TidePlanet

Today in Kinvarra there are high tides at 6:01 am (17.5 ft) and 6:27 pm (17.1 ft) and low tide at 12:01 pm. Tide coefficient 99. Right now the tide is falling toward the low tide at 12:17 am. The sun rises at 7:26 am and sets at 5:12 pm: 9 h 46 min of daylight. The moon is 92% illuminated (waning gibbous) and rises at 5:51 pm. Major solunar periods run from 12:59 am to 2:59 am and from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. The next spring tides arrive from October 26 to 28. There's a gentle breeze from the south (8 mph). Overcast, 54 °F.

Fishing

Fishing in Kinvarra today

Fishing forecast, 7 days →

Best time to fish

Solunar activity today: high
6
Average day · 6 out of 10 5:20–6:20 pm
  • High tide at 6:27 pm, coefficient 96
  • Minor period 5:21–6:21 pm (moonrise)
  • Sunset at 5:12 pm, golden hour from 4:21 pm
  • Rising pressure (+0.29 inHg in 24 h) and light offshore wind (6 mph)
  • Waning gibbous: a bit more activity than at the quarters
  • Highest tide coefficient today: 99 (spring tides)
  • A minor period lines up with sunset

Your day at a glance

The best window, 5:20 pm to 6:20 pm, combines the 6:27 pm high tide, moonrise and sunset, though with rising pressure.

Species with the most records nearby: whiting, small-spotted catshark, haddock and Atlantic horse mackerel. October is one of the months when these are seen most: small-spotted catshark. What you can catch

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Tides

Tides in Kinvarra

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Today's high and low tides

  • ▲ High tide 6:01 am 17.5 ft · coef. 99
  • ▼ Low tide 12:01 pm 2.2 ft
  • ▲ High tide 6:27 pm 17.1 ft · coef. 96

↓ Falling The tide is falling. 2 h 25 min to low tide at 12:17 am.

Tide coefficient 99 for the 6:01 am high tide and 96 for the 6:27 pm high tide. Spring tides. The water rises and falls 15.3 ft between the highest high and the lowest low: a large range for this place. 70 is an average tide here; 90 and above means spring tides; below 45, neap tides. What is the tide coefficient?

2026 extremes: the highest tide of the year is on December 26 (17.9 ft) and the lowest, on March 20 (1.0 ft).

Semidiurnal: two high and two low tides a day, of similar height.

Heights above chart datum: the lowest astronomical tide (LAT), the zero of nautical charts in Europe. Astronomical prediction: wind and air pressure can raise or lower the water by a few inches, and more in a storm. Not for navigation. chart datum (LAT)

Tide coefficient and range in October

The biggest tides of the month came from October 26 to 28 (coefficient 100, 15.3 ft range). The smallest, on October 19 (coefficient 27, 4.9 ft).

Tide and solunar table · this week

Day Sun Tide 1Tide 2Tide 3Tide 4 Coef. Moon Major periods Activity
Today, Wed 28 7:26 am · 5:12 pm High tide 6:01 am · 17.5 ft Low tide 12:01 pm · 2.2 ft High tide 6:27 pm · 17.1 ft — Coef. 99 92% Major periods 12:59 am · 1:30 pm High
Thu 29 7:28 am · 5:10 pm Low tide 12:17 am · 2.7 ft High tide 6:45 am · 17.1 ft Low tide 12:45 pm · 2.6 ft High tide 7:15 pm · 16.4 ft Coef. 92 85% Major periods 2:03 am · 2:35 pm Medium
Fri 30 7:30 am · 5:08 pm Low tide 1:02 am · 3.6 ft High tide 7:32 am · 16.4 ft Low tide 1:33 pm · 3.4 ft High tide 8:08 pm · 15.4 ft Coef. 81 76% Major periods 3:07 am · 3:39 pm Medium
Sat 31 7:32 am · 5:06 pm Low tide 1:51 am · 4.8 ft High tide 8:25 am · 15.5 ft Low tide 2:28 pm · 4.4 ft High tide 9:08 pm · 14.4 ft Coef. 68 65% Major periods 4:10 am · 4:40 pm Medium
Sun 1 7:34 am · 5:04 pm Low tide 2:49 am · 6.0 ft High tide 9:27 am · 14.6 ft Low tide 3:35 pm · 5.4 ft High tide 10:20 pm · 13.6 ft Coef. 55 Last quarter Major periods 5:09 am · 5:36 pm Medium
Mon 2 7:36 am · 5:02 pm Low tide 4:03 am · 6.9 ft High tide 10:43 am · 14.0 ft Low tide 5:07 pm · 5.8 ft High tide 11:42 pm · 13.4 ft Coef. 49 43% Major periods 6:03 am · 6:28 pm Medium
Tue 3 7:37 am · 5:00 pm Low tide 5:50 am · 7.0 ft High tide 12:08 pm · 13.9 ft Low tide 6:50 pm · 5.4 ft — Coef. 51 32% Major periods 6:52 am · 7:16 pm Medium

▲ high tide · ▼ low tide · heights above chart datum (LAT). Major periods: start time; they last 2 hours. Activity: based on the moon phase and the solunar periods.

Where this tide comes from

B · Nearby station

Kinvarra has no station of its own, so we use the tide at Galway Port (TICON-4), 10 mi away. On the open coast the difference is usually a few minutes and inches; inside estuaries, rivers and enclosed bays it can be much larger.

Station data attribution: 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

How we calculate the tide

Sea and waves

The sea at Kinvarra

Hourly wind

Sea state

The wave model doesn't reach Kinvarra: it's on inland water (an estuary, sound or sheltered bay) or far from the open sea. Wind is still available right here.

Wind on the coast and offshore

On the coast 8 mph S · gusts 13

The model doesn't separate offshore wind here: it's the same as on the coast.

Offshore wind. The coast faces north and the wind blows from land out to sea: calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

Offshore Hourly wind →

Water temperature

Water temperature →
Water now55.0 °F
Today 54.9–55.0 °F air: 53 / 58 °F
Satellite (yesterday) 55.6 °F measured 0.2 mi away

Water temperature changes how fish behave: in very cold or very warm water they feed less. The water cools over the next few days: about 53.2 °F by Tuesday 3.

Water about normal for late October.

Satellite: NASA MUR (JPL MUR MEaSUREs, PO.DAAC), doi:10.5067/GHGMR-4FJ04. Sources and licenses

Water temperature →

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 9:52 pm (local time).

Weather

Weather in Kinvarra

14-day weather

Now in Kinvarra

Now 54 °F Overcast · feels like 50 °F · 53 / 58 °F
Low / high
53 / 58 °F
Rain
0.09 in · 100%
Clouds
100%
Humidity
88%
Dew pointDew point
50 °F
Visibility
16 mi
UV indexUV
0 · low
Air qualityAir
Good · 18
Saharan dust
No
Pollen
None

Pressure and fishing

  • ↗ RisingRising Anglers say fish bite less for a while
  • → SteadySteady · now Anglers expect normal activity
  • ↘ FallingFalling Anglers say fish feed more before the change

Steady now (+0.02 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: +0.12 inHg. Steady pressure: anglers expect normal activity. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Today, hour by hourHour by hour

Bars: mean wind. Dashed line: gusts. Arrows point where the wind blows to.

Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Sky Light rainLight rainOvercastPartly cloudyOvercastOvercastOvercastOvercast
Temperature 53°56°54°55°58°58°55°54°
Wind (mph) 14 SSW17 WSW11 WSW9 WSW14 SW12 SW6 SSW7 S
Gusts 2432221921201311
Rain 0.01 in0.01 in0.00 in0.00 in0.00 in0.00 in0.00 in0.00 in
  • 9:00 pm 54° 7 S
  • 12:00 am 54° 9 S
  • 3:00 am 53° 9 SSE
  • 6:00 am 53° 10 SSE
  • 9:00 am 54° 11 SSE
  • 12:00 pm 57° 15 SSE
  • 3:00 pm 56° 16 SSE
  • 6:00 pm 54° 15 SSE

Next 14 daysComing days

Day Sky Low / high Max wind High tides
Today · 28 Light rain 53 / 58 °F 19 mph SW 6:01 am · 6:27 pm
Thu 29 Overcast 53 / 57 °F 19 mph SSE 6:45 am · 7:15 pm
Fri 30 Light rain 55 / 60 °F 20 mph SSE 7:32 am · 8:08 pm
Sat 31 Light rain 54 / 57 °F 11 mph S 8:25 am · 9:08 pm
Sun 1 Overcast 46 / 54 °F 8 mph NNE 9:27 am · 10:20 pm
Mon 2 Partly cloudy 41 / 54 °F 6 mph E 10:43 am · 11:42 pm
Tue 3 Overcast 38 / 50 °F 5 mph E 12:08 pm
Wed 4 Overcast 46 / 54 °F 6 mph E 12:59 am · 1:21 pm
Thu 5 Overcast 43 / 53 °F 13 mph E 1:58 am · 2:17 pm
Fri 6 Overcast 40 / 51 °F 11 mph E 2:45 am · 3:03 pm
Sat 7 Overcast 41 / 49 °F 8 mph E 3:25 am · 3:44 pm
Sun 8 Light drizzle 41 / 51 °F 11 mph ENE 4:02 am · 4:23 pm
Mon 9 Overcast 50 / 56 °F 7 mph ENE 4:38 am · 5:00 pm
Tue 10 Light drizzle 49 / 56 °F 6 mph E 5:14 am · 5:36 pm
  • Thu 29 Overcast 53° / 57° 19 mph
  • Fri 30 Light rain 55° / 60° 20 mph
  • Sat 31 Light rain 54° / 57° 11 mph
  • Sun 1 Overcast 46° / 54° 8 mph
  • Mon 2 Partly cloudy 41° / 54° 6 mph
  • Tue 3 Overcast 38° / 50° 5 mph
  • Wed 4 Overcast 46° / 54° 6 mph
See all 14 days →

Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore. High tides: our own tide calculation.

  • Normal Today, warmer than normal for late October (+2.7 °F; normal high: 55 °F). Climate by month →

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 9:52 pm (local time).

Sun

The sun in Kinvarra

Sunrise and sunset →

Sunrise and sunset

Rises 7:26 am in the ESE (111°)ESE
Sets 5:12 pm in the WSW (249°)WSW
  • First light 6:09 am
  • Full dark 6:29 pm
  • Civil dawn 6:50 am
  • Civil dusk 5:48 pm
  • Solar noon 12:20 pm (24° high)
  • Daylight 9 h 46 min (−4 min)
  • Evening golden hour 4:21 pm
  • Full dark 6:29 pm

Golden hour and the day-night map

Morning golden hour7:26–8:17 am
Evening golden hour4:21–5:12 pm
Kinvarra

Today the sun is 92,359,254 mi away and looks 32′ 11″ across.

Moon and solunar

The moon in Kinvarra

The moon for 7 days →

Moon phase and position

Waning gibbous · 92% 92% illuminated · 17.8 days old New moon on Mon, Nov 9 · 7:03 am
Rises 5:51 pm in the NE (41°)NE
Sets 12:23 pm tomorrow · in the NW (321°) · set at 11:05 am
Transit 1:59 am overhead
Visible 18 h 33 min from 5:51 pm to 12:23 pm

Today the moon is 226,451 mi away and looks 32′ 47″ across.

Solunar periods

Today's activity: high
  • 12:59–2:59 am Major · the moon passes overhead · high activity
  • 1:30–3:30 pm Major · the moon passes underfoot · high activity
  • 10:35–11:35 am Minor · moonset · medium activity
  • 5:21–6:21 pm Minor · moonrise · medium activity

According to solunar theory, fish feed more when the moon passes overhead or underfoot (major periods, about 2 h) and when it rises or sets (minor periods, 1 h). It works best around new and full moon.

Upcoming moon phases

2026 moon calendar →
  • Last quarter Sun, Nov 1 · 8:29 pmNov 1 in 4 days
  • New moon Mon, Nov 9 · 7:03 amNov 9 in 12 days
  • First quarter Tue, Nov 17 · 11:48 amNov 17 in 20 days
  • Full moon Tue, Nov 24 · 2:54 pmNov 24 in 27 days

Perigee on October 28, 226,426 mi away, coinciding with the spring tides from October 26 to 28: they will be stronger than usual.

Place

Where to fish in Kinvarra

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Piers, ramps and tackle shops nearby

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Water depth

Very shallow

Very shallow and flat: even 3.1 mi from shore the water is less than 16 ft deep.

From the shoreline out to sea, heading northwest.

How far from shore

  • 16 ft deepnot within 3.1 mi
  • 33 ft deepnot within 3.1 mi
  • 66 ft deepnot within 3.1 mi
  • 164 ft deepnot within 3.1 mi

For fishing, swimming and diving

  • Shore fishing. Very shallow: the water doesn't reach 16 ft within 3.1 mi. Cast far from the beach, ideally around high tide.
  • Swimming. A very gentle way in with plenty of shallow water, good for kids. At low tide the water can be far out.
  • Diving. Shallow: the water doesn't reach 33 ft within 3.1 mi. For deeper dives, take a boat farther out.

Inside bays, estuaries and harbors the bottom changes a lot from spot to spot (channels and shoals): use this only as a rough guide. Where the bottom comes up to the surface there are shoals, rocks or an islet next to the profile.

Source: EMODnet Bathymetry DTM 2024 (CC BY 4.0), cells of about 380 ft; depth at the lowest astronomical tide. For reference only: not for navigation or anchoring.

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Kinvarra at a glance

  • Town or city of about 620 people. Coordinates: 53.139° N, 8.934° W.
  • It is 10 mi southeast of Galway, the main place in Galway. The sun rises 1 min earlier and sets at the same time than in Galway.
  • The nearest tide station, Galway Port, is 10 mi to the northwest.
  • Its coast faces north.

Questions about KinvarraQuestions

What time is high tide today in Kinvarra?

Today in Kinvarra there are high tides at 6:01 am (17.5 ft) and 6:27 pm (17.1 ft) and low tide at 12:01 pm. Tide coefficient 99.

What time is sunset today in Kinvarra?

At 5:12 pm. There is light until the end of civil twilight, at 5:48 pm.

What time is sunrise tomorrow in Kinvarra?

At 7:28 am. First light comes at 6:11 am.

What phase is the moon today?

Waning gibbous, 92% illuminated. New moon on Mon, Nov 9 · 7:03 am.

When are the next spring tides?

From October 26 to 28, together with the lunar perigee: they will be stronger than usual.

What are today's solunar periods?

Major 12:59–2:59 am, Minor 10:35–11:35 am, Major 1:30–3:30 pm, Minor 5:21–6:21 pm. Today's activity is high.

What's the weather like today in Kinvarra?

Light rain, from 53 °F to 58 °F, with a gentle breeze from the south (8 mph) and a 100% chance of rain.

When is the best time to visit Kinvarra?

The best time to visit Kinvarra is from June to September: highs of 64 °F to 67 °F, about 13 rainy days a month and 5 hours of sunshine a day.

Can I use this data for navigation?

No. These are predictions for fishing and leisure; for navigation, use the official publications.

Where this data comes from

Tide: Galway Port station, with constants from TICON-4 (Hart-Davis, Dettmering and Seitz, 2025, SEANOE), licensed CC BY 4.0, via Slackwater database (changes). Sun and moon: our own calculation with astronomy-engine. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Coastline: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

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