Next high tide at Naples (Bay): 19:00 CEST, -0.45 m

Tide times at Naples (Bay) on Monday, 27 April 2026: first low tide at 13:00, first high tide at 19:00. Sunrise 06:08, sunset 19:53.

Tide curve — next 24 hours

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.

Best windows Mon 27 Apr

Suggested time slots at Naples (Bay), derived from the tide, sun, moon, and conditions data on this page. Rough guidance, not a forecast.

• Tidepooling
  Around 13:00, lowest tide today
  Tide drops to -0.68 m for about an hour either side
  Confidence: high
  7-day tidepooling strip →
• SUP
  Around 13:00, low water
  Slack water, wind 1.8 m/s
  Confidence: high
  7-day sup strip →
• Swimming
  Around 16:00, mid-tide rising
  Water about 17.6 °C, rising water freshens the swim line
  Confidence: low
  7-day swimming strip →
• Beach walk
  Around 13:00, beach widest
  Tide low, wind 1.8 m/s — comfortable for an out-and-back
  Confidence: high
  7-day beach walk strip →

Spring & neap tides at Naples (Bay)

Next spring tide on Sun 03 May (range 0.3m). Last neap on Mon 27 Apr.

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.

About tides at Naples (Bay)

Naples sits at the head of one of the most photographed bays in the Mediterranean, ringed by the Sorrentine Peninsula to the south, Capri at the seaward edge, and the Phlegraean Fields and the islands of Procida and Ischia to the west. Vesuvius dominates the eastern shore and the volcanic geology of the bay reaches under the seafloor and into the inland Campi Flegrei caldera. The tide here is the small Mediterranean signal characteristic of the Tyrrhenian Sea: mean range at Naples is about 0.3 metres, with spring tides reaching close to 0.4 and neaps near flat. Most days the height swing barely registers in the harbour because pressure changes from passing weather systems and wind setup from the local sea-breeze regime each shift water level by similar amounts. The volcanic geometry adds a slow vertical land-motion signal — bradyseism in the Phlegraean Fields, the same phenomenon that flooded the Roman ruins at Pozzuoli over centuries. The bay's coastal cliffs, the deep underwater profile that drops quickly to several hundred metres, and the islands at the seaward edge make the bay much more sensitive to swell, wind, and pressure than to the lunar tide. Fishers working the Capri grottoes, sailors crossing to Procida and Ischia, swimmers at the Sorrento marinas, and snorkellers at the Faraglioni rocks at Capri all read the wider weather pattern more than the tide table. Open-Meteo Marine drives the gridded predictions on this page; ISPRA's Mareografico Nazionale runs the historic Naples gauge.

Common questions about tides at Naples (Bay)