Tide tables and solunar tables for sport fishers in Simons Town. Find out the forecast for high tides and low tides before setting out to fish, and other fishing-related data such as the lunar phase, tidal coefficient, sun and moon rising and setting times, hours of maximum fish activity, weather conditions in Simons Town ...
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Today Wednesday, 22th of May of 2013, the sun will rise in Simons Town at 7:37 h and sunset will be at 17:48 h. The moon set at 4:20 h at 258º southwest. Eventually, the moon will rise again in the southeast (104º) at 15:46 h.
In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first high tide was at 0:40 h and the next high tide will be at 13:15 h. The first low tide will be at 7:05 h and the next low tide at 19:15 h.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Gibbous. Today we will have 10 hours and 11 minutes of sun. The solar transit will be at 12:43 h and the length of time the moon will be visible will be 12 hours and 34 minutes.
The tidal coefficient today is 83, a high value and therefore the range of tides and currents will also be high. At noon the tidal coefficient increases to 88 to end the day with a tidal coefficient of 92. The tide heights today are 1.7 m, 0.4 m, 1.6 m and 0.5 m. We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Simons Town which is of 2.0 m and a minimum height of 0.1 m.
The solunar fishing calendar in Simons Town tells us that today is an average day for fishing, the fish activity forecast is average. Please, read more about solunar tables. The best times of day for fishing are:
Tide timetable for Simons Town. The times are generated in local time in South Africa. You will also have the lunar phase, sunrise and sunset times, the tidal coefficient and the average fish activity forecast for each day according to the solunar tables:
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NOTE: The times reflected in the tide table for Simons Town are tide forecasts only valid as references for sport fishing. They shouldn't be used as a guide for navigation. The heights are expressed in meters referenced to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW).
MLLW is the average of the lower low water height of each tidal day observed over the official time segment over which tide observations are taken and reduced to obtain mean value (Tidal Datum Epoch).
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UTC +2 | 0:40 h | high tide | ( 1.7 m ) | ||
| 7:05 h | low tide | ( 0.4 m ) | ||
| 13:15 h | high tide | ( 1.6 m ) | ||
| 19:15 h | low tide | ( 0.5 m ) |
| coefficient 0h | 83 |
| coefficient 12h | 88 |
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Activity of the day AVERAGE |
Major periods
from 10:03 h to 12:03 h and from 22:36 h to 0:36 h.
minor periods
from 4:20 h to 5:20 h and from 15:46 h to 16:46 h.
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Waxing Gibbous Moon age: 11 days Light: 87 % |
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Full Moon (3 days) May 25, 2013 at 6:25 h Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
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Last Quarter Moon (10 days) May 31, 2013 at 20:58 h |
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New Moon (18 days) June 8, 2013 at 17:56 h |
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First Quarter Moon (25 days) June 16, 2013 at 19:24 h |
| Moonrise | 15:46 h |
| Lunar transit | 22:36 h |
| Moonset | 4:20 h |
| Duration of the moon | 12 h 34 m |
| Sunrise | 7:37 h |
| Transit | 12:43 h |
| Sunset | 17:48 h |
| Duration of the sun | 10 h 11 m |
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