Tides / New Zealand / Northland / Opua
Opua
Tide station
Opua in Northland, New Zealand. Heights are metres above chart datum. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (NZDT). 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 Opua. 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.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 22% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:41 AM and sunset is 7:39 PM. The tides are a low of 0.8 m at 5:39 AM, a high of 2.3 m at 12:01 PM, and a low of 1.0 m at 6:09 PM. The low at 6:09 PM is 90 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Clear, 14°C, wind 16 kn S.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 31% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:39 AM and sunset is 7:39 PM. The tides are a high of 2.2 m at 12:15 AM, a low of 0.9 m at 6:22 AM, a high of 2.2 m at 12:45 PM, and a low of 1.0 m at 6:56 PM. The low at 6:56 PM is 43 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Clear, 16°C, wind 11 kn S.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 41% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:38 AM and sunset is 7:40 PM. The tides are a high of 2.1 m at 1:01 AM, a low of 1.0 m at 7:09 AM, a high of 2.1 m at 1:35 PM, and a low of 1.1 m at 7:48 PM. The low at 7:48 PM is 8 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Clear, 19°C, wind 11 kn S.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 52% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:37 AM and sunset is 7:41 PM. The tides are a high of 2.0 m at 1:52 AM, a low of 1.0 m at 8:01 AM, a high of 2.1 m at 2:32 PM, and a low of 1.1 m at 8:44 PM. The low at 8:44 PM is 63 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Clear, 19°C, wind 8 kn S.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 63% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:35 AM and sunset is 7:42 PM. The tides are a high of 2.0 m at 2:49 AM, a low of 1.0 m at 8:59 AM, a high of 2.1 m at 3:31 PM, and a low of 1.1 m at 9:41 PM. The low at 9:41 PM is 119 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Clear, 19°C, wind 6 kn SW.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:12 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 5:44 AM
- Dawn
- 6:15 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:15 AM to 6:25 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:25 AM to 7:15 AM
- Sunrise
- 6:41 AM
- Solar noon
- 1:09 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 7:05 PM to 7:55 PM
- Sunset
- 7:39 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 7:55 PM to 8:05 PM
- Dusk
- 8:05 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 8:36 PM
- Last light
- 9:07 PM
- Day length
- 12 hours 58 minutes
- Moon
- Waxing Crescent, about 26% lit
- Moonrise
- 9:42 AM
- Moonset
- 12:17 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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This work is based on Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand data which are licensed by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.