Tide tables and solunar tables for sport fishers in Waikanae Beach. 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 Waikanae Beach ...
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Today Thursday, 23th of May of 2013, the sun rose in Waikanae Beach at 7:27 am and sunset was at 5:06 pm. The moon set at 4:41 am at 254º southwest. Then, the moon rose at 109º southeast at 3:33 pm.
In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first low tide was at 1:44 am and the next low tide at 2:08 pm. The first high tide was at 7:52 am and the next high tide at 8:23 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Gibbous. Today we had 9 hours and 39 minutes of sun. The solar transit was at 12:17 pm and the length of time the moon will be visible will be 13 hours and 8 minutes.
The tidal coefficient today is 92. 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 96 to end the day with a tidal coefficient of 100. The tide heights today are 0.7 m, 3.3 m, 0.5 m and 3.4 m. We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Waikanae Beach which is of 3.9 m and a minimum height of 0.0 m.
The solunar fishing calendar in Waikanae Beach 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 Waikanae Beach. The times are generated in local time in Wellington / Kapiti 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 Waikanae Beach 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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September 29, 2013 at 2:00 am ► 3:00 am
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April 6, 2014 at 3:00 am ► 2:00 am
| 1:44 am | low tide | ( 0.7 m ) | ||
| 7:52 am | high tide | ( 3.3 m ) | ||
| 2:08 pm | low tide | ( 0.5 m ) | ||
| 8:23 pm | high tide | ( 3.4 m ) |
| coefficient 0h | 92 |
| coefficient 12h | 96 |
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Activity of the day AVERAGE |
Major periods
from 10:07 am to 12:07 pm and from 10:42 pm to 12:42 am.
minor periods
from 4:41 am to 5:41 am and from 3:33 pm to 4:33 pm.
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Waxing Gibbous Moon age: 12 days Light: 93 % |
| Southern Hemisphere |
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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 | 3:33 pm |
| Lunar transit | 10:42 pm |
| Moonset | 4:41 am |
| Duration of the moon | 13 h 8 m |
| Sunrise | 7:27 am |
| Transit | 12:17 pm |
| Sunset | 5:06 pm |
| Duration of the sun | 9 h 39 m |
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