Gisborne Tides
High and low tide times for Gisborne today, with a 7 day tide chart, sun and moon times and the best fishing windows.
Gisborne tide times today
Tide times for Gisborne, from official LINZ predictions and updated automatically: where the tide is right now, today’s highs and lows, and the week ahead.
Gisborne tide chart
Best fishing times in Gisborne today
Solunar bite times: major 1:44am and 2:10pm (moon overhead and underfoot), minor 6:23am and 10:02pm (moonrise and moonset).
High and low tides in Gisborne this week
| Day | High tides | Low tides | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today · Wed 11 Nov | 8:11am 1.9 m8:21pm 1.8 m | 1:54am 0.6 m2:19pm 0.7 m | 1.3 m |
| Thu 12 Nov | 8:53am 1.9 m9:04pm 1.8 m | 2:37am 0.6 m3:03pm 0.7 m | 1.3 m |
| Fri 13 Nov | 9:35am 1.9 m9:46pm 1.8 m | 3:17am 0.6 m3:47pm 0.7 m | 1.3 m |
| Sat 14 Nov | 10:16am 1.9 m10:27pm 1.8 m | 3:57am 0.6 m4:30pm 0.7 m | 1.3 m |
| Sun 15 Nov | 10:58am 1.9 m11:10pm 1.8 m | 4:38am 0.7 m5:13pm 0.8 m | 1.2 m |
| Mon 16 Nov | 11:40am 1.9 m11:53pm 1.7 m | 5:19am 0.7 m5:57pm 0.8 m | 1.2 m |
| Tue 17 Nov | 12:24pm 1.8 m | 6:02am 0.7 m6:42pm 0.8 m | 1.1 m |
Gisborne tides: common questions
Gisborne has a semi-diurnal tide, with roughly two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours. Checking the Gisborne 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 Gisborne, and update automatically.
When is high tide in Gisborne today?
Today at Gisborne (the standard port for Gisborne), high tide is at 8:11am (1.9 m) and 8:21pm (1.8 m), and low tide is at 1:54am (0.6 m) and 2:19pm (0.7 m). The whole week is in the table above.
What is the tidal range in Gisborne?
Gisborne has a semi-diurnal tide, with two high tides and two low tides a day. Today the range is about 1.3 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 Gisborne?
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 Gisborne?
Fishing is usually best in the moving water around each tide change, about an hour either side. Today that is 12:54am to 2:54am, 7:11am to 9:11am, 1:19pm to 3:19pm, 7:21pm to 9:21pm. The solunar major bite periods today are around 1:44am and 2:10pm.
Where do these Gisborne tide predictions come from?
They are official predictions from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for Gisborne, the nearest standard port to Gisborne, 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.