tidal range of approximately 4.2 feet. The tidal movement through this area creates productive inshore fishing conditions, particularly during moving tides when bait is pushed through channels, creek mouths, and flats.

Best Fishing Tides

The best fishing at Riggins Ditch, Heislerville is typically the 2 hours before and after each high or low tide, when currents are actively moving bait. Our fishing score combines tide phase, solunar periods, and weather to give you a daily fishing grade so you can plan the best time to be on the water.

Target Species

Common species near Riggins Ditch, Heislerville include Striped Bass, Summer Flounder, Bluefish, Weakfish (Seatrout), and Tautog (Blackfish). Check the species cards above for current regulations, best baits, and tide timing for each fish.

Nearby Tide Stations
Riggins Ditch, 0.5 n.mi. above entranceEast Point, Maurice River CoveWest Creek, Route 47 bridgeBivalve, Maurice RiverBIVALEWest Creek, 0.7 n.mi. above entranceEast Creek, Route 47 bridgeMauricetownPort Elizabeth, Manumuskin RiverDividing Creek entrance