Ende Bay 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 Asia/Makassar local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Next spring tide on Fri 08 May (range 1.8m). Last neap on Thu 07 May. Next neap on Mon 11 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.

Ende is the main town on Flores's south coast, facing the Savu Sea across a wide bay flanked by the twin volcanic peaks of Gunung Iya (637 m) and Gunung Meja (400 m) that define the town's skyline on the landward side. The town sits on a narrow peninsula between Ende Bay to the east and Ipi Bay to the west, and the harbour occupies the sheltered eastern bay. Ende is the geographic and administrative centre of the island — the main port for inter-island ferry services on the south coast route, the hub for road access to the Kelimutu crater lakes 50 km east, and the town where Indonesian independence's intellectual foundation has a specific, physical address. Sukarno — Indonesia's first president — was exiled to Ende by the Dutch colonial government from 1934 to 1938. The tamarind tree under which he is said to have formulated the foundational principles of Pancasila (the five philosophical pillars of the Indonesian state) still stands in a small public park near the harbour. The Sukarno house, maintained as a museum, is on the main street a short walk from the waterfront. Both sites are small and low-key, but they carry genuine historical weight. The tidal regime is semidiurnal; spring range at Ende Bay is approximately 2.5–3.0 m. The south coast exposure to the Savu Sea brings a slightly larger tidal signal than the north coast of Flores experiences, and the bay is open to the south-southwest — the swell track of the Indian Ocean southern fetch. During the SE trade season (May–September), swell from the Southern Ocean arrives at Ende Bay at 0.5–1.5 m; the harbour is partially sheltered by the peninsula headland, but the outer bay is exposed. During the NW monsoon (December–March), the swell direction reverses and the outer bay is more protected from wind wave. The fishing harbour at Ende handles the full spring tidal range on the pier. Outrigger fishing boats (jukung) operate from the beach east of the main pier, hauled above the high-water line when not in use. The local fishermen target tuna and mackerel from boat, and shore fishing from the rocky promontory between Ende Bay and Ipi Bay produces barracuda and smaller reef species on the tidal current. The flood tide is the productive shore-fishing window at the promontory; the run-in current activates feeding on the rocky structure. The beach in Ende Bay — a narrow strip of dark volcanic sand and coral rubble — is not a swimming beach by the usual standards, but it serves as the fishing fleet's operating ground and the view from the beach east across the bay toward the Savu Sea is unobstructed. The Kelimutu crater lakes, 50 km east of Ende via a paved road, are Flores's most visited inland attraction — three volcanic crater lakes of different colours (one black, one turquoise-green, one deep red-brown, though the colours shift over years as volcanic chemistry changes). The hike to the crater rim from the car park takes 15 minutes on a paved path; the standard schedule is to arrive at the car park by 05:30 for the sunrise view. The lakes are at 1,690 m elevation; bring a layer. Transportation from Ende: private car hire 1.5 hours each way, or public minibuses from Ende terminal (less frequent, 2–3 hours). Ende Bay is the coastal access point for Kelimutu — travellers flying in to H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport (Ende, ENE) and heading for the lakes pass through Ende Bay before climbing to the plateau. Tide predictions here are from Open-Meteo Marine, a gridded global ocean model, accuracy ±45 min / ±0.2–0.3 m. BIG (Badan Informasi Geospasial) publishes the authoritative Indonesian tide tables for Ende and the surrounding south Flores coast.