Tide tables and solunar tables for sport fishers in Elbow Cay (Cay Sal Bank). 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 Elbow Cay (Cay Sal Bank) ...
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Today Tuesday, 21th of May of 2013, the sun will rise in Elbow Cay (Cay Sal Bank) at 6:36 am and sunset will be at 8:01 pm. Today we begin the day with the moon already visible in the sky, so first we will see the moonset, which will take place at 3:39 am at 263º west. Eventually, the moon will rise again in the east (100º) at 4:33 pm. In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first low tide was at 12:26 am and the next low tide will be at 12:38 pm. The first high tide will be at 6:17 am and the next high tide at 6:55 pm. The lunar phase is a Waxing Gibbous. Today we will have 13 hours and 25 minutes of sun. The solar transit will be at 1:19 pm and the length of time the moon will be visible will be 11 hours and 6 minutes. |
The tidal coefficient today is 72, a high value and therefore the range of tides and currents will also be high. At noon the tidal coefficient increases to 78 to end the day with a tidal coefficient of 83. The tide heights today are 0.3 ft, 2.0 ft, 0.0 ft and 2.3 ft. We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Elbow Cay (Cay Sal Bank) which is of 3.3 ft and a minimum height of -1.0 ft.
The solunar fishing calendar in Elbow Cay (Cay Sal Bank) 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 Elbow Cay (Cay Sal Bank). The times are generated in local time in Bahamas and the daylight saving time change is calculated automatically, so you don't need to add or subtract anything. 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 Elbow Cay (Cay Sal Bank) 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 feet 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 -4 Start of summer time UTC-4
March 10, 2013 at 2:00 am ► 3:00 am
End of summer time UTC-5
November 3, 2013 at 2:00 am ► 1:00 am
There are 166 days left until the clocks change
| 12:26 am | low tide | ( 0.3 ft. ) | ||
| 6:17 am | high tide | ( 2.0 ft. ) | ||
| 12:38 pm | low tide | ( 0.0 ft. ) | ||
| 6:55 pm | high tide | ( 2.3 ft. ) |
| coefficient 0h | 72 |
| coefficient 12h | 78 |
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Activity of the day AVERAGE |
Major periods
from 10:06 am to 12:06 pm and from 10:27 pm to 12:27 am.
minor periods
from 3:39 am to 4:39 am and from 4:33 pm to 5:33 pm.
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Waxing Gibbous Moon age: 10 days Light: 78 % |
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Full Moon (4 days) May 25, 2013 at 12:25 am Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
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Last Quarter Moon (10 days) May 31, 2013 at 2:58 pm |
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New Moon (18 days) June 8, 2013 at 11:56 am |
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First Quarter Moon (26 days) June 16, 2013 at 1:24 pm |
| Moonrise | 4:33 pm |
| Lunar transit | 10:27 pm |
| Moonset | 3:39 am |
| Duration of the moon | 11 h 6 m |
| Sunrise | 6:36 am |
| Transit | 1:19 pm |
| Sunset | 8:01 pm |
| Duration of the sun | 13 h 25 m |
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