Cap Moule à Chique 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/St Lucia local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Cap Moule à Chique is the southernmost point of Saint Lucia, a headland where the land drops sharply to 272 metres above sea level at the lighthouse position, with vertical cliffs on the Atlantic side and a steep vegetated slope on the Caribbean. The lighthouse itself — a white tower at the highest point of the cape — is active and automated. The view from the lighthouse grounds is the primary draw: on a clear day both Saint Vincent (77 kilometres south-southeast) and Martinique (60 kilometres north) are visible simultaneously, making this one of the few points in the eastern Caribbean from which two neighbouring island nations can be seen at once. The Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea are also visible on opposite sides of the cape, their different sea states distinguishable — the Atlantic more active to the east, the Caribbean typically calmer to the west — though the distinction is subtle on calm days and dramatic on days when northeast swell is running. The cape is geologically dramatic: the cliffs on the Atlantic side are sheer volcanic rock, dropping 100 to 200 metres to the sea below. The wave energy at the cliff base during swell conditions is significant; the cliffs are undercut by surge channels and sea caves that are audible from the clifftop. This energy concentrated at the cape's tip drives the upwelling that makes the surrounding water productive for marine life. Brown boobies and frigatebirds are regular along the cliff face; red-billed tropicbirds nest in the cliff crevices and can be seen from the clifftop from March through August. The cape is reached by road from Vieux Fort — the road climbs steeply from sea level through scrub vegetation to the lighthouse gate. The final section is unpaved but passable by regular vehicle in dry weather. Walking time from the gate to the lighthouse is approximately 20 minutes. The road continues past the lighthouse to an overlook above the Atlantic face. The passage between Cap Moule à Chique and the Maria Islands, 3 kilometres east, is exposed to the Atlantic trades and runs with a current; the Maria Islands boat tours from Vieux Fort navigate this passage. Tidal range at the cape is 0.4 to 0.5 metres spring. Predictions on this page come from Open-Meteo Marine, a gridded global ocean model. Accuracy is typically within plus or minus 45 minutes on timing and 0.2 to 0.3 metres on height — model-derived, not from a local gauge. The Saint Lucia Meteorological Service and the Caribbean Meteorological Organization provide regional sea-state data.