Strahan 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 09:00 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 Australia/Sydney local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Strahan is on Macquarie Harbour on the rugged west coast of Tasmania — one of the most isolated and weather-beaten coastlines in Australia. The harbour is the second-largest natural harbour in Australia by water surface area (after Sydney), connected to the Southern Ocean by Hell's Gates, a channel only 60 metres wide at its narrowest. Tidal influence in the harbour is moderate: mean spring range around 1.0 metre, with the entrance channel at Hell's Gates concentrating the tidal flow into a significant current as the large harbour volume fills and empties. The Gordon River flows into the southern arm of Macquarie Harbour from the Gordon River wilderness — now part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. River cruises from Strahan on purpose-built flat-bottomed boats travel 36 km up the Gordon River, through dark tannin-stained water below ancient Huon pines (some individual trees exceed 10,000 years of age) and temperate rainforest. This is one of the last river wilderness experiences accessible by day trip in Australia. Ocean Beach on the outer west coast is immediately north of Strahan, accessible by an unsealed road through button grass moorland. The beach faces directly west into the Southern Ocean — the longest fetch of any ocean on earth — and receives long-period swell year-round. The swell can be extraordinary in size: 5 to 8 metre waves during winter storms are not unusual. Swimming and surfing are extremely dangerous due to the unrelenting swell, cold water (12 to 16°C), no infrastructure, and no rescue capability. Ocean Beach is visited for the experience, not for swimming. Sea fishing in Macquarie Harbour targets the endemic Macquarie Harbour trout (a genetically distinct sea trout population), Australian salmon, and bream. The harbour's extreme tannin content (caused by vegetation runoff) and low salinity support a unique fishery. The salmon aquaculture industry operates extensively in the harbour — wild fishing is managed separately. Strahan township has heritage significance as the port for the former Queenstown copper mine (connected by the historic Rack Railway, now operating as the West Coast Wilderness Railway from Queenstown to Strahan). The town and its isolation are an experience in themselves. Predictions on this page come from Open-Meteo Marine, a gridded global ocean model. Accuracy is typically within plus or minus 45 minutes on timing and 0.2 to 0.3 metres on height — model-derived, not from a local gauge. For authoritative Australian tide data, consult the Australian Bureau of Meteorology at bom.gov.au.