Pagudpud 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/Manila local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Pagudpud occupies the far northwestern corner of Ilocos Norte, at the northern tip of the Luzon mainland where the South China Sea meets the Luzon Strait. The landscape here is open and windswept: the Bangui Wind Farm, a row of 20 wind turbines spread along 10 kilometres of coastline immediately south of Pagudpud, faces the full northeast fetch of the South China Sea and is one of the most wind-consistent sites in the Philippines — the turbines run at high capacity factor during the NE monsoon season. Pagudpud's two main coastal destinations are Saud Beach and the Blue Lagoon (Maira-ira Beach), separated by a low headland about 5 kilometres apart. Saud Beach is the wider, more accessible stretch — a crescent of white sand facing northwest, backed by coconut palms, with a calm inshore that works as a swimming beach and a break further out that receives small wind swell in season. The water is a distinct blue-green owing to the proximity to the Luzon Strait deep water; the shallow sandy shelf drops off relatively steeply by Philippine beach standards. Maira-ira Beach (the Blue Lagoon) is accessed by a short trail from the road end above the headland. The beach sits in a naturally sheltered cove formed by the headland and a limestone point — the Blue Lagoon name refers to the unusually vivid blue-green water colour in the cove, which results from the combination of white sand, shallow water, and direct sunlight. The cove is calmer than Saud Beach because the headland breaks the direct swell exposure, making it swimmable in conditions that push whitecaps onto Saud. The tidal range at Pagudpud is mixed semidiurnal with spring range approximately 0.8 to 1.2 metres on the South China Sea side — similar to La Union further south. The Bangui Wind Farm turbine access road runs along the shoreline between the beach and the wind turbine pylons; the site operates commercially and turbine access is restricted, but the beach below the turbines at the base of the pylons is public shoreline. Fishing along the Ilocos Norte coast targets yellowfin tuna, mahi-mahi, and flying fish in the deeper Luzon Strait water — the Luzon Strait is one of the major current corridors in the western Pacific, connecting the South China Sea to the Pacific Ocean via a channel roughly 350 km wide and 2,400 metres deep. Pelagic fish concentrate on the current edges. Shore anglers at the rocky Kapurpurawan Rock Formation 8 kilometres south of Pagudpud, with its eroded white limestone pinnacles forming the coastal shelf, work the surge channels between the coral heads on the incoming tide. The drive to Pagudpud from Laoag City (Ilocos Norte capital) is approximately 1.5 hours; from Manila via the Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union–Ilocos Sur–Ilocos Norte coastal highway, allow 8 to 10 hours. Most visitors combine Pagudpud with the Vigan heritage city (2 hours south of Laoag) into a 3-day Ilocos Norte circuit. The Paoay Church (San Agustin Church Paoay, 1710, Baroque style with distinctive earthquake-designed flying buttresses) is approximately 35 km south of Laoag and an easy route stop. Accommodation at Pagudpud is concentrated at Saud Beach — a mix of beach resorts and budget guesthouses. The beach at Saud is swimmable and calm for most of the year except during active Amihan (NE monsoon) periods; the casuarina-backed stretch behind the beach reduces the wind at the waterline. Photographers favour the late afternoon light at both Saud Beach and the Bangui turbine line, when the golden light from the west backfills the turbines and hits the white sand at a low angle. Tidal predictions here come from Open-Meteo Marine, a gridded global ocean model; accuracy is typically ±45 minutes on timing and ±0.2 to 0.3 metres on height. PAGASA is the authoritative Philippine tide source.