Kota Kinabalu

This water today

Sunrise is 6:02 AM, 71 minutes after the high at 4:51 AM. Anglers often fish the two hours around a turn that meets dawn. The tide at Kota Kinabalu is rising toward a high of 1.7 m (5.6 ft) at 4:51 AM. The highest tide on this page is 2.3 m (7.6 ft) on Friday, November 27, in 38 days. That is 0.5 m (1.6 ft) above today's higher high.

Five-day fishing snapshot

This is the next five days at Kota Kinabalu. 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 65% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:02 AM and sunset is 6:00 PM. The tides are a high of 1.8 m (5.9 ft) at 3:00 AM and a low of 0.7 m (2.3 ft) at 1:40 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, 29°C, wind 5 kn S, rain 0.2 mm, pressure 1010 hPa (29.83 in), rising.

Wednesday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 74% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:02 AM and sunset is 5:59 PM. The tides are a high of 1.7 m (5.6 ft) at 4:51 AM, a low of 0.7 m (2.4 ft) at 2:22 PM, and a high of 1.5 m (4.8 ft) at 11:17 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, 30°C, wind 10 kn S, rain 3.0 mm.

Thursday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 83% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:02 AM and sunset is 5:59 PM. The tides are a low of 1.5 m (4.8 ft) at 12:44 AM, a high of 1.7 m (5.5 ft) at 6:49 AM, a low of 0.8 m (2.6 ft) at 2:52 PM, and a high of 1.5 m (4.8 ft) at 10:14 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, 30°C, wind 12 kn SW, rain 6.5 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 6:02 AM and sunset is 5:59 PM. The tides are a low of 1.3 m (4.3 ft) at 2:22 AM, a high of 1.7 m (5.4 ft) at 8:09 AM, a low of 0.9 m (2.9 ft) at 3:15 PM, and a high of 1.5 m (5.0 ft) at 9:47 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, 29°C, wind 10 kn S, rain 7.1 mm.

Saturday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 96% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:02 AM and sunset is 5:58 PM. The tides are a low of 1.1 m (3.7 ft) at 3:18 AM, a high of 1.6 m (5.4 ft) at 9:15 AM, a low of 1.0 m (3.2 ft) at 3:34 PM, and a high of 1.6 m (5.4 ft) at 9:44 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, 28°C, wind 5 kn SW, rain 7.2 mm.

None of these five days puts a turn within two hours of sunrise or sunset. The lines above are still this station's tides, sun, and forecast.

Average tide levels

Mean tide range

0.74 m (2.44 ft)

Mean high water

1.59 m (5.20 ft)

Mean low water

0.84 m (2.76 ft)

Mean sea level

1.20 m (3.94 ft)

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

Forecast

• Tuesday 29°C

  Partly cloudy

  5 kn S · Rain 0.2 mm · 1010 hPa (29.83 in), rising

• Wednesday 30°C

  Rain

  10 kn S · Rain 3.0 mm

• Thursday 30°C

  Rain

  12 kn SW · Rain 6.5 mm

• Friday 29°C

  Rain

  10 kn S · Rain 7.1 mm

• Saturday 28°C

  Rain

  5 kn SW · Rain 7.2 mm

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