Timaru Tides
High and low tide times for Timaru today, with a 7 day tide chart, sun and moon times and the best fishing windows.
Timaru tide times today
Tide times for Timaru, from official LINZ predictions and updated automatically: where the tide is right now, today’s highs and lows, and the week ahead.
Timaru tide chart
Best fishing times in Timaru today
Solunar bite times: major 11:26am and 11:49pm (moon overhead and underfoot), minor 5:08am and 5:58pm (moonrise and moonset).
High and low tides in Timaru this week
Biggest tides around Tue 27 Oct| Day | High tides | Low tides | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today · Sat 24 Oct | 2:06am 2.3 m2:32pm 2.3 m | 8:17am 0.7 m8:38pm 0.7 m | 1.6 m |
| Sun 25 Oct | 2:49am 2.3 m3:14pm 2.4 m | 9:01am 0.6 m9:19pm 0.6 m | 1.8 m |
| Mon 26 Oct | 3:34am 2.4 m3:58pm 2.4 m | 9:47am 0.6 m10:05pm 0.6 m | 1.8 m |
| Tue 27 Oct | 4:22am 2.5 m4:44pm 2.4 m | 10:37am 0.6 m10:55pm 0.6 m | 1.9 m |
| Wed 28 Oct | 5:13am 2.5 m5:35pm 2.4 m | 11:30am 0.6 m11:50pm 0.6 m | 1.9 m |
| Thu 29 Oct | 6:08am 2.5 m6:31pm 2.3 m | 12:26pm 0.6 m | 1.9 m |
| Fri 30 Oct | 7:07am 2.5 m7:33pm 2.3 m | 12:48am 0.6 m1:24pm 0.6 m | 1.9 m |
Timaru tides: common questions
Timaru has a semi-diurnal tide, with roughly two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours. Checking the Timaru tide times before you head out helps with fishing, boating, launching, gathering shellfish and beach access. These are live high and low tide predictions for Timaru, and update automatically.
When is high tide in Timaru today?
Today at Timaru (the standard port for Timaru), high tide is at 2:06am (2.3 m) and 2:32pm (2.3 m), and low tide is at 8:17am (0.7 m) and 8:38pm (0.7 m). The whole week is in the table above.
What is the tidal range in Timaru?
Timaru has a semi-diurnal tide, with two high tides and two low tides a day. Today the range is about 1.6 m between high and low water. Ranges are largest around spring tides (near the new and full moon) and smallest around neap tides, so the figure changes through the month.
How often do the tides change in Timaru?
There are about two high and two low tides every 24 hours and 50 minutes, so tides turn roughly every 6 hours 12 minutes and each one is about 50 minutes later than the day before.
When is the best time to fish in Timaru?
Fishing is usually best in the moving water around each tide change, about an hour either side. Today that is 1:06am to 3:06am, 7:17am to 9:17am, 1:32pm to 3:32pm, 7:38pm to 9:38pm. The solunar major bite periods today are around 11:26am and 11:49pm.
Where do these Timaru tide predictions come from?
They are official predictions from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for Timaru, the nearest standard port to Timaru, and update automatically. Sunrise, sunset and moon times come from MET Norway. Predicted times can vary slightly from the real tide in strong wind or unusual barometric pressure.