Tide tables and solunar tables for sport fishers in Bristol (Bristol Harbor). 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 Bristol (Bristol Harbor) ...
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Today Tuesday, 21th of May of 2013, the sun rose in Bristol (Bristol Harbor) at 5:20 am and sunset was at 8:04 pm. The moon set at 2:50 am at 262º west. Then, the moon rose at 102º southeast at 4:11 pm.
In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first high tide was at 5:03 am and the next high tide at 5:39 pm. The first low tide was at 10:39 am and the next low tide will be at 11:31 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Gibbous. Today we had 14 hours and 44 minutes of sun. The solar transit was at 12:42 pm and the length of time the moon will be visible will be 10 hours and 39 minutes.
The tidal coefficient today is 72, a high value and therefore the range of tides and currents will also be high. At noon the tidal coefficient increases to 78 to end the day with a tidal coefficient of 83. The tide heights today are 3.9 ft, 0.0 ft, 4.6 ft and 0.0 ft. We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Bristol (Bristol Harbor) which is of 5.9 ft and a minimum height of -1.3 ft.
The solunar fishing calendar in Bristol (Bristol Harbor) 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 Bristol (Bristol Harbor). The times are generated in local time in Rhode Island 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 Bristol (Bristol Harbor) 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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UTC -4 Start of summer time UTC-4
March 10, 2013 at 2:00 am ► 3:00 am
End of summer time UTC-5
November 3, 2013 at 2:00 am ► 1:00 am
There are 165 days left until the clocks change
| 5:03 am | high tide | ( 3.9 ft. ) | ||
| 10:39 am | low tide | ( 0.0 ft. ) | ||
| 5:39 pm | high tide | ( 4.6 ft. ) | ||
| 11:31 pm | low tide | ( 0.0 ft. ) |
| coefficient 0h | 72 |
| coefficient 12h | 78 |
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Activity of the day AVERAGE |
Major periods
from 9:30 am to 11:30 am and from 9:47 pm to 11:47 pm.
minor periods
from 2:50 am to 3:50 am and from 4:11 pm to 5:11 pm.
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Waxing Gibbous Moon age: 10 days Light: 78 % |
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Full Moon (3 days) May 25, 2013 at 12:25 am Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
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Last Quarter Moon (10 days) May 31, 2013 at 2:58 pm |
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New Moon (18 days) June 8, 2013 at 11:56 am |
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First Quarter Moon (25 days) June 16, 2013 at 1:24 pm |
General Fishing Conditions
Fishing changes by Pressure Trend | Moonrise | 4:11 pm |
| Lunar transit | 9:47 pm |
| Moonset | 2:50 am |
| Duration of the moon | 10 h 39 m |
| Sunrise | 5:20 am |
| Transit | 12:42 pm |
| Sunset | 8:04 pm |
| Duration of the sun | 14 h 44 m |
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