2012 tide table and solunar charts for Maketu Estuary Entrance for planning your fishing expedition
Tide tables and solunar tables for sport fishers in Maketu Estuary Entrance. 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 Maketu Estuary Entrance ...
We want you to enjoy to the max a well-planned fishing expedition! Good luck!
Tide Chart: high tides and low tides in Maketu Estuary Entrance 
today 
Today Thursday, 23th of February of 2012, the sun rose in Maketu Estuary Entrance at 6:51 am and sunset will be at 8:04 pm. The moon rose in the east (92º) at 7:52 am and will set in the west (271º) at 8:16 pm.
In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first low tide was at 2:12 am and the next low tide will be at 2:41 pm. The first high tide was at 8:30 am and the next high tide will be at 8:50 pm.
The tidal coefficient today is 89, a high value and therefore the range of tides and currents will also be high. The tide heights today are 0.3 m, 1.7 m, 0.3 m and 1.7 m. We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Maketu Estuary Entrance which is of 1.9 m and a minimum height of -0.1 m.
The lunar phase is a New Moon. Today we have 13 hours and 13 minutes of sun. The solar transit is at 1:28 pm and the length of time the moon will be visible will be 12 hours and 24 minutes.
Solunar chart for Maketu Estuary Entrance
today
The solunar fishing calendar in Maketu Estuary Entrance tells us that today is an excellent day for fishing, the fish activity forecast is very high. Please, read more about solunar tables. The best times of day for fishing are:
from 1:50 am to 3:50 am, very high activity 
Major period (moon down). from 7:52 am to 8:52 am, very high activity minor period (moonrise). from 2:04 pm to 4:04 pm, very high activity Major period (moon up). from 8:16 pm to 9:16 pm, very high activity minor period (moonset).
Tide timetable for Maketu Estuary Entrance
February 2012
Tide timetable for Maketu Estuary Entrance. The times are generated in local time in Bay of Plenty 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:
[ 0 low activity ] , [ 
average activity ] , [ high activity ] , [ very high activity ]
NOTE: The times reflected in the tide table for Maketu Estuary Entrance 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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Local time
UTC +13 Summer Time
Start of summer time UTC+13
September 25, 2011 at 2:00 am ► 3:00 am
End of summer time UTC+12
April 1, 2012 at 3:00 am ► 2:00 am
There are 38 days left until the clocks change
Local Time (LST / LDT)All the times are generated in local time in Bay of Plenty. The daylight saving time change has also been borne in mind for your convenience.
Tidal coefficient
coefficient |
Tides
| 2:12 am | low tide | ( 0.3 m ) | ||
| 8:30 am | high tide | ( 1.7 m ) | ||
| 2:41 pm | low tide | ( 0.3 m ) | ||
| 8:50 pm | high tide | ( 1.7 m ) |
Solunar activity
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Activity of the day VERY HIGH |
Major periods
from 1:50 am to 3:50 am and from 2:04 pm to 4:04 pm.
minor periods
from 7:52 am to 8:52 am and from 8:16 pm to 9:16 pm.
Moon phase
New Moon Moon age: 0 days Light: 1 % |
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| Southern Hemisphere |
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First Quarter Moon (7 days) March 1, 2012 at 2:22 pm |
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Full Moon (15 days) March 8, 2012 at 10:40 pm |
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Last Quarter Moon (21 days) March 15, 2012 at 2:25 pm |
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New Moon (28 days) March 23, 2012 at 3:37 am |
Rising and setting of the moon
| Moonrise | 7:52 am |
| Lunar transit | 2:04 pm |
| Moonset | 8:16 pm |
| Duration of the moon | 12 h 24 m |
Rising and setting of the sun
| Sunrise | 6:51 am |
| Transit | 1:28 pm |
| Sunset | 8:04 pm |
| Duration of the sun | 13 h 13 m |
Astronomical observation
Earth - Sun |
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Earth - Moon |
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