The effects of Water Temperature
Fish are cold blooded, which means their metabolism is strongly influenced by the temperature of their surrounding environment. Fish want to stay comfortable. Consequently, even a small change or break will cause fish to move from one location to another.
In general, this behavior varies for each species and place, so we can not specify an ideal water temperature, however as a general rule we will try to avoid the temperatures abnormally cold in summer and too warm in winter. Remember, look for the comfort zones and you will find the fish.
At this moment the current water temperature in Tarifa is -. The average water temperature in Tarifa today is -.
We consider the waves in the open sea.
The waves you will find on the shore can be slightly affected by the orientation of the coastline and the seabed of the beaches, although in most cases they are usually equivalent.
Today Friday, 20th of April of 2018, the sun rose in Tarifa at 7:42 h and sunset was at 21:00 h. In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first low tide was at 0:26 h and the next low tide at 12:50 h. The first high tide was at 6:44 h and the next high tide at 19:11 h.
Today we had 13 hours and 18 minutes of sun. The solar transit was at 14:21 h.
The tidal coefficient today is 71, a high value and therefore the range of tides and currents will also be high. At noon the tidal coefficient drops to 65. The day ends with a tidal coefficient of 59.
We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Tarifa which is of 0.9 m and a minimum height of -0.9 m.
The following graph shows the progression of the tidal coefficient in the month of April of 2018.These values give us a rough idea of the tidal amplitude in Tarifa, forecast in April.
Large coefficients indicate important high and low tides; major currents and movements usually take place on the sea bed. But bear in mind that this tidal amplitude may be greatly affected by the weather and you should also consult the weather forecast in Tarifa and the wind and wave forecast in Tarifa before you go fishing.
The moon set at 0:49 h at 294° northwest. Then, the moon rose at 65° northeast at 11:16 h.
When the solunar period coincides with sunrise or sunset, we can expect more activity than initially planned. These peak periods are reflected in green. We additionally point out in the chart the periods of greatest activity during the year with a big blue fish on the period bar + info
Algeciras | Barbate | Cádiz | Chiclana de la Frontera | Chipiona | Conil de la Frontera | El Puerto de Santa María | La Línea de la Concepción | Rota | San Fernando | Sanlúcar de Barrameda | Tarifa
Ras Ciress (16 km) | Algeciras (22 km) | Ceuta (29 km) | Tanger (30 km) | La Línea de la Concepción (31 km) | Barbate (35 km) | Conil de la Frontera (52 km) | Tetouan (55 km) | Estepona (60 km) | Chiclana de la Frontera (70 km)