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Menorca tides
Menorca has 71 coastal places, including 41 main ones. Its astronomical tide is only about 0.5 ft: here the sea level is moved mostly by wind and air pressure.
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- Astronomical tide 0.5 ft almost none: wind and pressure rule
- Coastal places 71 41 main ones
- Spring tides Oct 26–28 full moon · with perigee
- Sun 7:08 am–5:46 pm 10 h 38 min of daylight
- Moon 93% · 7:08 pm waning gibbous
- Next phase Last quarter Sun, Nov 1 · 9:29 pm
Menorca at a glance
- Coastal places: 71 (41 main ones and 30 more): 40 beaches and 31 towns and cities.
- Province: Balearic Islands.
- Astronomical tide: about 0.5 ft from high to low today (Palma station, TICON-4). Wind and pressure move the sea more than the tide does.
- Next spring tides: from October 26 to 28, with the moon near perigee.
- Sun: rises 2 minutes earlier in S'Algar than in Cales Piques, at the two ends of the area.
Main places on Menorca
- Ciutadella de Menorca
- Es Castell
- Maó
- Cala En Porter
- Cala Llucalari
- Playa de Mitjana
- Son Bou
- Sant Tomàs
- Platja de Binigaus
- Playa Santo Tomás
- Cala Trebalúger
- Fornells
- Arenal d'en Castell
- Cala de Santandria
- Playa en Turqueta
- Playa des Talaier
- Playa Cala Blanca
- Cala Macarella
- Platja de Bellavista
- Cala Pregonda
- Platja de Cavalleria
- Cala de Binidalí
- Calà Binibèquer
- Arenal de Son Saura del Nord
The other 47 places on Menorca (17 of them main places)
In alphabetical order. Each one with today's tides, sun and moon.
- Arenal d'en Moro
- Binibèquer Vell
- Binissafuller
- Cala Alcaufar
- Cala Barril
- Cala Blanca
- Cala Calderer
- Cala Canutells
- Cala de Binissafúller
- Cala en Blanes
- Cala en Bosch
- Cala Escorxada
- Cala Fontanelles
- Cala Fustam
- Cala Galdana
- Cala Mesquida (Maó)
- Cala Mica
- Cala Morell
- Cala Pilar
- Cala Pudent
- Cala Tamarells
- Cala Tirant
- Cala Tortuga
- Cala'N Blanes
- Cala'n Porter
- Cales Piques
- Cap d'Artrutx
- Es Caló Blanc
- Es Canutells
- Ets Alocs
- Na Macaret
- Naya Fornells
- Platja d'Atalis
- Platja d'es Banyul
- Platja de Binimel·là
- Port d'Addaia
- Punta Grossa
- Punta Prima
- S'Algar
- S'Enclusa
- Sa Caleta d'en Gorries
- San Jaime Mediterráneo
- Son Parc
- Son Xoriguer
- Torre Soli Nou
- Trebeluger
- Urbanització Tamarinda
Questions about the tides on Menorca
Are there tides on Menorca?
Very small ones: today the astronomical tide is about 0.5 ft between high and low tide (Palma station). The sea level is moved mostly by wind and air pressure, which can raise or lower it more than the tide itself.
When are the next spring tides on Menorca?
From October 26 to 28, after the new or full moon, with the moon near perigee, so they will be bigger than usual. Here the tide is so small that they are hardly noticeable.
What time are sunrise and sunset today on Menorca?
In the middle of the area, the sun rises at 7:08 am and sets at 5:46 pm: 10 h 38 min of daylight. In S'Algar it rises 2 minutes earlier than in Cales Piques.
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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