Tide tables and solunar tables for sport fishers in Gulf Shores. 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 Gulf Shores ...
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Today Friday, 24th of May of 2013, the sun will rise in Gulf Shores at 5:51 am and sunset will be at 7:44 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 5:20 am at 249º southwest. Eventually, the moon will rise again in the southeast (111º) at 7:26 pm.
In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the high tide will be at 10:29 am and the low tide will be at 10:46 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Gibbous. Today we will have 13 hours and 53 minutes of sun. The solar transit will be at 12:48 pm and the length of time the moon will be visible will be 5 hours and 20 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 1.3 ft and 0.0 ft. We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Gulf Shores which is of 1.6 ft and a minimum height of -0.7 ft.
The solunar fishing calendar in Gulf Shores 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 Gulf Shores. The times are generated in local time in Alabama 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 Gulf Shores 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 feet 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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March 10, 2013 at 2:00 am ► 3:00 am
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November 3, 2013 at 2:00 am ► 1:00 am
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| 10:29 am | high tide | ( 1.3 ft. ) | ||
| 10:46 pm | low tide | ( 0.0 ft. ) |
| coefficient 0h | 100 |
| coefficient 12h | 101 |
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Activity of the day HIGH |
Major periods
from 12:23 pm to 2:23 pm
minor periods
from 5:20 am to 6:20 am and from 7:26 pm to 8:26 pm.
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Waxing Gibbous Moon age: 13 days Light: 98 % |
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Full Moon (1 day) May 24, 2013 at 11:25 pm Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
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Last Quarter Moon (7 days) May 31, 2013 at 1:58 pm |
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New Moon (15 days) June 8, 2013 at 10:56 am |
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First Quarter Moon (23 days) June 16, 2013 at 12:24 pm |
General Fishing Conditions
Fishing changes by Pressure Trend | Moonrise | 7:26 pm |
| Lunar transit | - |
| Moonset | 5:20 am |
| Duration of the moon | 5 h 20 m |
| Sunrise | 5:51 am |
| Transit | 12:48 pm |
| Sunset | 7:44 pm |
| Duration of the sun | 13 h 53 m |
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