Best time to fish in Port Alberni

Today, Thursday, October 29, 2026 · local time (PDT) · British Columbia, Canada Today, Thu, Oct 29 · PDT

Today's rating Good day 8 out of 10

Best time today 7:40–8:50 am Also 3:10–4:30 am and 1:50–3:50 pm

High tides: 3:30 am and 2:54 pm
Major periods: 3:07–5:07 am and 3:39–5:39 pm
Solunar activity: High
Sun: 8:03 am–6:02 pm

Today, Thursday, October 29, the best time to fish in Port Alberni is 7:40 am to 8:50 am, with the 8:45 am low tide, sunrise and some swell. It's a good day (8/10). The best day this week is Wednesday, November 4, at 8/10.

Your day in Port Alberni at a glance

Night Day Tide Major Minor Best windows 1 7:40–8:50 am2 3:10–4:30 am3 1:50–3:50 pm

The strip runs from midnight to midnight, local time. Night in gray, daylight in yellow; the blue curve is the tide; below, the solunar periods and the best windows.

Fishing forecast for the next 7 days

Day	Rating	Best times	High tides	Moon
Today	8good day	7:40–8:50 am3:10–4:30 am	▲ 3:30 am ▲ 2:54 pm	Waning gibbous
Fri 30	6average day	4:10–5:30 am4:40–6:30 pm	▲ 4:28 am ▲ 3:46 pm	Waning gibbous
Sat 31	6average day	5:30–6:30 pm5:10–6:30 am	▲ 5:33 am ▲ 4:47 pm	Waning gibbous
Sun 1	5average day	6:10–8:10 am5:10–7:00 pm	▲ 6:45 am ▲ 6:01 pm	Last quarter
Mon 2	6average day	7:40–8:50 am7:30–8:30 pm	▲ 7:55 am ▲ 7:25 pm	Waning crescent
Tue 3	6average day	7:50–9:50 am8:10–9:50 pm	▲ 8:55 am ▲ 8:48 pm	Waning crescent
Wed 4	8good day	8:40–10:40 am9:30–11:00 pm	▲ 9:44 am ▲ 10:00 pm	Waning crescent

Each day's rating comes from the tide, the solunar periods, the light and, when we have the forecast, the weather.

What can you catch in Port Alberni?

Sport fishing species with the most records within about 62 mi of Port Alberni: Chinook salmon, coho salmon and lingcod. October is one of the months when these are seen most: Chinook salmon.

Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha · fish · 32,395 records Photo: Wikimedia Commons · public domain
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2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch · fish · 12,611 records Photo: NOAA · public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Lingcod Ophiodon elongatus · fish · 1,244 records Photo: Will Sides · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD

These are sightings and catches recorded since 1970 (reports from divers and anglers, scientific surveys and museum collections), not a promise that you will catch them. The months come from sightings only, adjusted for how many there are each month; hatched months have too few to tell.

Source: GBIF.org, which also gathers OBIS data. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0, from 1,130 datasets (retrieved October 24, 2026). Where the data comes from

Photos: each species' image on Wikidata (Wikimedia Commons) or, if there isn't one, one from GBIF; only licences that allow this use, each with its author and licence.

Piers, ramps and tackle shops nearby

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How we work out the best time

We score every moment of the day, every 10 minutes, with simple rules anglers have used for decades:

Tide: 2 to 3.5 points in the hour before and the hour after each high and low tide. Spring tides (high coefficient) score more, because the water moves faster.
Solunar: 2.5 points in the major periods (moon overhead or underfoot) and 1.5 in the minor ones (moonrise and moonset).
Light: 2 points at dawn and dusk, from first light to the end of the morning golden hour and from the evening golden hour to the end of twilight.
Weather: falling pressure adds 1 point and rising pressure takes 1 away; wind takes points away from force 4 (about 12 mph), up to 5 points in a gale; waves of 1.6 ft to 4.9 ft add half a point (they stir up the water) and from 8.2 ft they take points away (up to 4).
Best windows: the stretches of 40 minutes to 3 hours with the most points, at least an hour apart.
Day's rating out of 10: the best window (up to 5), the moon (up to 2, near new or full moon), the tide coefficient (up to 2) and whether a solunar period lines up with sunrise or sunset (1). Without a tide, we score out of 8 and scale it to 10. Good weather adds up to 1 point and bad weather pulls it down.

Today: best window 3.7 of 5, moon 1 of 2, coefficient 1.5 of 2 and lineup 1 of 1; the weather adds 0.5.

It's a guide, not a guarantee: fish don't read tide tables. Always check the sea conditions and local fishing rules before you go.

Learn more

Fishing rules in Port Alberni

Licenses, size limits, bag limits and closed seasons are set by the authorities and change often. We don't copy them here: check the official website before you go.

Questions about fishing in Port Alberni

What's the best time to fish in Port Alberni today?

7:40 am to 8:50 am, with the 8:45 am low tide, sunrise and some swell. Also 3:10 am to 4:30 am and 1:50 pm to 3:50 pm. Today's rating: 8/10 (good day).

What about tomorrow? When's the best time to fish in Port Alberni?

Tomorrow, Friday, October 30: 4:10 am to 5:30 am, with a rating of 6/10.

Which day this week is best for fishing in Port Alberni?

Wednesday, November 4, at 8/10. Its best window is 8:40 am to 10:40 am.

What can you catch in Port Alberni?

Sport fishing species with the most records within about 62 mi of Port Alberni: Chinook salmon, coho salmon and lingcod. October is one of the months when these are seen most: Chinook salmon. These are sightings and catches recorded in GBIF and OBIS, not a promise that you will catch them.

When are the solunar periods in Port Alberni today?

Major: 3:07–5:07 am and 3:39–5:39 pm. Minor: 12:29–1:29 pm and 7:51–8:51 pm. Solunar activity today: high.

Does the tide affect fishing in Port Alberni?

Yes. Today high tide is at 3:30 am and 2:54 pm and low tide at 8:45 am and 9:55 pm, with a tide coefficient of 86 (average tides). The hours around each tide change tend to fish best, because moving water carries food.

How is the rating worked out?

From the tide, the solunar periods, the light at dawn and dusk, the moon phase and, when we have the forecast, the pressure, the wind and the waves. Each factor gives a fixed number of points and the rating sums them up out of 10.

Does it take the weather into account?

Yes. During today's best window: steady pressure (29.91 inHg), almost no wind and some swell (3.5 ft waves) to stir the water. Strong wind and big waves lower the rating; falling pressure raises it a little.

What are the fishing rules in Port Alberni?

Recreational fishing rules in Port Alberni (licenses, size limits, bag limits and closed seasons) are set by the authorities: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Region and Fisheries and Oceans Canada. They change often: check the official website before you go.

More about Port Alberni today

Our own calculation: tide from Port Alberni (TICON-4), sun and moon with astronomy-engine and, when available, weather and sea from Open-Meteo (ECMWF, NOAA GFS and Copernicus Marine, CC BY 4.0). Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database). Source: Hart-Davis, M., Dettmering, D., Seitz, F. (2025), TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records, SEANOE, https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Modified: see https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database#modifications-to-source-data

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