Whangārei Tides

High and low tide times for Whangārei today, with a 7 day tide chart, sun and moon times and the best fishing windows.

Whangārei tide times today

Tide times for Whangārei Town Basin, from official LINZ predictions and updated automatically: where the tide is right now, today’s highs and lows, and the week ahead.

Tide now · Whangārei Town Basin
Next high 5:57am · next low 12:06pm
Today · Fri 23 Oct
High
5:57am
2.6 m
Low
12:06pm
1.1 m
High
6:30pm
2.8 m
At the Heads (Marsden Point): High 5:39am 2.2 mLow 11:48am 0.9 mHigh 6:05pm 2.4 m
Sunrise 6:29am · Sunset 7:44pm Waxing gibbous moon · rise 4:35pm · set 4:31am Range today 1.7 m

Whangārei tide chart

Best fishing: an hour either side of each tide change Now

Best fishing times in Whangārei today

4:57am to 6:57amOn now11:06am to 1:06pmOn now5:30pm to 7:30pmOn now

Solunar bite times: major 10:29am and 10:51pm (moon overhead and underfoot), minor 4:31am and 4:35pm (moonrise and moonset).

High and low tides in Whangārei this week

Biggest tides around Thu 29 Oct
DayHigh tidesLow tidesRange
Today · Fri 23 Oct 5:57am 2.6 m6:30pm 2.8 m 12:06pm 1.1 m 1.7 m
Sat 24 Oct 6:55am 2.7 m7:19pm 2.9 m 12:41am 1.0 m12:59pm 1.0 m 1.9 m
Sun 25 Oct 7:48am 2.9 m8:07pm 3.0 m 1:31am 0.8 m1:50pm 0.9 m 2.2 m
Mon 26 Oct 8:38am 3.0 m8:55pm 3.1 m 2:19am 0.7 m2:39pm 0.8 m 2.4 m
Tue 27 Oct 9:26am 3.1 m9:43pm 3.1 m 3:07am 0.6 m3:28pm 0.7 m 2.5 m
Wed 28 Oct 10:15am 3.2 m10:32pm 3.1 m 3:54am 0.5 m4:17pm 0.7 m 2.7 m
Thu 29 Oct 11:04am 3.2 m11:22pm 3.1 m 4:42am 0.4 m5:07pm 0.7 m 2.8 m

Whangārei tides: common questions

Whangārei has a semi-diurnal tide, with roughly two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours. Checking the Whangārei 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 Whangārei Town Basin, and update automatically.

When is high tide in Whangārei today?

Today at Whangārei Town Basin, high tide is at 5:57am (2.6 m) and 6:30pm (2.8 m), and low tide is at 12:06pm (1.1 m). The whole week is in the table above.

What is the tidal range in Whangārei?

Whangārei has a semi-diurnal tide, with two high tides and two low tides a day. Today the range is about 1.7 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 Whangārei?

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 Whangārei?

Fishing is usually best in the moving water around each tide change, about an hour either side. Today that is 4:57am to 6:57am, 11:06am to 1:06pm, 5:30pm to 7:30pm. The solunar major bite periods today are around 10:29am and 10:51pm.

Where do these Whangārei tide predictions come from?

They are official predictions from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for Whangārei Town Basin, 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.

Tide predictions: Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), CC BY 3.0 NZ. Sun and moon: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0. Predictions only: real tides vary with wind and air pressure. New Zealand time.