Codrington, Barbuda tide times

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived.

Model-derived from a global ocean grid. Useful indication; expect about ±45 minutes on average vs. a local harmonic gauge, individual stations vary widely. See /methodology for per-region detail. Not for navigation.

Conditions as of 00:00 local time. Refreshes daily.

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived. · Not for navigation.

The angler tradition for major/minor fishing windows: major ≈3-hour windows around moon transit and opposition; minor ≈2-hour windows around moonrise and moonset. Times are America/Antigua local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Codrington is the only town on Barbuda — an island that was nearly wiped clean by Hurricane Irma in September 2017 and is still rebuilding. The town sits on the western edge of the Codrington Lagoon, a large, nearly enclosed body of shallow water separated from the Caribbean by the barrier beach at Low Bay. Before Irma, Codrington had a population of around 1,800; since the storm, the permanent population has been smaller and the infrastructure patchier, though the recovery has progressed steadily. The Codrington Lagoon itself is the focus of the island's most famous natural feature: the Frigate Bird Sanctuary, one of the largest frigatebird colonies in the western hemisphere, numbering between 5,000 and 10,000 birds at peak nesting season from September through February. The magnificent frigatebird males inflate their red throat pouches during the display season from October through December; boat tours from the lagoon's eastern shore bring visitors to the roosting trees within a few metres. The western beaches of Barbuda — Coco Point in the south, running 17 km north along Low Bay to the Codrington Lagoon entrance — have a characteristic that no other Caribbean beach shares at this scale: the sand is visibly pink. The colour comes from the pulverised coral and shell in the sand matrix; the fine-grained pink-white beach with the turquoise shallow water behind the barrier reef is the image that defines Barbuda's coastal identity. The reef system surrounding Barbuda is among the least impacted coral in the eastern Caribbean because of the island's low population density, the shallow surrounding waters, and the general absence of commercial fishing pressure. Dive operators from Antigua run day trips to the Barbuda reef; several wrecks on the eastern Atlantic-facing coast add to the diving range. The east coast of Barbuda is more exposed than the sheltered lagoon and Caribbean west coast — spring range on the Atlantic side approaches 0.5 to 0.7 metres, and the Atlantic swell, though typically smaller than at Grenada's eastern coast, produces a shore break on the less sheltered beaches. The Codrington Lagoon side is effectively calm; the tidal exchange through the narrow lagoon entrance controls the current within the lagoon, with a gentle inflow on the flood and outflow on the ebb. All tide predictions on this page come from Open-Meteo Marine gridded model — accuracy within plus or minus 45 minutes on timing and 0.2 to 0.3 metres on height. Access to Barbuda from Antigua is by ferry (roughly 90 minutes from St. John's) or by light aircraft.