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Port Douglas
Tide station
Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia. Heights are metres above lowest astronomical tide. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (AEST). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time.
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Tide station
Predicted rise and fall
This column is the predicted rise and fall from the moon and the sun, in metres. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat. The clocks are local time at this station.
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Five-day fishing snapshot
This is the next five days at Port Douglas. It uses the tide prediction at this station, the sun and moon at this coordinate, and the MET Norway forecast. A day is highlighted when a high or low falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset. Tide and sun times are local time at this station.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 32% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:49 AM and sunset is 6:18 PM. The tides are a low of 1.1 m at 1:54 AM and a high of 2.1 m at 4:40 PM. The high at 4:40 PM is 98 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 23°C, wind 11 kn SE.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 43% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 5:49 AM and sunset is 6:18 PM. The tides are a low of 1.1 m at 12:52 AM, a high of 1.4 m at 6:00 AM, a low of 1.3 m at 10:07 AM, and a high of 2.3 m at 5:08 PM. The high at 5:08 PM is 70 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 26°C, wind 13 kn SE.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 53% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 5:48 AM and sunset is 6:19 PM. The tides are a low of 1.1 m at 12:27 AM, a high of 1.6 m at 5:45 AM, a low of 1.1 m at 10:52 AM, and a high of 2.4 m at 5:31 PM. The high at 5:31 PM is 48 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 25°C, wind 16 kn SE.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 64% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:48 AM and sunset is 6:19 PM. The tides are a low of 1.0 m at 12:22 AM, a high of 1.7 m at 5:53 AM, a low of 1.0 m at 11:25 AM, and a high of 2.5 m at 5:54 PM. The high at 5:54 PM is 25 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 25°C, wind 15 kn E.
Wednesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 74% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:47 AM and sunset is 6:19 PM. The tides are a low of 0.9 m at 12:29 AM, a high of 1.9 m at 6:11 AM, a low of 0.9 m at 11:55 AM, and a high of 2.5 m at 6:17 PM. The high at 6:17 PM is 2 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 25°C, wind 6 kn E.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 4:36 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 5:01 AM
- Dawn
- 5:27 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 5:27 AM to 5:35 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 5:35 AM to 6:18 AM
- Sunrise
- 5:49 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:04 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:50 PM to 6:32 PM
- Sunset
- 6:18 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:32 PM to 6:40 PM
- Dusk
- 6:40 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:06 PM
- Last light
- 7:32 PM
- Day length
- 12 hours 30 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 35% lit
- Moonrise
- 10:27 AM
The larger tides, called spring tides, fall near the new moon and the full moon. The smaller neap tides fall near the quarters. Light times are for this coordinate, in local time at this station.
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Hart-Davis, Michael; Dettmering, Denise; Seitz, Florian (2025). TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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