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Next high tide at Port Stephens, NSW: 17:00 GMT+10, 0.60 m
Heights relative to MSL. 2026-04-27.
Coef. 83Tide times at Port Stephens, NSW on Monday, 27 April 2026: first low tide at 11:00, first high tide at 17:00, second low tide at 23:00. Sunrise 06:20, sunset 17:17.
Tide curve — next 24 hours
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.
7-day tide table
| Day | Type | Time | Height | Coef. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 27 Apr | High | 17:00 | 0.6m | 81 |
| Low | 23:00 | -0.3m | ||
| Tue 28 Apr | High | 05:00 | 0.7m | 88 |
| Low | 11:00 | -0.5m | ||
| High | 18:00 | 0.7m | ||
| Wed 29 Apr | Low | 00:00 | -0.3m | 93 |
| High | 06:00 | 0.6m | ||
| Low | 12:00 | -0.5m | ||
| High | 18:00 | 0.7m | ||
| Thu 30 Apr | Low | 01:00 | -0.4m | 93 |
| High | 19:00 | 0.8m | ||
| Fri 01 May | Low | 01:00 | -0.5m | 99 |
| High | 07:00 | 0.5m | ||
| Low | 13:00 | -0.4m | ||
| High | 20:00 | 0.9m | ||
| Sat 02 May | Low | 02:00 | -0.5m | 100 |
| High | 20:00 | 0.9m | ||
| Sun 03 May | Low | 03:00 | -0.4m | 99 |
| High | 09:00 | 0.4m | ||
| Low | 14:00 | -0.3m | ||
| High | 21:00 | 0.9m |
Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived. · Not for navigation.
Sun & moon today
- Sunrise
- 06:20
- Sunset
- 17:17
- Moonrise
- 14:20
- Moonset
- 01:48
- Moon phase
- Waxing gibbous (75% illuminated)
Current conditions
- Wind
- 12.1 m/s @ 95°
- Wave height
- 0.8 m
- Wave period
- 8.4 s
- Water temp
- 22.7 °C
As of 12:00 local time. Conditions refresh daily.
Solunar 7-day rating
The angler tradition that rates each day for fish-bite likelihood using moon transits and rise/set. One to five stars. Not a scientific forecast.
- Mon★★★★★
- Tue★★★★★
- Wed★★★★★
- Thu★★★★★
- Fri★★★★★
- Sat★★★★★
- Sun★★★★★
Best windows Mon 27 Apr
Suggested time slots at Port Stephens, NSW, derived from the tide, sun, moon, and conditions data on this page. Rough guidance, not a forecast.
Spring & neap tides at Port Stephens, NSW
Next spring tide on Sat 02 May (range 1.3m). Last neap on Mon 27 Apr.
Spring tides cluster around new and full moons (biggest swings). Neap tides land on quarter moons (smallest swings). See the spring tide and neap tide glossary entries for the why.
About tides at Port Stephens, NSW
Port Stephens is the deep natural harbour about 200 km north of Sydney, on the New South Wales mid-coast where the Karuah and Myall rivers drain into one of the larger embayments on the east Australian coast. The harbour is more than twice the area of Sydney Harbour and famously hosts a resident population of bottlenose dolphins. The tide here runs the standard east-Australian semidiurnal signal: two highs and two lows of comparable size each day, twelve and a half hours apart. Mean range at Port Stephens entrance — between Tomaree Head and Yacaaba Head — is about 1.3 metres, climbing toward 1.7 on spring tides. The narrow harbour entrance concentrates flow and the current on the change of tide runs sharper than the height swing implies, with eddies on both flanks. Slack water is the quiet crossing window. The wide white sand at Shoal Bay, Fingal Bay, and the long surf beaches at Birubi Point widen by 10–15 metres at low water and the dunes at Stockton Beach south of the heads run the largest active dune system on the NSW coast. Predictions on this page come from Open-Meteo's gridded marine model. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the NSW Roads and Maritime Services publish authoritative tide tables for the Port Stephens entrance.
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8-day tide table — Port Stephens, NSW
Heights relative to MSL. Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived.
| Day | Type | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 27 Apr | Low | 11:00 | -0.5m |
| High | 17:00 | 0.6m | |
| Low | 23:00 | -0.3m | |
| Tue 28 Apr | High | 05:00 | 0.7m |
| Low | 11:00 | -0.5m | |
| High | 18:00 | 0.7m | |
| Wed 29 Apr | Low | 00:00 | -0.3m |
| High | 06:00 | 0.6m | |
| Low | 12:00 | -0.5m | |
| High | 18:00 | 0.7m | |
| Thu 30 Apr | Low | 01:00 | -0.4m |
| High | 19:00 | 0.8m | |
| Fri 01 May | Low | 01:00 | -0.5m |
| High | 07:00 | 0.5m | |
| Low | 13:00 | -0.4m | |
| High | 20:00 | 0.9m | |
| Sat 02 May | Low | 02:00 | -0.5m |
| High | 20:00 | 0.9m | |
| Sun 03 May | Low | 03:00 | -0.4m |
| High | 09:00 | 0.4m | |
| Low | 14:00 | -0.3m | |
| High | 21:00 | 0.9m | |
| Mon 04 May | Low | 03:00 | -0.4m |
| High | 09:00 | 0.4m |
Not for navigation. Generated 2026-04-27T01:28:13.354Z.
Read about how these predictions are made on the methodology page. Unfamiliar with terms like spring tide or datum? See the glossary.
Not for navigation. Page generated 2026-04-27T01:28:13.354Z. Predictions refresh daily.