Next high tide at Tavira, Algarve: 12:00 WEST, 0.56 m

Tide times at Tavira, Algarve on Monday, 27 April 2026: first high tide at 01:00, first low tide at 06:00, second high tide at 12:00, second low tide at 18:00. Sunrise 06:42, sunset 20:15.

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 Tavira, Algarve, derived from the tide, sun, moon, and conditions data on this page. Rough guidance, not a forecast.

• Tidepooling
  Around 06:00, lowest tide today
  Tide drops to -1.37 m for about an hour either side
  Confidence: high
  7-day tidepooling strip →
• SUP
  Around 12:00, high water
  Slack water, wind 5.7 m/s
  Confidence: medium
  7-day sup strip →
• Swimming
  Around 09:00, mid-tide rising
  Water about 18.2 °C, rising water freshens the swim line
  Confidence: medium
  7-day swimming strip →
• Beach walk
  Around 06:00, beach widest
  Tide low, wind 5.7 m/s — comfortable for an out-and-back
  Confidence: medium
  7-day beach walk strip →

Spring & neap tides at Tavira, Algarve

Next spring tide on Thu 30 Apr (range 2.4m). Last neap on Mon 27 Apr. Next neap on Sun 03 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.

About tides at Tavira, Algarve

Tavira sits on the eastern Algarve, on the inner side of the Ria Formosa lagoon system that runs along the central southern coast of Portugal. The town is separated from the open Atlantic by a barrier island, Ilha de Tavira, with a narrow inlet — Barra de Tavira — at one end and a wider one further west at Barra de Cabanas. The tide signature is cleanly semidiurnal, two highs and two lows of comparable size, twelve and a half hours apart. Mean range at the inlets is about 2.0 metres, climbing past 3 metres on spring tides and dropping near 1.0 on neaps. The narrow inlets concentrate the flow and the current at each runs sharper than the height swing implies. The lagoon itself transforms across the cycle: salt pans and tidal flats around Tavira drain on the ebb and the channels behind the barrier island become a maze of tidal creeks. The flamingo flocks that overwinter on the Ria Formosa work these flats at the lower half of every cycle. Photographers on the Praça da República walk over to the Ilha de Tavira beach by ferry across the inlet — the ferry runs to a tide-aware schedule, slack water being the smoothest crossing. Predictions on this page come from Open-Meteo's gridded marine model. Instituto Hidrográfico is the authoritative Portuguese tide source.

Common questions about tides at Tavira, Algarve