Long Island Sound is a sound between the Connecticut shore and Long Island, New York, joining New York Harbor at its western end and Block Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean at its eastern end. The tide is mixed semidiurnal, with a mean range increasing from about 2.5 ft at the eastern end to about 7.3 ft at the western end (6.74 ft at Bridgeport, CT).
- Type
- Sound
- Location
- New York, United States
- Setting
- Between the Connecticut shore and Long Island, New York, joining New York Harbor at its western end and Block Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean at its eastern end
- Tidal range
- The tide is mixed semidiurnal, with a mean range increasing from about 2.5 ft at the eastern end to about 7.3 ft at the western end (6.74 ft at Bridgeport, CT).
- Notable
- The time of tide is nearly simultaneous throughout the sound — high water arrives within roughly 30 minutes from end to end (US Coast Pilot 2).
