Otaru

Tide station

Otaru in Hokkaido, Japan. Heights are metres above chart datum, with the same height in feet. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (JST). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time.

Next high tide

0.2 m (0.8 ft)Tomorrow · 2:41 AM

Next low tide

0.2 m (0.7 ft)Tomorrow · 8:12 AM

High tide is 7 hr 35 min from now and will rise 0.1 m (0.4 ft).

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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 and in feet. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat. The clocks are local time at this station.

High tide is 7 hr 35 min from now and will rise 0.1 m (0.4 ft).

High and low tides for the next seven days
Day	Tide	Time	Height
Thursday, October 22	High	2:41 AM	0.24 m (0.78 ft)
	Low	8:12 AM	0.20 m (0.65 ft)
	High	12:07 PM	0.22 m (0.74 ft)
	Low	7:22 PM	0.11 m (0.36 ft)
Friday, October 23	High	2:20 AM	0.22 m (0.73 ft)
	Low	8:13 AM	0.16 m (0.53 ft)
	High	1:29 PM	0.23 m (0.75 ft)
	Low	8:00 PM	0.11 m (0.38 ft)
Saturday, October 24	High	2:10 AM	0.22 m (0.71 ft)
	Low	8:30 AM	0.12 m (0.39 ft)
	High	2:34 PM	0.24 m (0.79 ft)
	Low	8:32 PM	0.13 m (0.42 ft)
Sunday, October 25	High	2:13 AM	0.22 m (0.73 ft)
	Low	8:55 AM	0.08 m (0.26 ft)
	High	3:31 PM	0.25 m (0.83 ft)
	Low	9:03 PM	0.15 m (0.50 ft)
Monday, October 26	High	2:27 AM	0.24 m (0.79 ft)
	Low	9:25 AM	0.05 m (0.16 ft)
	High	4:25 PM	0.27 m (0.89 ft)
	Low	9:31 PM	0.18 m (0.60 ft)
Tuesday, October 27	High	2:49 AM	0.27 m (0.87 ft)
	Low	10:01 AM	0.03 m (0.10 ft)
	High	5:20 PM	0.29 m (0.95 ft)
	Low	9:56 PM	0.22 m (0.72 ft)
Wednesday, October 28	High	3:15 AM	0.29 m (0.96 ft)
	Low	10:41 AM	0.02 m (0.08 ft)
	High	6:17 PM	0.30 m (1.00 ft)

See more tides through Monday, November 30

High and low tides after the first week
Day	Tide	Time	Height
Wednesday, October 28	Low	10:17 PM	0.26 m (0.84 ft)
Thursday, October 29	High	3:44 AM	0.32 m (1.05 ft)
	Low	11:28 AM	0.03 m (0.10 ft)
	High	7:18 PM	0.31 m (1.02 ft)
	Low	10:33 PM	0.28 m (0.93 ft)
Friday, October 30	High	4:15 AM	0.34 m (1.12 ft)
	Low	12:23 PM	0.04 m (0.15 ft)
	High	8:30 PM	0.31 m (1.00 ft)
	Low	10:44 PM	0.30 m (0.98 ft)
Saturday, October 31	High	4:45 AM	0.35 m (1.13 ft)
Saturday, October 31	Low	1:28 PM	0.06 m (0.20 ft)
Sunday, November 1	High	5:18 AM	0.33 m (1.09 ft)
Sunday, November 1	Low	2:45 PM	0.08 m (0.26 ft)
Monday, November 2	High	5:54 AM	0.30 m (1.00 ft)
Monday, November 2	Low	4:10 PM	0.09 m (0.29 ft)
Tuesday, November 3	High	8:05 AM	0.26 m (0.86 ft)
Tuesday, November 3	Low	5:37 PM	0.10 m (0.32 ft)
Wednesday, November 4	High	12:48 AM	0.23 m (0.76 ft)
	Low	6:25 AM	0.21 m (0.68 ft)
	High	10:57 AM	0.23 m (0.76 ft)
	Low	6:49 PM	0.11 m (0.35 ft)
Thursday, November 5	High	12:57 AM	0.21 m (0.70 ft)
	Low	7:07 AM	0.15 m (0.50 ft)
	High	12:56 PM	0.22 m (0.74 ft)
	Low	7:42 PM	0.12 m (0.40 ft)
Friday, November 6	High	1:10 AM	0.21 m (0.69 ft)
	Low	7:43 AM	0.10 m (0.34 ft)
	High	2:22 PM	0.23 m (0.75 ft)
	Low	8:20 PM	0.15 m (0.48 ft)
Saturday, November 7	High	1:27 AM	0.22 m (0.71 ft)
	Low	8:19 AM	0.06 m (0.21 ft)
	High	3:27 PM	0.24 m (0.78 ft)
	Low	8:49 PM	0.17 m (0.57 ft)
Sunday, November 8	High	1:45 AM	0.23 m (0.77 ft)
	Low	8:54 AM	0.04 m (0.12 ft)
	High	4:22 PM	0.25 m (0.82 ft)
	Low	9:10 PM	0.20 m (0.65 ft)
Monday, November 9	High	2:05 AM	0.26 m (0.84 ft)
	Low	9:28 AM	0.03 m (0.08 ft)
	High	5:09 PM	0.26 m (0.86 ft)
	Low	9:30 PM	0.23 m (0.74 ft)
Tuesday, November 10	High	2:29 AM	0.28 m (0.91 ft)
	Low	10:01 AM	0.03 m (0.09 ft)
	High	5:53 PM	0.27 m (0.90 ft)
	Low	9:49 PM	0.25 m (0.81 ft)
Wednesday, November 11	High	2:54 AM	0.29 m (0.97 ft)
	Low	10:35 AM	0.04 m (0.12 ft)
	High	6:35 PM	0.28 m (0.93 ft)
	Low	10:01 PM	0.27 m (0.87 ft)
Thursday, November 12	High	3:19 AM	0.31 m (1.01 ft)
	Low	11:09 AM	0.05 m (0.16 ft)
	High	7:20 PM	0.29 m (0.95 ft)
	Low	10:06 PM	0.28 m (0.91 ft)
Friday, November 13	High	3:42 AM	0.31 m (1.02 ft)
	Low	11:44 AM	0.06 m (0.20 ft)
	High	8:14 PM	0.28 m (0.93 ft)
	Low	10:07 PM	0.28 m (0.92 ft)
Saturday, November 14	High	4:01 AM	0.31 m (1.00 ft)
Saturday, November 14	Low	12:23 PM	0.07 m (0.23 ft)
Sunday, November 15	High	4:15 AM	0.29 m (0.96 ft)
Sunday, November 15	Low	1:09 PM	0.07 m (0.24 ft)
Monday, November 16	High	4:20 AM	0.27 m (0.90 ft)
Monday, November 16	Low	2:01 PM	0.08 m (0.25 ft)
Tuesday, November 17	High	2:27 AM	0.25 m (0.82 ft)
Tuesday, November 17	Low	3:00 PM	0.08 m (0.26 ft)
Wednesday, November 18	High	1:54 AM	0.22 m (0.73 ft)
Wednesday, November 18	Low	4:04 PM	0.08 m (0.27 ft)
Thursday, November 19	High	12:44 AM	0.20 m (0.66 ft)
	Low	7:40 AM	0.17 m (0.57 ft)
	High	9:39 AM	0.17 m (0.57 ft)
	Low	5:05 PM	0.09 m (0.31 ft)
Friday, November 20	High	12:22 AM	0.19 m (0.62 ft)
	Low	7:12 AM	0.13 m (0.44 ft)
	High	12:03 PM	0.17 m (0.56 ft)
	Low	6:03 PM	0.11 m (0.37 ft)
Saturday, November 21	High	12:18 AM	0.19 m (0.61 ft)
	Low	7:30 AM	0.09 m (0.30 ft)
	High	1:44 PM	0.19 m (0.61 ft)
	Low	6:54 PM	0.14 m (0.44 ft)
Sunday, November 22	High	12:27 AM	0.20 m (0.65 ft)
	Low	7:59 AM	0.05 m (0.17 ft)
	High	2:57 PM	0.21 m (0.69 ft)
	Low	7:39 PM	0.16 m (0.54 ft)
Monday, November 23	High	12:48 AM	0.22 m (0.72 ft)
	Low	8:32 AM	0.02 m (0.06 ft)
	High	3:57 PM	0.24 m (0.78 ft)
	Low	8:17 PM	0.20 m (0.65 ft)
Tuesday, November 24	High	1:18 AM	0.25 m (0.82 ft)
	Low	9:11 AM	-0.01 m (-0.02 ft)
	High	4:49 PM	0.27 m (0.88 ft)
	Low	8:50 PM	0.23 m (0.75 ft)
Wednesday, November 25	High	1:56 AM	0.28 m (0.93 ft)
	Low	9:54 AM	-0.02 m (-0.05 ft)
	High	5:39 PM	0.29 m (0.95 ft)
	Low	9:20 PM	0.26 m (0.84 ft)
Thursday, November 26	High	2:39 AM	0.31 m (1.03 ft)
	Low	10:41 AM	-0.01 m (-0.05 ft)
	High	6:29 PM	0.30 m (0.99 ft)
	Low	9:50 PM	0.28 m (0.90 ft)
Friday, November 27	High	3:25 AM	0.34 m (1.10 ft)
	Low	11:32 AM	-0.01 m (-0.02 ft)
	High	7:19 PM	0.30 m (0.98 ft)
	Low	10:24 PM	0.28 m (0.92 ft)
Saturday, November 28	High	4:14 AM	0.34 m (1.12 ft)
	Low	12:27 PM	0.01 m (0.03 ft)
	High	8:10 PM	0.28 m (0.93 ft)
	Low	11:05 PM	0.27 m (0.88 ft)
Sunday, November 29	High	5:05 AM	0.33 m (1.07 ft)
	Low	1:26 PM	0.03 m (0.09 ft)
	High	9:01 PM	0.26 m (0.84 ft)
Monday, November 30	Low	12:06 AM	0.24 m (0.80 ft)
	High	6:00 AM	0.29 m (0.96 ft)
	Low	2:27 PM	0.04 m (0.15 ft)

This water today

The tide at Otaru is rising toward a high of 0.2 m (0.8 ft) at 2:41 AM. The highest tide on this page is 0.3 m (1.1 ft) on Saturday, October 31, in 10 days.

King tide and neap

The next king tide is Saturday, October 31, 2026. That is 10 days from today. It is the highest high tide in the coming lunar cycle, about a month of tides. What a king tide is.

The next neap is Thursday, November 5, 2026. That is 15 days from today. That day has the smallest rise and fall in the coming two weeks, the opposite of a king tide.

Five-day fishing snapshot

This is the next five days at Otaru. 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.

Wednesday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 74% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:56 AM and sunset is 4:45 PM. The tides are a high of 0.3 m (0.9 ft) at 3:10 AM, a low of 0.2 m (0.8 ft) at 9:15 AM, a high of 0.2 m (0.8 ft) at 9:47 AM, and a low of 0.1 m (0.4 ft) at 6:35 PM. The low at 6:35 PM is 110 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain, 14°C, wind 29 kn NW, rain 7.9 mm, pressure 1001 hPa (29.56 in). That forecast is rough water.

Thursday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 83% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:57 AM and sunset is 4:43 PM. The tides are a high of 0.2 m (0.8 ft) at 2:41 AM, a low of 0.2 m (0.7 ft) at 8:12 AM, a high of 0.2 m (0.7 ft) at 12:07 PM, and a low of 0.1 m (0.4 ft) at 7:22 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Rain, 9°C, wind 29 kn NW, rain 10.8 mm. That forecast is rough water.

Friday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 90% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:58 AM and sunset is 4:42 PM. The tides are a high of 0.2 m (0.7 ft) at 2:20 AM, a low of 0.2 m (0.5 ft) at 8:13 AM, a high of 0.2 m (0.8 ft) at 1:29 PM, and a low of 0.1 m (0.4 ft) at 8:00 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Partly cloudy, 14°C, wind 22 kn W. That forecast is rough water.

Saturday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 95% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:00 AM and sunset is 4:40 PM. The tides are a high of 0.2 m (0.7 ft) at 2:10 AM, a low of 0.1 m (0.4 ft) at 8:30 AM, a high of 0.2 m (0.8 ft) at 2:34 PM, and a low of 0.1 m (0.4 ft) at 8:32 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Fog, 15°C, wind 10 kn S.

Sunday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 99% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:01 AM and sunset is 4:39 PM. The tides are a high of 0.2 m (0.7 ft) at 2:13 AM, a low of 0.1 m (0.3 ft) at 8:55 AM, a high of 0.3 m (0.8 ft) at 3:31 PM, and a low of 0.2 m (0.5 ft) at 9:03 PM. The high at 3:31 PM is 68 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Partly cloudy, 16°C, wind 14 kn W, rain 0.2 mm.

Wednesday and Sunday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.

Average tide levels

Mean tide range: 0.11 m (0.34 ft)
Mean high water: 0.24 m (0.78 ft)
Mean low water: 0.13 m (0.43 ft)
Mean sea level: 0.18 m (0.57 ft)

These levels use the same zero as the tide table, chart datum. Each height is shown in metres and in feet. Mean tide range is the average rise from low to high.

Sun and moon

First light: 4:21 AM
Nautical twilight begins: 4:54 AM
Dawn: 5:27 AM
Blue hour, morning: 5:27 AM to 5:38 AM
Golden hour, morning: 5:38 AM to 6:35 AM
Sunrise: 5:56 AM
Solar noon: 11:21 AM
Golden hour, evening: 4:06 PM to 5:03 PM
Sunset: 4:45 PM
Blue hour, evening: 5:03 PM to 5:14 PM
Dusk: 5:14 PM
Nautical twilight ends: 5:47 PM
Last light: 6:20 PM
Day length: 10 hours 49 minutes
Moon: Waxing Gibbous, about 73% lit
Moonrise: 2:22 PM
Moonset: 12:03 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.

Forecast

Wednesday 14°C
Rain
29 kn NW · Rain 7.9 mm · 1001 hPa (29.56 in)
Thursday 9°C
Rain
29 kn NW · Rain 10.8 mm
Friday 14°C
Partly cloudy
22 kn W
Saturday 15°C
Fog
10 kn S
Sunday 16°C
Partly cloudy
14 kn W · Rain 0.2 mm

Data from MET Norway. Temperature is Celsius and wind is knots.

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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