Twillingate 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 01:00 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/Halifax local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Next spring tide on Thu 07 May (range 0.6m). Next neap on Sun 10 May.

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.

Twillingate sits on two islands — North and South Twillingate — in Notre Dame Bay on Newfoundland's north coast, connected to each other and to the mainland by causeways. The setting is island outport Newfoundland in concentrated form: the harbour faces southwest into the protected bay, the rocky headlands on the north side face the open Labrador Sea, and icebergs drifting down Iceberg Alley pass close enough to the outer shores to ground on the shoals offshore. Mean tidal range at Twillingate is approximately 1.5 metres; spring range reaches roughly 1.8 metres. The 'Iceberg Capital of the World' tag that Twillingate's tourism board has run with for decades reflects a genuine geographic reality: the town sits on the southern edge of the Notre Dame Bay iceberg corridor, where icebergs from western Greenland round the Labrador coast and slow as they enter the bay's relatively shallower water. Some ground on shoals and remain stationary for days or weeks, allowing close approach by boat. The annual Twillingate Fish, Fun and Folk Festival (late July) is built partly around iceberg season overlap, though peak iceberg passage is May and June. The Long Point Lighthouse, on the northern headland of North Twillingate Island, is the best land-based iceberg and whale-watching point. The headland rises to approximately 30 metres above sea level; the lighthouse was established in 1876. At low water, the rock platforms at the base of the headland extend seaward; access to the lower shore requires a scramble down from the lighthouse parking area and is feasible only at low to mid water. At high water on a northerly swell, the lower rocks are not safe. Humpback whales follow capelin inshore to Notre Dame Bay from July through September. The capelin roll — the annual mass spawning event when capelin beach themselves to spawn on gravel shores in June — is one of the most accessible wildlife spectacles in Newfoundland; beaches around Notre Dame Bay, including those near Twillingate, see capelin spawning in late June and early July. The spectacle is tide-independent: spawning occurs on the beach itself at the high-tide line. Cod dominated Twillingate's economy from the 17th century until the 1992 moratorium. The outport fishing culture is preserved in the Twillingate Museum and in the physical fabric of the town — the stages, stores, and wharves oriented toward the harbour. Crab and lobster have partially filled the economic gap; the Twillingate harbour remains an active fishing port. North Twillingate's coastal trails give good cliff-top access to the outer shore. The trail to Devil's Cove on the northeast side of North Twillingate Island crosses exposed headland — the view north is open ocean to Labrador and beyond. Wind is a constant factor on the outer headlands; the trail is best walked on a day with light winds and good visibility for the iceberg-scan. Tide 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 DFO gauge. For authoritative official Canadian predictions, consult Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) at tides.gc.ca.