Invercargill Tides
High and low tide times for Invercargill today, with a 7 day tide chart, sun and moon times and the best fishing windows.
Invercargill tide times today
Official LINZ predictions for Bluff, updated automatically: where the tide is right now, today’s highs and lows, and the week ahead.
Tide now · Bluff
Next high 20:26 · next low 14:09
Sun
Rise 06:46
Set 20:17
Moon · first quarter
Rise 11:12
Set 03:03
1.1 m range today Neap tides
Invercargill tide chart
Best fishing times in Invercargill today
Fish the moving water around the tide changes: 01:42, 07:59, 14:09, 20:26
Solunar major (moon overhead & underfoot): 07:05, 19:30
Solunar minor (moonrise & moonset): 03:03, 11:12
Invercargill has a semi-diurnal tide, with roughly two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours. Checking the Invercargill tide times before you head out helps with fishing, boating, launching, gathering shellfish and beach access. The chart above shows live high and low tide predictions for Bluff, the nearest standard port, and updates automatically.
High and low tides in Invercargill this week
▲ high tide · ▼ low tide · shaded = better fishing (within 2h of a tide change)
This week: Biggest tides around Sat 24 Oct (up to 1.9 m range).
| Today · Sun 18 Oct |
▼ 01:42 · 1.2 m
▲ 07:59 · 2.3 m
▼ 14:09 · 1.3 m
▲ 20:26 · 2.3 m
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| Mon 19 Oct |
▼ 02:44 · 1.2 m
▲ 09:02 · 2.3 m
▼ 15:14 · 1.3 m
▲ 21:32 · 2.3 m
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| Tue 20 Oct |
▼ 03:46 · 1.2 m
▲ 10:03 · 2.3 m
▼ 16:16 · 1.2 m
▲ 22:29 · 2.3 m
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| Wed 21 Oct |
▼ 04:42 · 1.1 m
▲ 10:57 · 2.4 m
▼ 17:09 · 1.1 m
▲ 23:18 · 2.4 m
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| Thu 22 Oct |
▼ 05:31 · 1.0 m
▲ 11:44 · 2.5 m
▼ 17:55 · 1.0 m
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| Fri 23 Oct |
▲ 00:02 · 2.6 m
▼ 06:17 · 0.9 m
▲ 12:27 · 2.6 m
▼ 18:38 · 0.9 m
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| Sat 24 Oct |
▲ 00:44 · 2.7 m
▼ 07:00 · 0.8 m
▲ 13:09 · 2.7 m
▼ 19:20 · 0.8 m
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Tide predictions © Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), CC BY 3.0 NZ. Sun & moon data © MET Norway, CC BY 4.0. Predictions only; actual tides vary with weather and barometric pressure. Times in local New Zealand time.
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Invercargill tides: common questions
When is high tide in Invercargill today?
Today at Bluff (the standard port for Invercargill), high tide is at 07:59 (2.3 m) and 20:26 (2.3 m), and low tide is at 01:42 (1.2 m) and 14:09 (1.3 m). A full 7 day forecast is in the table above.
What is the tidal range in Invercargill?
Invercargill has a semi-diurnal tide, with two high tides and two low tides a day. Today the range is about 1.1 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 Invercargill?
There are about two high and two low tides every 24 hours and 50 minutes, so tides fall roughly 6 hours 12 minutes apart and each one is about 50 minutes later than the day before.
When is the best time to fish in Invercargill?
Fishing is usually best in the moving water around each tide change, about one to two hours either side. Today the tide changes are at 01:42, 07:59, 14:09, 20:26. The solunar major bite periods today are around 07:05 and 19:30.
Where do these Invercargill tide predictions come from?
They are official predictions from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for Bluff, the nearest standard port to Invercargill, 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.