Levera Beach, Grenada 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/Grenada local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Last spring tide on Mon 18 May (range 0.8m). Next neap on Fri 22 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.

Levera Beach sits at the northeastern tip of Grenada, inside Levera National Park, and is as different from the sheltered west coast tourist strip as the island gets. The Atlantic faces this beach directly, unobstructed by reef or headland on the approach from the northeast; the swell arrives with the full period of the Atlantic trades, typically 10 to 14 seconds at 0.5 to 1.5 metres, and the shore break on the steeply-shelving sand is heavy at mid to high tide. Swimming at Levera is conditional — the park's own signage and the responsible operators here are explicit that open-water swimming is for strong swimmers only, and only during lower swell states in the settled trade-wind season. The beach is wide, backed by coastal scrub and the Levera Pond lagoon behind a sand barrier on the southern end. Levera Pond is a brackish coastal wetland and bird sanctuary: frigate birds, brown pelicans, herons, egrets, and migratory waders are present year-round, with the diversity peaking in the September through November southward migration window. The offshore view from Levera beach takes in the Sugar Loaf, Green, and Sandy islands — three small uninhabited offshore cays that are accessible by boat from Sauteurs on the northwest coast or by the occasional kayak charter operating from the park. The leatherback turtle nesting at Levera is the defining seasonal event here. Leatherbacks arrive from March through August to nest on this and the adjacent beaches; the nesting peak runs from April through June. The Grenada Forestry Department and community rangers manage beach access during nesting season; night observation must be arranged through licensed guides, and restrictions on lighting and approach distance are enforced. A single leatherback female nesting on this beach can weigh 400 to 600 kg and lay between 65 and 85 eggs per clutch; she may return to nest multiple times in a single season. The tidal regime at Levera is Caribbean-influenced but somewhat more exposed than the west coast, with a spring range approaching 0.5 to 0.7 metres on this Atlantic-facing corner of the island. The tide state affects the beach width and the shore break height — a spring low on a moderate swell day provides 20 to 25 metres more dry beach than the high water, and the lower shore break at low water is when turtle monitoring teams move between nests. 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. For swell and wind forecasts affecting beach and swim safety, the Grenada Meteorological Service issues daily marine bulletins.