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Holyhead

Tide station

Holyhead in Wales, United Kingdom. Heights are metres above lowest astronomical tide, with the same height in feet. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (BST). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time.

Next low tide

2.7 m (8.8 ft)Today · 12:25 PM

Next high tide

4.5 m (14.8 ft)Today · 6:47 PM

Low tide is 2 hr 8 min from now and will drop 0.4 m (1.4 ft).

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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 2 hr 8 min from now and will drop 0.4 m (1.4 ft).

High and low tides for the next seven days
Day	Tide	Time	Height
Tuesday, October 20	Low	12:25 PM	2.68 m (8.80 ft)
Tuesday, October 20	High	6:47 PM	4.51 m (14.81 ft)
Wednesday, October 21	Low	1:19 AM	2.22 m (7.28 ft)
	High	7:40 AM	4.46 m (14.63 ft)
	Low	1:37 PM	2.41 m (7.91 ft)
	High	7:52 PM	4.76 m (15.62 ft)
Thursday, October 22	Low	2:14 AM	1.89 m (6.20 ft)
	High	8:30 AM	4.76 m (15.62 ft)
	Low	2:27 PM	2.06 m (6.75 ft)
	High	8:40 PM	5.05 m (16.56 ft)
Friday, October 23	Low	2:57 AM	1.54 m (5.07 ft)
	High	9:10 AM	5.06 m (16.61 ft)
	Low	3:07 PM	1.70 m (5.57 ft)
	High	9:20 PM	5.32 m (17.46 ft)
Saturday, October 24	Low	3:34 AM	1.23 m (4.03 ft)
	High	9:45 AM	5.33 m (17.48 ft)
	Low	3:44 PM	1.37 m (4.51 ft)
	High	9:56 PM	5.56 m (18.23 ft)
Sunday, October 25	Low	3:09 AM	0.97 m (3.19 ft)
	High	9:20 AM	5.55 m (18.21 ft)
	Low	3:20 PM	1.11 m (3.65 ft)
	High	9:32 PM	5.73 m (18.81 ft)
Monday, October 26	Low	3:44 AM	0.80 m (2.63 ft)
	High	9:55 AM	5.71 m (18.74 ft)
	Low	3:57 PM	0.93 m (3.06 ft)
	High	10:09 PM	5.84 m (19.16 ft)
Tuesday, October 27	Low	4:20 AM	0.74 m (2.43 ft)

See more tides through Sunday, November 29

High and low tides after the first week
Day	Tide	Time	Height
Tuesday, October 27	High	10:32 AM	5.80 m (19.04 ft)
	Low	4:36 PM	0.85 m (2.79 ft)
	High	10:49 PM	5.85 m (19.20 ft)
Wednesday, October 28	Low	4:59 AM	0.80 m (2.62 ft)
	High	11:11 AM	5.81 m (19.07 ft)
	Low	5:19 PM	0.87 m (2.87 ft)
	High	11:32 PM	5.76 m (18.89 ft)
Thursday, October 29	Low	5:42 AM	0.98 m (3.22 ft)
	High	11:54 AM	5.73 m (18.81 ft)
	Low	6:06 PM	1.00 m (3.28 ft)
Friday, October 30	High	12:20 AM	5.55 m (18.22 ft)
	Low	6:30 AM	1.27 m (4.16 ft)
	High	12:43 PM	5.57 m (18.27 ft)
	Low	6:59 PM	1.21 m (3.98 ft)
Saturday, October 31	High	1:15 AM	5.26 m (17.25 ft)
	Low	7:24 AM	1.62 m (5.31 ft)
	High	1:39 PM	5.35 m (17.54 ft)
	Low	8:00 PM	1.47 m (4.81 ft)
Sunday, November 1	High	2:20 AM	4.93 m (16.19 ft)
	Low	8:27 AM	1.96 m (6.42 ft)
	High	2:44 PM	5.12 m (16.80 ft)
	Low	9:10 PM	1.69 m (5.53 ft)
Monday, November 2	High	3:39 AM	4.68 m (15.36 ft)
	Low	9:42 AM	2.18 m (7.17 ft)
	High	4:01 PM	4.98 m (16.35 ft)
	Low	10:31 PM	1.77 m (5.80 ft)
Tuesday, November 3	High	5:09 AM	4.63 m (15.19 ft)
	Low	11:04 AM	2.20 m (7.22 ft)
	High	5:24 PM	5.01 m (16.45 ft)
	Low	11:52 PM	1.67 m (5.47 ft)
Wednesday, November 4	High	6:28 AM	4.78 m (15.68 ft)
	Low	12:19 PM	2.01 m (6.58 ft)
	High	6:37 PM	5.19 m (17.02 ft)
Thursday, November 5	Low	12:58 AM	1.46 m (4.78 ft)
	High	7:26 AM	5.01 m (16.43 ft)
	Low	1:19 PM	1.72 m (5.66 ft)
	High	7:34 PM	5.39 m (17.69 ft)
Friday, November 6	Low	1:50 AM	1.25 m (4.11 ft)
	High	8:12 AM	5.22 m (17.13 ft)
	Low	2:07 PM	1.46 m (4.79 ft)
	High	8:21 PM	5.55 m (18.19 ft)
Saturday, November 7	Low	2:33 AM	1.11 m (3.66 ft)
	High	8:50 AM	5.39 m (17.67 ft)
	Low	2:49 PM	1.26 m (4.15 ft)
	High	9:01 PM	5.62 m (18.44 ft)
Sunday, November 8	Low	3:10 AM	1.06 m (3.47 ft)
	High	9:25 AM	5.50 m (18.03 ft)
	Low	3:28 PM	1.16 m (3.82 ft)
	High	9:38 PM	5.62 m (18.44 ft)
Monday, November 9	Low	3:45 AM	1.08 m (3.53 ft)
	High	9:59 AM	5.55 m (18.22 ft)
	Low	4:05 PM	1.15 m (3.78 ft)
	High	10:13 PM	5.56 m (18.24 ft)
Tuesday, November 10	Low	4:19 AM	1.16 m (3.81 ft)
	High	10:32 AM	5.56 m (18.24 ft)
	Low	4:40 PM	1.22 m (4.00 ft)
	High	10:48 PM	5.45 m (17.88 ft)
Wednesday, November 11	Low	4:52 AM	1.30 m (4.26 ft)
	High	11:05 AM	5.51 m (18.09 ft)
	Low	5:17 PM	1.34 m (4.41 ft)
	High	11:23 PM	5.30 m (17.40 ft)
Thursday, November 12	Low	5:25 AM	1.48 m (4.85 ft)
	High	11:39 AM	5.42 m (17.78 ft)
	Low	5:54 PM	1.51 m (4.94 ft)
Friday, November 13	High	12:00 AM	5.13 m (16.83 ft)
	Low	6:00 AM	1.69 m (5.54 ft)
	High	12:15 PM	5.29 m (17.34 ft)
	Low	6:34 PM	1.69 m (5.54 ft)
Saturday, November 14	High	12:39 AM	4.94 m (16.20 ft)
	Low	6:37 AM	1.91 m (6.28 ft)
	High	12:54 PM	5.12 m (16.81 ft)
	Low	7:16 PM	1.87 m (6.15 ft)
Sunday, November 15	High	1:23 AM	4.74 m (15.54 ft)
	Low	7:19 AM	2.14 m (7.03 ft)
	High	1:37 PM	4.95 m (16.23 ft)
	Low	8:04 PM	2.05 m (6.72 ft)
Monday, November 16	High	2:13 AM	4.55 m (14.92 ft)
	Low	8:09 AM	2.35 m (7.70 ft)
	High	2:29 PM	4.78 m (15.69 ft)
	Low	9:00 PM	2.18 m (7.15 ft)
Tuesday, November 17	High	3:12 AM	4.41 m (14.47 ft)
	Low	9:09 AM	2.49 m (8.18 ft)
	High	3:29 PM	4.67 m (15.31 ft)
	Low	10:04 PM	2.23 m (7.30 ft)
Wednesday, November 18	High	4:21 AM	4.38 m (14.35 ft)
	Low	10:18 AM	2.52 m (8.28 ft)
	High	4:37 PM	4.65 m (15.25 ft)
	Low	11:12 PM	2.15 m (7.04 ft)
Thursday, November 19	High	5:31 AM	4.47 m (14.68 ft)
	Low	11:29 AM	2.40 m (7.89 ft)
	High	5:45 PM	4.75 m (15.59 ft)
Friday, November 20	Low	12:14 AM	1.95 m (6.38 ft)
	High	6:32 AM	4.68 m (15.37 ft)
	Low	12:31 PM	2.16 m (7.09 ft)
	High	6:45 PM	4.95 m (16.24 ft)
Saturday, November 21	Low	1:07 AM	1.68 m (5.50 ft)
	High	7:23 AM	4.95 m (16.24 ft)
	Low	1:23 PM	1.86 m (6.09 ft)
	High	7:35 PM	5.19 m (17.02 ft)
Sunday, November 22	Low	1:53 AM	1.40 m (4.59 ft)
	High	8:07 AM	5.22 m (17.14 ft)
	Low	2:09 PM	1.55 m (5.07 ft)
	High	8:21 PM	5.42 m (17.78 ft)
Monday, November 23	Low	2:35 AM	1.16 m (3.79 ft)
	High	8:49 AM	5.47 m (17.95 ft)
	Low	2:52 PM	1.26 m (4.15 ft)
	High	9:05 PM	5.61 m (18.40 ft)
Tuesday, November 24	Low	3:17 AM	0.98 m (3.23 ft)
	High	9:31 AM	5.68 m (18.62 ft)
	Low	3:36 PM	1.04 m (3.41 ft)
	High	9:50 PM	5.73 m (18.80 ft)
Wednesday, November 25	Low	4:00 AM	0.90 m (2.97 ft)
	High	10:14 AM	5.82 m (19.09 ft)
	Low	4:22 PM	0.89 m (2.93 ft)
	High	10:37 PM	5.77 m (18.92 ft)
Thursday, November 26	Low	4:44 AM	0.93 m (3.03 ft)
	High	10:58 AM	5.89 m (19.31 ft)
	Low	5:09 PM	0.83 m (2.73 ft)
	High	11:26 PM	5.71 m (18.73 ft)
Friday, November 27	Low	5:32 AM	1.04 m (3.41 ft)
	High	11:45 AM	5.88 m (19.28 ft)
	Low	6:00 PM	0.87 m (2.84 ft)
Saturday, November 28	High	12:18 AM	5.56 m (18.23 ft)
	Low	6:22 AM	1.23 m (4.02 ft)
	High	12:37 PM	5.79 m (18.98 ft)
	Low	6:54 PM	0.98 m (3.22 ft)
Sunday, November 29	High	1:13 AM	5.34 m (17.51 ft)
Sunday, November 29	Low	7:15 AM	1.46 m (4.79 ft)

This water today

Sunset is 6:12 PM, 35 minutes before the high at 6:47 PM. Anglers often fish the two hours around a turn that meets dusk. The tide at Holyhead is falling toward a low of 2.7 m (8.8 ft) at 12:25 PM. The evening high of 4.5 m (14.8 ft) is 0.3 m (1.0 ft) above the morning high. The highest tide on this page is 5.9 m (19.3 ft) on Thursday, November 26, in 37 days. That is 1.4 m (4.6 ft) above today's higher high.

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 Holyhead. 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 68% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:54 AM and sunset is 6:12 PM. The tides are a low of 2.4 m (8.0 ft) at 12:04 AM, a high of 4.2 m (13.9 ft) at 6:27 AM, a low of 2.7 m (8.8 ft) at 12:25 PM, and a high of 4.5 m (14.8 ft) at 6:47 PM. The high at 6:27 AM is 87 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:47 PM is 35 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Cloudy, 12°C, wind 12 kn SE, rain 0.4 mm, waves 0.4 m (1.3 ft), pressure 1011 hPa (29.84 in), falling.

Wednesday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 77% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:56 AM and sunset is 6:10 PM. The tides are a low of 2.2 m (7.3 ft) at 1:19 AM, a high of 4.5 m (14.6 ft) at 7:40 AM, a low of 2.4 m (7.9 ft) at 1:37 PM, and a high of 4.8 m (15.6 ft) at 7:52 PM. The high at 7:40 AM is 16 minutes before sunrise. The high at 7:52 PM is 102 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain, 12°C, wind 35 kn NW, rain 13.9 mm. That forecast is rough water.

Thursday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 85% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:57 AM and sunset is 6:08 PM. The tides are a low of 1.9 m (6.2 ft) at 2:14 AM, a high of 4.8 m (15.6 ft) at 8:30 AM, a low of 2.1 m (6.8 ft) at 2:27 PM, and a high of 5.0 m (16.6 ft) at 8:40 PM. The high at 8:30 AM is 33 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Rain, 13°C, wind 19 kn E, rain 0.6 mm.

Friday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 92% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:59 AM and sunset is 6:05 PM. The tides are a low of 1.5 m (5.1 ft) at 2:57 AM, a high of 5.1 m (16.6 ft) at 9:10 AM, a low of 1.7 m (5.6 ft) at 3:07 PM, and a high of 5.3 m (17.5 ft) at 9:20 PM. The high at 9:10 AM is 71 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Rain, 12°C, wind 36 kn N, rain 18.2 mm. That forecast is rough water.

Saturday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 97% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 8:01 AM and sunset is 6:03 PM. The tides are a low of 1.2 m (4.0 ft) at 3:34 AM, a high of 5.3 m (17.5 ft) at 9:45 AM, a low of 1.4 m (4.5 ft) at 3:44 PM, and a high of 5.6 m (18.2 ft) at 9:56 PM. The high at 9:45 AM is 104 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Rain, 14°C, wind 31 kn S, rain 16.8 mm. That forecast is rough water.

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: 3.73 m (12.22 ft)
Mean high water: 5.16 m (16.94 ft)
Mean low water: 1.44 m (4.71 ft)
Mean sea level: 3.32 m (10.90 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.

Sun and moon

First light: 5:58 AM
Nautical twilight begins: 6:38 AM
Dawn: 7:19 AM
Blue hour, morning: 7:19 AM to 7:32 AM
Golden hour, morning: 7:32 AM to 8:44 AM
Sunrise: 7:54 AM
Solar noon: 1:03 PM
Golden hour, evening: 5:22 PM to 6:33 PM
Sunset: 6:11 PM
Blue hour, evening: 6:33 PM to 6:47 PM
Dusk: 6:47 PM
Nautical twilight ends: 7:27 PM
Last light: 8:07 PM
Day length: 10 hours 17 minutes
Moon: First Quarter, about 67% lit
Moonrise: 4:19 PM
Moonset: 12:30 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

Tuesday 12°C
Cloudy
12 kn SE · Rain 0.4 mm · 1011 hPa (29.84 in), falling · Waves 0.4 m (1.3 ft)
Wednesday 12°C
Rain
35 kn NW · Rain 13.9 mm
Thursday 13°C
Rain
19 kn E · Rain 0.6 mm
Friday 12°C
Rain
36 kn N · Rain 18.2 mm
Saturday 14°C
Rain
31 kn S · Rain 16.8 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

Holyhead Marina0.9 mi

Beaches

Traeth Penrhos0.7 mi
Newry Beach0.8 mi
Private Beach1.5 mi
Porth Dafarch2.2 mi
Traeth y Gribin2.3 mi
Porth Tywyn-mawr2.5 mi

Parks

Garreglwyd Park0.9 mi
Holyhead Breakwater Country Park1.8 mi
Parc Mwd3.3 mi

Nature reserves

Porth Diana SSSI3.0 mi
RSPB Valley Wetlands Reserve5.2 mi

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