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Best time to fish in São Roque do Pico

Today, Thursday, October 29, 2026 · local time (GMT-1) · Azores, Portugal Today, Thu, Oct 29 · GMT-1
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Today's rating Good day 8 out of 10
Best time today 2:20–3:50 am Also 8:00–10:00 am
High tides
2:54 am and 3:14 pm
Major periods
2:24–4:24 am and 2:56–4:56 pm
Solunar activity
Medium
Sun
7:17 am–5:57 pm

Today, Thursday, October 29, the best time to fish in São Roque do Pico is 2:20 am to 3:50 am, with the 2:54 am high tide, a major period and falling pressure. It's a good day (8/10). Today is the best day this week.

Your day in São Roque do Pico at a glance

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

DayRatingBest timesHigh tidesMoon
Today 8good day
2:20–3:50 am8:00–10:00 am
 ▲ 2:54 am
▲ 3:14 pm		 Waning gibbous
Fri 30 5average day
4:00–6:00 pm3:30–4:50 am
 ▲ 3:46 am
▲ 4:12 pm		 Waning gibbous
Sat 31 6average day
5:20–6:20 pm4:30–5:50 am
 ▲ 4:48 am
▲ 5:21 pm		 Waning gibbous
Sun 1 6average day
5:50–7:50 pm5:30–7:30 am
 ▲ 6:03 am
▲ 6:45 pm		 Last quarter
Mon 2 7good day
6:50–8:20 am2:00–3:00 pm
 ▲ 7:25 am
▲ 8:12 pm		 Waning crescent
Tue 3 6average day
7:40–9:10 am8:20–9:40 pm
 ▲ 8:40 am
▲ 9:22 pm		 Waning crescent
Wed 4 7good day
8:40–10:00 am9:20–10:20 pm
 ▲ 9:41 am
▲ 10:16 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 São Roque do Pico?

Sport fishing species with the most records within about 19 mi of São Roque do Pico: white seabream, bogue, salema, striped red mullet and ballan wrasse.

  1. Picture of white seabream
    White seabream Diplodus sargus · fish · 381 records Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  2. Picture of bogue
    Bogue Boops boops · fish · 298 records Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  3. Picture of salema
    Salema Sarpa salpa · fish · 297 records Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  4. Picture of striped red mullet
    Striped red mullet Mullus surmuletus · fish · 270 records Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  5. Picture of ballan wrasse
    Ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta · fish · 151 records Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  6. Picture of axillary seabream
    Axillary seabream Pagellus acarne · fish · 140 records Photo: jujurenoult · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  7. Picture of blackspot seabream
    Blackspot seabream Pagellus bogaraveo · fish · 104 records Photo: Isabelle Cheret, null · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  8. Picture of red porgy
    Red porgy Pagrus pagrus · fish · 97 records Photo: Etrusko25 · public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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 3.5 of 5, moon 1 of 2, coefficient 2 of 2 and lineup 0 of 1; the weather adds 1.

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

Questions about fishing in São Roque do Pico

What's the best time to fish in São Roque do Pico today?

2:20 am to 3:50 am, with the 2:54 am high tide, a major period and falling pressure. Also 8:00 am to 10:00 am. Today's rating: 8/10 (good day).

What about tomorrow? When's the best time to fish in São Roque do Pico?

Tomorrow, Friday, October 30: 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, with a rating of 5/10.

Which day this week is best for fishing in São Roque do Pico?

Thursday, October 29, at 8/10. Its best window is 2:20 am to 3:50 am.

What can you catch in São Roque do Pico?

Sport fishing species with the most records within about 19 mi of São Roque do Pico: white seabream, bogue, salema, striped red mullet and ballan wrasse. These are sightings and catches recorded in GBIF and OBIS, not a promise that you will catch them.

When are the solunar periods in São Roque do Pico today?

Major: 2:24–4:24 am and 2:56–4:56 pm. Minor: 10:52–11:52 am and 8:00–9:00 pm. Solunar activity today: medium.

Does the tide affect fishing in São Roque do Pico?

Yes. Today high tide is at 2:54 am and 3:14 pm and low tide at 9:03 am and 9:20 pm, with a tide coefficient of 90 (spring 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: falling pressure (−0.17 inHg in 24 h), light cross-shore wind (5 mph) and 7.5 ft waves. Strong wind and big waves lower the rating; falling pressure raises it a little.

More about São Roque do Pico today

Our own calculation: tide from Horta (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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