Tide tables and solunar tables for sport fishers in Sandspit (Makatana River). 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 Sandspit (Makatana River) ...
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Today Friday, 24th of May of 2013, the sun will rise in Sandspit (Makatana River) at 7:18 am and sunset will be at 5:18 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 5:44 am at 250º southwest. Eventually, the moon will rise again in the southeast (112º) at 4:29 pm.
In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first high tide will be at 6:05 am and the next high tide at 6:46 pm. The only low tide of the day will be at 12:15 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Gibbous. Today we will have 10 hours and 0 minutes of sun. The solar transit will be at 12:18 pm and the length of time the moon will be visible will be 13 hours and 15 minutes.
The tidal coefficient today is 100. With such a hight coefficient we will have big tides and the currents will also be very evident. At noon the tidal coefficient increases to 101 to end the day with a tidal coefficient of 101. The tide heights today are 2.6 m, 0.6 m and 2.7 m. We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Sandspit (Makatana River) which is of 2.9 m and a minimum height of 0.3 m.
The solunar fishing calendar in Sandspit (Makatana River) 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 Sandspit (Makatana River). The times are generated in local time in Auckland 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 Sandspit (Makatana River) 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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| 6:05 am | high tide | ( 2.6 m ) | ||
| 12:15 pm | low tide | ( 0.6 m ) | ||
| 6:46 pm | high tide | ( 2.7 m ) |
| coefficient 0h | 100 |
| coefficient 12h | 101 |
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Activity of the day HIGH |
Major periods
from 11:06 am to 1:06 pm and from 11:41 pm to 1:41 am.
minor periods
from 5:44 am to 6:44 am and from 4:29 pm to 5:29 pm.
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Waxing Gibbous Moon age: 13 days Light: 98 % |
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Full Moon (2 days) May 25, 2013 at 4:25 pm Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
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Last Quarter Moon (8 days) June 1, 2013 at 6:58 am |
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New Moon (16 days) June 9, 2013 at 3:56 am |
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First Quarter Moon (24 days) June 17, 2013 at 5:24 am |
| Moonrise | 4:29 pm |
| Lunar transit | 11:41 pm |
| Moonset | 5:44 am |
| Duration of the moon | 13 h 15 m |
| Sunrise | 7:18 am |
| Transit | 12:18 pm |
| Sunset | 5:18 pm |
| Duration of the sun | 10 h 0 m |
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