Tide tables and solunar tables for sport fishers in Port Taranaki. 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 Port Taranaki ...
We want you to enjoy to the max a well-planned fishing expedition! Good luck!
Today Saturday, 25th of May of 2013, the sun rose in Port Taranaki at 7:28 am and sunset was at 5:13 pm. The moon set at 7:02 am at 246º southwest. Then, the moon rose at 115º southeast at 5:19 pm.
In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first low tide was at 3:21 am and the next low tide at 3:45 pm. The first high tide was at 9:26 am and the next high tide will be at 9:54 pm.
The lunar phase is a Full Moon. Today we had 9 hours and 45 minutes of sun. The solar transit was at 12:21 pm and the length of time the moon will be visible will be 13 hours and 43 minutes.
The tidal coefficient today is 101. 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 102 to end the day with a tidal coefficient of 99. The tide heights today are 0.3 m, 3.5 m, 0.2 m and 3.7 m. We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Port Taranaki which is of 3.9 m and a minimum height of 0.0 m.
The solunar fishing calendar in Port Taranaki 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:
Tide timetable for Port Taranaki. The times are generated in local time in Taranaki 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 Port Taranaki 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).
TARANAKI: Tides for Opunake Bay | Tides for Patea | Tides for Port Taranaki | Tides for Waitara
Select your fishing day
UTC +12 Start of summer time UTC+13
September 29, 2013 at 2:00 am ► 3:00 am
There are 126 days left until the clocks change
End of summer time UTC+12
April 6, 2014 at 3:00 am ► 2:00 am
| 3:21 am | low tide | ( 0.3 m ) | ||
| 9:26 am | high tide | ( 3.5 m ) | ||
| 3:45 pm | low tide | ( 0.2 m ) | ||
| 9:54 pm | high tide | ( 3.7 m ) |
| coefficient 0h | 101 |
| coefficient 12h | 102 |
![]() |
Activity of the day VERY HIGH |
Major periods
from 12:10 pm to 2:10 pm
minor periods
from 7:02 am to 8:02 am and from 5:19 pm to 6:19 pm.
![]() |
Full Moon Penumbral Lunar EclipseMoon age: 15 days Light: 100 % |
| Southern Hemisphere |
![]() |
Last Quarter Moon (7 days) June 1, 2013 at 6:58 am |
![]() |
New Moon (14 days) June 9, 2013 at 3:56 am |
![]() |
First Quarter Moon (22 days) June 17, 2013 at 5:24 am |
![]() |
Full Moon (29 days) June 23, 2013 at 11:32 pm |
| Moonrise | 5:19 pm |
| Lunar transit | - |
| Moonset | 7:02 am |
| Duration of the moon | 13 h 43 m |
| Sunrise | 7:28 am |
| Transit | 12:21 pm |
| Sunset | 5:13 pm |
| Duration of the sun | 9 h 45 m |
Earth - Sun |
Angular diameter Distance |
Earth - Moon |
Angular diameter Distance |
Viewing settings