Tide tables and solunar tables for sport fishers in Bowen. 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 Bowen ...
We want you to enjoy to the max a well-planned fishing expedition! Good luck!
Today Sunday, 19th of May of 2013, the sun rose in Bowen at 6:30 am and sunset will be at 5:37 pm. The moon set at 12:23 am at 276º west. Eventually, the moon will rise again in the east (86º) at 1:01 pm.
In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first high tide was at 5:15 am and the next high tide will be at 6:15 pm. The only low tide of the day will be at 12:10 pm.
The lunar phase is a First Quarter Moon. Today we have 11 hours and 7 minutes of sun. The solar transit is at 12:03 pm and the length of time the moon will be visible will be 11 hours and 22 minutes.
The tidal coefficient today is 51 (average). At noon the tidal coefficient increases to 56 to end the day with a tidal coefficient of 61. The tide heights today are 2.6 m, 1.0 m and 2.3 m. We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Bowen which is of 3.6 m and a minimum height of 0.1 m.
The solunar fishing calendar in Bowen tells us that today is a good day for fishing, the fish activity forecast is high. Please, read more about solunar tables. The best times of day for fishing are:
Tide timetable for Bowen. The times are generated in local time in Queensland. 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 Bowen 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 +10 | 5:15 am | high tide | ( 2.6 m ) | ||
| 12:10 pm | low tide | ( 1.0 m ) | ||
| 6:15 pm | high tide | ( 2.3 m ) |
| coefficient 0h | 51 |
| coefficient 12h | 56 |
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Activity of the day HIGH |
Major periods
from 6:42 am to 8:42 am and from 7:08 pm to 9:08 pm.
minor periods
from 12:23 am to 1:23 am and from 1:01 pm to 2:01 pm.
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First Quarter Moon Moon age: 8 days Light: 59 % |
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Full Moon (6 days) May 25, 2013 at 2:25 pm Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
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Last Quarter Moon (13 days) June 1, 2013 at 4:58 am |
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New Moon (21 days) June 9, 2013 at 1:56 am |
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First Quarter Moon (28 days) June 17, 2013 at 3:24 am |
General Fishing Conditions
Fishing changes by Pressure Trend | Moonrise | 1:01 pm |
| Lunar transit | 7:08 pm |
| Moonset | 12:23 am |
| Duration of the moon | 11 h 22 m |
| Sunrise | 6:30 am |
| Transit | 12:03 pm |
| Sunset | 5:37 pm |
| Duration of the sun | 11 h 7 m |
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