Kainan

Tide station

Kainan in Wakayama, 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 low tide

1.2 m (3.8 ft)Today · 9:53 PM

Next high tide

1.3 m (4.2 ft)Tomorrow · 1:44 AM

Low tide is 3 hr 35 min from now and will drop 0.2 m (0.7 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.

Low tide is 3 hr 35 min from now and will drop 0.2 m (0.7 ft).

High and low tides for the next seven days
Day	Tide	Time	Height
Tuesday, October 20	Low	9:53 PM	1.15 m (3.78 ft)
Wednesday, October 21	High	1:44 AM	1.30 m (4.25 ft)
	Low	8:38 AM	0.65 m (2.13 ft)
	High	3:45 PM	1.61 m (5.28 ft)
	Low	10:07 PM	1.00 m (3.28 ft)
Thursday, October 22	High	3:05 AM	1.41 m (4.63 ft)
	Low	9:25 AM	0.61 m (1.99 ft)
	High	4:09 PM	1.68 m (5.52 ft)
	Low	10:27 PM	0.83 m (2.71 ft)
Friday, October 23	High	3:57 AM	1.55 m (5.08 ft)
	Low	10:06 AM	0.58 m (1.89 ft)
	High	4:35 PM	1.76 m (5.77 ft)
	Low	10:49 PM	0.64 m (2.10 ft)
Saturday, October 24	High	4:42 AM	1.69 m (5.55 ft)
	Low	10:45 AM	0.57 m (1.86 ft)
	High	5:02 PM	1.83 m (6.00 ft)
	Low	11:15 PM	0.45 m (1.46 ft)
Sunday, October 25	High	5:24 AM	1.82 m (5.97 ft)
	Low	11:23 AM	0.59 m (1.94 ft)
	High	5:30 PM	1.88 m (6.18 ft)
	Low	11:45 PM	0.27 m (0.87 ft)
Monday, October 26	High	6:06 AM	1.91 m (6.28 ft)
	Low	12:01 PM	0.65 m (2.13 ft)
	High	5:59 PM	1.91 m (6.28 ft)
Tuesday, October 27	Low	12:18 AM	0.12 m (0.40 ft)
	High	6:50 AM	1.96 m (6.43 ft)
	Low	12:40 PM	0.74 m (2.44 ft)

See more tides through Sunday, November 29

High and low tides after the first week
Day	Tide	Time	Height
Tuesday, October 27	High	6:30 PM	1.92 m (6.28 ft)
Wednesday, October 28	Low	12:55 AM	0.04 m (0.12 ft)
	High	7:36 AM	1.95 m (6.39 ft)
	Low	1:20 PM	0.87 m (2.86 ft)
	High	7:01 PM	1.88 m (6.18 ft)
Thursday, October 29	Low	1:35 AM	0.02 m (0.07 ft)
	High	8:26 AM	1.87 m (6.13 ft)
	Low	2:01 PM	1.02 m (3.33 ft)
	High	7:34 PM	1.82 m (5.97 ft)
Friday, October 30	Low	2:20 AM	0.08 m (0.26 ft)
	High	9:22 AM	1.75 m (5.73 ft)
	Low	2:45 PM	1.15 m (3.79 ft)
	High	8:10 PM	1.73 m (5.66 ft)
Saturday, October 31	Low	3:12 AM	0.20 m (0.64 ft)
	High	10:35 AM	1.62 m (5.30 ft)
	Low	3:39 PM	1.26 m (4.14 ft)
	High	8:54 PM	1.60 m (5.26 ft)
Sunday, November 1	Low	4:15 AM	0.35 m (1.14 ft)
	High	12:25 PM	1.54 m (5.05 ft)
	Low	5:05 PM	1.31 m (4.30 ft)
	High	9:54 PM	1.47 m (4.81 ft)
Monday, November 2	Low	5:39 AM	0.49 m (1.61 ft)
	High	1:49 PM	1.54 m (5.06 ft)
	Low	7:56 PM	1.21 m (3.97 ft)
	High	11:27 PM	1.35 m (4.42 ft)
Tuesday, November 3	Low	7:10 AM	0.58 m (1.91 ft)
	High	2:38 PM	1.57 m (5.15 ft)
	Low	8:58 PM	1.02 m (3.35 ft)
Wednesday, November 4	High	1:41 AM	1.34 m (4.38 ft)
	Low	8:23 AM	0.64 m (2.09 ft)
	High	3:14 PM	1.61 m (5.27 ft)
	Low	9:39 PM	0.81 m (2.67 ft)
Thursday, November 5	High	3:22 AM	1.44 m (4.72 ft)
	Low	9:17 AM	0.69 m (2.25 ft)
	High	3:45 PM	1.66 m (5.44 ft)
	Low	10:15 PM	0.61 m (2.00 ft)
Friday, November 6	High	4:22 AM	1.56 m (5.11 ft)
	Low	10:00 AM	0.74 m (2.42 ft)
	High	4:16 PM	1.71 m (5.62 ft)
	Low	10:47 PM	0.43 m (1.40 ft)
Saturday, November 7	High	5:07 AM	1.65 m (5.43 ft)
	Low	10:39 AM	0.79 m (2.58 ft)
	High	4:46 PM	1.76 m (5.77 ft)
	Low	11:19 PM	0.28 m (0.91 ft)
Sunday, November 8	High	5:45 AM	1.73 m (5.66 ft)
	Low	11:15 AM	0.84 m (2.75 ft)
	High	5:16 PM	1.79 m (5.86 ft)
	Low	11:49 PM	0.17 m (0.56 ft)
Monday, November 9	High	6:20 AM	1.77 m (5.80 ft)
	Low	11:50 AM	0.89 m (2.91 ft)
	High	5:45 PM	1.79 m (5.87 ft)
Tuesday, November 10	Low	12:18 AM	0.11 m (0.35 ft)
	High	6:54 AM	1.78 m (5.85 ft)
	Low	12:25 PM	0.94 m (3.08 ft)
	High	6:14 PM	1.76 m (5.78 ft)
Wednesday, November 11	Low	12:47 AM	0.09 m (0.29 ft)
	High	7:29 AM	1.77 m (5.79 ft)
	Low	1:00 PM	1.00 m (3.28 ft)
	High	6:40 PM	1.72 m (5.64 ft)
Thursday, November 12	Low	1:19 AM	0.11 m (0.35 ft)
	High	8:05 AM	1.72 m (5.65 ft)
	Low	1:34 PM	1.06 m (3.49 ft)
	High	7:06 PM	1.66 m (5.45 ft)
Friday, November 13	Low	1:52 AM	0.16 m (0.52 ft)
	High	8:45 AM	1.65 m (5.42 ft)
	Low	2:08 PM	1.13 m (3.71 ft)
	High	7:32 PM	1.59 m (5.23 ft)
Saturday, November 14	Low	2:29 AM	0.24 m (0.78 ft)
	High	9:32 AM	1.57 m (5.15 ft)
	Low	2:44 PM	1.19 m (3.90 ft)
	High	8:00 PM	1.52 m (4.98 ft)
Sunday, November 15	Low	3:10 AM	0.33 m (1.10 ft)
	High	10:30 AM	1.49 m (4.88 ft)
	Low	3:27 PM	1.23 m (4.04 ft)
	High	8:35 PM	1.43 m (4.68 ft)
Monday, November 16	Low	4:02 AM	0.44 m (1.45 ft)
	High	11:50 AM	1.44 m (4.72 ft)
	Low	4:30 PM	1.24 m (4.08 ft)
	High	9:27 PM	1.33 m (4.35 ft)
Tuesday, November 17	Low	5:05 AM	0.55 m (1.79 ft)
	High	1:09 PM	1.44 m (4.72 ft)
	Low	8:01 PM	1.17 m (3.85 ft)
	High	10:49 PM	1.23 m (4.04 ft)
Wednesday, November 18	Low	6:21 AM	0.63 m (2.05 ft)
	High	1:58 PM	1.47 m (4.82 ft)
	Low	8:47 PM	1.03 m (3.37 ft)
Thursday, November 19	High	12:35 AM	1.20 m (3.93 ft)
	Low	7:33 AM	0.68 m (2.22 ft)
	High	2:35 PM	1.51 m (4.96 ft)
	Low	9:17 PM	0.86 m (2.81 ft)
Friday, November 20	High	2:24 AM	1.27 m (4.15 ft)
	Low	8:32 AM	0.71 m (2.32 ft)
	High	3:09 PM	1.57 m (5.14 ft)
	Low	9:45 PM	0.66 m (2.17 ft)
Saturday, November 21	High	3:37 AM	1.40 m (4.60 ft)
	Low	9:24 AM	0.73 m (2.40 ft)
	High	3:41 PM	1.63 m (5.35 ft)
	Low	10:15 PM	0.45 m (1.48 ft)
Sunday, November 22	High	4:30 AM	1.55 m (5.10 ft)
	Low	10:11 AM	0.76 m (2.48 ft)
	High	4:14 PM	1.70 m (5.58 ft)
	Low	10:49 PM	0.24 m (0.78 ft)
Monday, November 23	High	5:18 AM	1.70 m (5.57 ft)
	Low	10:56 AM	0.79 m (2.58 ft)
	High	4:49 PM	1.76 m (5.78 ft)
	Low	11:25 PM	0.05 m (0.15 ft)
Tuesday, November 24	High	6:04 AM	1.81 m (5.93 ft)
	Low	11:40 AM	0.83 m (2.72 ft)
	High	5:25 PM	1.81 m (5.94 ft)
Wednesday, November 25	Low	12:05 AM	-0.10 m (-0.32 ft)
	High	6:51 AM	1.87 m (6.13 ft)
	Low	12:24 PM	0.88 m (2.89 ft)
	High	6:04 PM	1.83 m (6.02 ft)
Thursday, November 26	Low	12:47 AM	-0.17 m (-0.57 ft)
	High	7:39 AM	1.87 m (6.14 ft)
	Low	1:09 PM	0.94 m (3.10 ft)
	High	6:45 PM	1.82 m (5.98 ft)
Friday, November 27	Low	1:32 AM	-0.17 m (-0.57 ft)
	High	8:30 AM	1.82 m (5.96 ft)
	Low	1:55 PM	1.01 m (3.31 ft)
	High	7:28 PM	1.77 m (5.82 ft)
Saturday, November 28	Low	2:19 AM	-0.09 m (-0.31 ft)
	High	9:24 AM	1.72 m (5.65 ft)
	Low	2:44 PM	1.06 m (3.48 ft)
	High	8:13 PM	1.68 m (5.52 ft)
Sunday, November 29	Low	3:09 AM	0.05 m (0.16 ft)
	High	10:25 AM	1.62 m (5.31 ft)
	Low	3:42 PM	1.08 m (3.56 ft)

This water today

The highest tide on this page is 2.0 m (6.4 ft) on Tuesday, October 27, in 7 days. That peak falls on the full moon, a spring tide. The tide at Kainan is falling toward a low of 1.2 m (3.8 ft) at 9:53 PM.

King tide and neap

The next king tide is Tuesday, October 27, 2026. That is 7 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 Tuesday, October 20, 2026. That is 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 Kainan. 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.

Tuesday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 64% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:08 AM and sunset is 5:20 PM. The tides are a low of 0.7 m (2.3 ft) at 7:35 AM, a high of 1.5 m (5.1 ft) at 3:21 PM, and a low of 1.2 m (3.8 ft) at 9:53 PM. The high at 3:21 PM is 119 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 23°C, wind 16 kn S, rain 1.5 mm, pressure 1017 hPa (30.04 in), steady.

Wednesday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 74% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:09 AM and sunset is 5:19 PM. The tides are a high of 1.3 m (4.2 ft) at 1:44 AM, a low of 0.6 m (2.1 ft) at 8:38 AM, a high of 1.6 m (5.3 ft) at 3:45 PM, and a low of 1.0 m (3.3 ft) at 10:07 PM. The high at 3:45 PM is 94 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 26°C, wind 22 kn S, rain 3.2 mm. 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 6:10 AM and sunset is 5:18 PM. The tides are a high of 1.4 m (4.6 ft) at 3:05 AM, a low of 0.6 m (2.0 ft) at 9:25 AM, a high of 1.7 m (5.5 ft) at 4:09 PM, and a low of 0.8 m (2.7 ft) at 10:27 PM. The high at 4:09 PM is 69 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Partly cloudy, 20°C, wind 17 kn NE, rain 0.1 mm.

Friday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 90% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:10 AM and sunset is 5:17 PM. The tides are a high of 1.5 m (5.1 ft) at 3:57 AM, a low of 0.6 m (1.9 ft) at 10:06 AM, a high of 1.8 m (5.8 ft) at 4:35 PM, and a low of 0.6 m (2.1 ft) at 10:49 PM. The high at 4:35 PM is 42 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 21°C, wind 13 kn NE, rain 10.9 mm.

Saturday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 95% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:11 AM and sunset is 5:15 PM. The tides are a high of 1.7 m (5.5 ft) at 4:42 AM, a low of 0.6 m (1.9 ft) at 10:45 AM, a high of 1.8 m (6.0 ft) at 5:02 PM, and a low of 0.4 m (1.5 ft) at 11:15 PM. The high at 5:02 PM is 13 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Rain, 22°C, wind 5 kn S, rain 18.3 mm.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.

Average tide levels

Mean tide range: 0.90 m (2.94 ft)
Mean high water: 1.55 m (5.08 ft)
Mean low water: 0.65 m (2.14 ft)
Mean sea level: 1.08 m (3.55 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: 4:45 AM
Nautical twilight begins: 5:14 AM
Dawn: 5:43 AM
Blue hour, morning: 5:43 AM to 5:53 AM
Golden hour, morning: 5:53 AM to 6:42 AM
Sunrise: 6:08 AM
Solar noon: 11:44 AM
Golden hour, evening: 4:46 PM to 5:35 PM
Sunset: 5:20 PM
Blue hour, evening: 5:35 PM to 5:45 PM
Dusk: 5:45 PM
Nautical twilight ends: 6:14 PM
Last light: 6:43 PM
Day length: 11 hours 11 minutes
Moon: First Quarter, about 64% lit
Moonrise: 2:02 PM

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

Tuesday 23°C
Rain
16 kn S · Rain 1.5 mm · 1017 hPa (30.04 in), steady
Wednesday 26°C
Rain
22 kn S · Rain 3.2 mm
Thursday 20°C
Partly cloudy
17 kn NE · Rain 0.1 mm
Friday 21°C
Rain
13 kn NE · Rain 10.9 mm
Saturday 22°C
Rain
5 kn S · Rain 18.3 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.

On the water nearby

The closest named places from OpenStreetMap. A place with no name on that map is left off. Private and customer-only launches are labeled.

Marinas

初島漁港5.6 mi

Beaches

プライベートビーチ0.9 mi
宮の浜ビーチ1.5 mi
片男波海水浴場2.9 mi
浪早ビーチ3.6 mi
田海水浴場6.6 mi
小浜海岸7.0 mi

Parks

紀三井寺公園1.5 mi
加茂郷児童公園2.3 mi
片男波公園2.6 mi
海南市わんぱく公園2.7 mi
方児童公園2.9 mi
湊公園（港ふれあい公園）3.3 mi

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