Ebeltoft 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 06:00 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 Europe/Copenhagen local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Next spring tide on Mon 11 May (range 0.4m). Last neap on Thu 07 May. Next neap on Wed 13 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.

Ebeltoft sits at the tip of the Djursland peninsula, sheltered inside Ebeltoft Vig — a bay whose enclosed geometry reduces the already-modest Kattegat tidal range to roughly 0.3 m at this location. Two tidal cycles per day, but the signal is gentle: low water exposes a broad, firm sand-and-pebble foreshore in the Vig, and high water brings the sea back to the harbour walls with quiet efficiency. The frigate Jylland dominates the harbour's attention. Launched in 1860, she is the oldest preserved screw-propelled warship in the world, and her hull — 71 m of iron-clad wooden construction — sits in a dry dock at the Ebeltoft Færgehavn museum. The Kattegat water outside the dock is the same body of water she worked in during her active service; the 0.3 m tidal excursion around her moorings is a reminder that this is a real sea, even if a calm one. The cobblestoned old town above the harbour is one of the best-preserved in Denmark, with half-timbered buildings dating to the 17th century. Beach access is straightforward: the bay's sheltered aspect and shallow gradient make it ideal for swimming and kayaking at virtually any tide state. Wind from the northeast — down the Kattegat axis — is the main weather concern, capable of raising water levels 0.2–0.4 m above prediction in persistent conditions. DMI (Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut) is the authoritative source for predictions; Open-Meteo Marine supplements with modelled forecasts accurate to approximately ±45 minutes on timing and ±0.2–0.3 m on height.