Nelson Tides
High and low tide times for Nelson today, with a 7 day tide chart, sun and moon times and the best fishing windows.
Nelson tide times today
Tide times for Nelson, from official LINZ predictions and updated automatically: where the tide is right now, today’s highs and lows, and the week ahead.
Nelson tide chart
Best fishing times in Nelson today
Solunar bite times: major 10:33am and 10:55pm (moon overhead and underfoot), minor 4:39am and 4:38pm (moonrise and moonset).
High and low tides in Nelson this week
Biggest tides around Wed 28 Oct| Day | High tides | Low tides | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today · Fri 23 Oct | 8:30am 3.5 m8:44pm 3.8 m | 2:02am 1.2 m2:32pm 1.2 m | 2.6 m |
| Sat 24 Oct | 9:15am 3.7 m9:24pm 4.0 m | 2:44am 1.0 m3:15pm 1.0 m | 3.0 m |
| Sun 25 Oct | 9:57am 4.0 m10:03pm 4.2 m | 3:24am 0.8 m3:54pm 0.7 m | 3.5 m |
| Mon 26 Oct | 10:37am 4.2 m10:42pm 4.3 m | 4:04am 0.6 m4:32pm 0.6 m | 3.7 m |
| Tue 27 Oct | 11:16am 4.3 m11:23pm 4.3 m | 4:45am 0.5 m5:10pm 0.5 m | 3.8 m |
| Wed 28 Oct | 11:56am 4.4 m | 5:27am 0.5 m5:51pm 0.5 m | 3.9 m |
| Thu 29 Oct | 12:06am 4.3 m12:38pm 4.3 m | 6:11am 0.5 m6:34pm 0.6 m | 3.8 m |
Nelson tides: common questions
Nelson has a semi-diurnal tide, with roughly two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours. Checking the Nelson 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 Nelson, and update automatically.
When is high tide in Nelson today?
Today at Nelson (the standard port for Nelson), high tide is at 8:30am (3.5 m) and 8:44pm (3.8 m), and low tide is at 2:02am (1.2 m) and 2:32pm (1.2 m). The whole week is in the table above.
What is the tidal range in Nelson?
Nelson has a semi-diurnal tide, with two high tides and two low tides a day. Today the range is about 2.6 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 Nelson?
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 Nelson?
Fishing is usually best in the moving water around each tide change, about an hour either side. Today that is 1:02am to 3:02am, 7:30am to 9:30am, 1:32pm to 3:32pm, 7:44pm to 9:44pm. The solunar major bite periods today are around 10:33am and 10:55pm.
Where do these Nelson tide predictions come from?
They are official predictions from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for Nelson, the nearest standard port to Nelson, 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.