Crab Island Tide Chart

The best time to visit Crab Island in Destin Florida is two hours before and two hours after high tide. This is when the beautiful emerald green water from the Gulf of Mexico makes Crab Island the picturesque destination you see all over the internet.

The tide charts below show the estimated high and low tides for Crab Island for 2025.

To read the tide chart, find the day you would like to visit Crab Island. On that day you will see two or three times listed in the time column. The time associated with the larger height is considered high time (ex: 10:06 am -0.3ft - 11:31 pm 0.6ft, high tide would be at 11:31 pm on that day).