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Tenby tide times

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Times shown in UK local time, currently BST.

Thursday 29th July, 2027

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The moon and tides at Tenby

Waning crescent

18% illuminated, waning

The moon is a waning crescent, 18% lit and fading towards the next new moon. The next new moon is in 4 days, on Monday 2 August.

The moon's monthly cycle drives the size of the tides here. Around the new moon and full moon, the sun and moon line up so their gravity adds together, producing the largest swing between low and high. Those are spring tides. Around the first and last quarter, the sun and moon pull at right angles and partly cancel out, producing the smallest swing. Those are neap tides.

The next spring tide peaks in 6 days, on Wednesday 4 August, at 8.4 metres. The current neap tide bottoms out today, Thursday 29 July, at 3.5 metres.

Today at Tenby is a neap tide, with a smaller range of 3.5 metres between low and high water. The smaller swing is the moon and sun working against each other.

Tenby Tide Clock

The falling tide is currently 6.45m

High Tide Low Tide 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1
Next high tide 00:10 6.46m
Next low tide 06:31 2.50m

The hand sweeps once around the dial each tidal cycle, about 12 hours and 25 minutes. Navy numbers mark the next high water. Orange numbers mark the next low. The tide is rising while the hand moves from low towards high, and falling on the way back.

Tides at Tenby run on a twice-daily rhythm, with two highs and two lows most days. The bigger fortnightly cycle that controls how large each swing gets is covered in the spring and neap tides guide.

Tenby Tide Times

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Thu, 29th
  • High 02:08 (6.25m)
  • Low 08:30 (2.75m)
  • High 14:51 (6.26m)
  • Low 21:15 (2.71m)
Fri, 30th
  • High 03:33 (6.35m)
  • Low 09:58 (2.57m)
  • High 16:13 (6.56m)
  • Low 22:41 (2.34m)
Sat, 31st
  • High 04:50 (6.74m)
  • Low 11:14 (2.12m)
  • High 17:22 (7.10m)
  • Low 23:50 (1.76m)
Sun, 1st
  • High 05:53 (7.27m)
  • Low 12:16 (1.55m)
  • High 18:19 (7.71m)
Mon, 2nd
  • Low 00:46 (1.15m)
  • High 06:47 (7.78m)
  • Low 13:07 (1.02m)
  • High 19:09 (8.25m)
Tue, 3rd
  • Low 01:36 (0.65m)
  • High 07:35 (8.17m)
  • Low 13:54 (0.64m)
  • High 19:56 (8.62m)
Wed, 4th
  • Low 02:21 (0.37m)
  • High 08:20 (8.37m)
  • Low 14:37 (0.46m)
  • High 20:39 (8.76m)

The panel at the top of the page shows the next four turns of the tide for whichever date is selected in the calendar. Each row is one extreme: a "High" or "Low", the time it happens in local time, and the predicted height in metres above chart datum.

The 7 days tab lays the next week out as columns, one per day, with each day's tides stacked top to bottom in the order they happen. The 30 days tab switches to a calendar-row layout for planning further ahead. Both pick up from whatever date the calendar is on.

Tides at most UK ports are semidiurnal: two highs and two lows roughly twelve hours and twenty-five minutes apart. A few stations have a double high water (Poole and Southampton are the well-known ones) or a much smaller secondary peak. If a day in the table only shows three turns instead of four, it's because one of them sat just outside midnight at one end of the day.

The size of the swing between low and high changes through the month, following the spring and neap cycle. The Tenby page flags spring and neap days automatically when one is selected in the calendar.

Tide Curve for Tenby

Next 7 days, segmented by day

-0.5m
2.1m
4.8m
7.4m
10.0m
Thu 29
Fri 30
Sat 31
Sun 1
Mon 2
Tue 3
Wed 4
Tide height in metres for Tenby over the next 7 days. Hover the chart to read off a precise time and height.

The chart plots the predicted water level at Tenby as a smooth curve over the next seven days. Each peak is a high water; each trough is a low water. The shaded bands separate days, and a faint "now" marker shows where the current time falls along the curve.

Hover the chart and a tracker line snaps to the nearest hour, with a tooltip giving the exact time and height. The numbers on the left axis are the height in metres above chart datum, on the same scale as the values in the tide table.

Weeks where the peaks are tall and the troughs deep are spring tides. Weeks where the curve bunches towards the middle are neaps. Predictions are computed from astronomical constituents, so the same shape carries forward as far as the data allows.

Tenby Location

51.6667, -4.7000

Tenby sits at 51.6667°N, 4.7000°W, on the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. The marker comes from the tide station coordinates rather than the town centre, so the prediction lines up with the bit of coastline the data is for.

Nearest tide stations to Tenby

For a same-day comparison, look at tide times for Saundersfoot, Manorbier, or Pembroke. The shape of the cycle is usually similar to Tenby, but the time of high water and the tidal range can shift noticeably along even short stretches of coast.

Browse the full list at UK tide locations for another port, harbour, or beach.

About tides at Tenby

Tenby sits on the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. Tide times here follow two highs and two lows on most days, roughly twelve hours and twenty-five minutes apart. All heights on this page are measured from chart datum, the lowest the water normally falls.

Across the year the typical day-to-day range here is around 5.6 metres between low and high water. Spring tides push the swing up to about 8.7 metres at peak. Neap tides drop it to around 2.2 metres.

Common questions about Tenby tide times

When is the next high tide at Tenby?
The next high tide is shown in the panel at the top of the page, with the exact time and predicted height in metres above chart datum. Today's full set of tide times is in the table below the calendar.
How big is the tidal range at Tenby?
The mean range here is around 5.6 metres between consecutive low and high water. Peak spring tides push that up to roughly 8.7 metres. Neap tides bring it down by about half.
What time zone are these tide times in?
Times follow UK local time, so they are GMT in winter and BST through the summer.
Why does high tide happen at a different time each day?
Tides follow the moon, not the sun. The moon takes about 24 hours and 50 minutes to come back to the same point overhead, so each high water happens roughly 50 minutes later than the day before.
Can I use these tide times for sailing or coastal planning?
No. These are astronomical predictions for general reference and educational use only. Don't rely on this site, or any tide table, for sailing, navigation, swimming, fishing, or any decision where the water level matters for safety. Use official sources and a current marine forecast instead.