Vieux Fort 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.

Vieux Fort is Saint Lucia's second-largest town, positioned on the flat coastal plain at the island's southern tip between the Atlantic-facing east coast and the Caribbean-facing west coast. Hewanorra International Airport, the island's main gateway for long-haul flights, occupies the flat land south of town, making Vieux Fort the arrival point for the majority of visitors to Saint Lucia even if they continue immediately north to Rodney Bay or Castries. The tidal regime at Vieux Fort is Caribbean microtidal — mixed semidiurnal, spring range approximately 0.4 to 0.6 metres. The Caribbean coast directly west of Vieux Fort is exposed to trade wind chop and occasional swell wrapping around the Moule à Chique headland; the Atlantic coast to the east faces into the open ocean. The convergence of these two bodies of water around Cape Moule à Chique, 2 kilometres south of the town, creates locally complex sea conditions — the colour change between the Atlantic's deeper blue and the shallower Caribbean green is sometimes visible on calm, clear days from the Cape or from the lighthouse at 272 metres. The Maria Islands Nature Reserve lies 300 metres offshore from the Vieux Fort beach, accessible by boat from the town jetty. The reserve protects two species endemic to Saint Lucia: the Saint Lucia racer snake (Erythrolamprus ornatus) and the Saint Lucia whiptail lizard (Cnemidophorus vanzoi) — both found only on these two small islands and representing some of the rarest terrestrial fauna in the Caribbean. The reserve is managed by the Saint Lucia National Trust; guided boat tours operate from Vieux Fort. The reserve is closed from June through July to protect nesting tern colonies. The beach at Vieux Fort town faces west into the Caribbean; it is a working beach that doubles as a local recreation space. Water quality at this beach is affected by the proximity of the town and the river outflow. The better beach option for swimming near Vieux Fort is Anse de Sables (Sandy Beach), a 400-metre Caribbean beach 2 kilometres east that faces south and is used by kite surfers — the same trade wind acceleration that makes Silver Sands in Barbados a kite destination applies here. The Savannes Bay mangrove system is 5 kilometres northeast of Vieux Fort, accessible by road. 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 are the regional authorities for sea-state and hydrometeorological data.