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Ilha de São Luís tides
Ilha de São Luís has 13 coastal places, including 4 main ones. 12 show today's tide, from one official station.
Main placesOther places
- Places with tides 12 of 13 2 with a station within 5 mi
- Today's range 18.1 ft at the Ponta da Madeira station
- Spring tides Oct 26–28 full moon · with perigee · coef. 89
- Sun 5:35 am–5:47 pm 12 h 12 min of daylight
- Moon 92% · 8:20 pm waning gibbous
- Next phase Last quarter Sun, Nov 1 · 5:29 pm
Ilha de São Luís at a glance
- Coastal places: 13 (4 main ones and 9 more): 12 towns and cities and 1 harbor.
- State: Maranhão.
- With today's tide: 12 of 13 places (2 with a station within 5 miles and 10 within 31 miles).
- Most used station: Ponta da Madeira (São Luís, TICON-4), for 12 places.
- Tide type: semidiurnal: two high and two low tides a day, of similar height.
- No tide times yet: 1 place, because their nearest station (Ponta da Madeira, 8.4 mi away on average) is too far or in a different body of water to trust its times, and we can't rely on the global tide model on this coast.
- Next spring tides: from October 26 to 28, with a coefficient of up to 89 and the moon near perigee.
Main places on Ilha de São Luís
The other 9 places on Ilha de São Luís
In alphabetical order. Each one with today's tides, sun and moon.
Questions about the tides on Ilha de São Luís
What time is high tide today on Ilha de São Luís?
Today, at the Ponta da Madeira station, used by 12 places on Ilha de São Luís, high tide is at 8:17 am (16.9 ft) and 8:31 pm (17.3 ft), and low tide at 2:06 am and 2:20 pm. It can change by a few minutes from place to place: check each place's page.
When are the next spring tides on Ilha de São Luís?
From October 26 to 28, after the new or full moon, with the moon near perigee, so they will be bigger than usual. At the Ponta da Madeira station the coefficient will reach 89.
How many tides a day are there on Ilha de São Luís?
The tide is semidiurnal: two high and two low tides a day, of similar height. Each high tide comes about 50 minutes later than the day before.
Why do some places on Ilha de São Luís have no tide times?
1 of the 13 places has no tide station close enough, or in the same body of water, to give their times: the nearest one, Ponta da Madeira, is 8.4 mi away on average. And we can't rely on the global tide model on this coast, so for now we don't show their tide. The sun, moon and spring tides on their pages are accurate.
What time are sunrise and sunset today on Ilha de São Luís?
In the middle of the area, the sun rises at 5:35 am and sets at 5:47 pm: 12 h 12 min of daylight.
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Understanding tides
Sun and moon: our own calculation with astronomy-engine. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Coastline: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). How we calculate the tide