New Plymouth Tides
High and low tide times for New Plymouth today, with a 7 day tide chart, sun and moon times and the best fishing windows.
New Plymouth tide times today
Tide times for Port Taranaki, from official LINZ predictions and updated automatically: where the tide is right now, today’s highs and lows, and the week ahead.
New Plymouth tide chart
Best fishing times in New Plymouth today
Solunar bite times: major 1:36pm (moon overhead and underfoot), minor 6:00am and 9:20pm (moonrise and moonset).
High and low tides in New Plymouth this week
Biggest tides around Tue 10 Nov| Day | High tides | Low tides | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today · Tue 10 Nov | 11:03am 3.4 m11:15pm 3.3 m | 4:55am 0.5 m5:15pm 0.6 m | 2.9 m |
| Wed 11 Nov | 11:37am 3.4 m11:51pm 3.2 m | 5:31am 0.6 m5:50pm 0.7 m | 2.8 m |
| Thu 12 Nov | 12:11pm 3.3 m | 6:06am 0.6 m6:27pm 0.8 m | 2.7 m |
| Fri 13 Nov | 12:28am 3.1 m12:47pm 3.2 m | 6:42am 0.7 m7:06pm 0.9 m | 2.5 m |
| Sat 14 Nov | 1:07am 3.0 m1:27pm 3.1 m | 7:20am 0.9 m7:48pm 1.0 m | 2.2 m |
| Sun 15 Nov | 1:51am 2.9 m2:11pm 3.0 m | 8:01am 1.0 m8:36pm 1.1 m | 2.0 m |
| Mon 16 Nov | 2:40am 2.8 m3:03pm 2.9 m | 8:48am 1.1 m9:29pm 1.2 m | 1.8 m |
New Plymouth tides: common questions
New Plymouth has a semi-diurnal tide, with roughly two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours. Checking the New Plymouth tide times before you head out helps with fishing, boating, launching, gathering shellfish and beach access. These are live high and low tide predictions for Port Taranaki, and update automatically.
When is high tide in New Plymouth today?
Today at Port Taranaki (the standard port for New Plymouth), high tide is at 11:03am (3.4 m) and 11:15pm (3.3 m), and low tide is at 4:55am (0.5 m) and 5:15pm (0.6 m). The whole week is in the table above.
What is the tidal range in New Plymouth?
New Plymouth has a semi-diurnal tide, with two high tides and two low tides a day. Today the range is about 2.9 m between high and low water. Ranges are largest around spring tides (near the new and full moon) and smallest around neap tides, so the figure changes through the month.
How often do the tides change in New Plymouth?
There are about two high and two low tides every 24 hours and 50 minutes, so tides turn roughly every 6 hours 12 minutes and each one is about 50 minutes later than the day before.
When is the best time to fish in New Plymouth?
Fishing is usually best in the moving water around each tide change, about an hour either side. Today that is 3:55am to 5:55am, 10:03am to 12:03pm, 4:15pm to 6:15pm, 10:15pm to 12:15am. The solunar major bite periods today are around 1:36pm.
Where do these New Plymouth tide predictions come from?
They are official predictions from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for Port Taranaki, the nearest standard port to New Plymouth, and update automatically. Sunrise, sunset and moon times come from MET Norway. Predicted times can vary slightly from the real tide in strong wind or unusual barometric pressure.
Sources and data notes 1
- Tides: Tide predictions: Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), CC BY 3.0 NZ. Sun and moon: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0.