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Waimea Bay tide chart

Hawaii · Waimea · NOAA station 1611401 · times in local time (HST)

Tides today, Sunday, October 11

12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM4:19 AM · 1.8 ft10:47 AM · 0.5 ft3:39 PM · 1.0 ft9:46 PM · 0.0 ft1.8 ft
  • High 4:19 AM 1.8 ft
  • Low 10:47 AM 0.5 ft
  • High 3:39 PM 1.0 ft
  • Low 9:46 PM 0.0 ft

Sunrise 6:34 AM · Sunset 6:18 PM · New moon (0%)

Fishing forecast

Hour by hour at Waimea Bay
97Excellent

Best times

12:00 AM–2:00 AM and 7:00 AM–8:00 AM

New moon (0% lit)

    Biting around here in October

    • Ulua (giant trevally) In seasonNight shore casting around big tides
    • ʻŌʻio (bonefish) In seasonSand flats on the rising tide
    • Pāpio In seasonMoving water at dawn
    • Moi In seasonSurf at dawn; closed June–August

    General seasonal guide for Hawaii. Seasons, sizes and limits vary, so check your state rules before keeping fish.

    Weather and conditions at Waimea Bay

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    Tide times this week

    DayHigh and low tidesSunrise / sunsetMoon
    Sun Oct 11H 4:19 AM 1.8 ftL 10:47 AM 0.5 ftH 3:39 PM 1.0 ftL 9:46 PM 0.0 ft6:34 AM / 6:18 PMNew moon (0%)
    Mon Oct 12H 4:55 AM 1.8 ftL 11:38 AM 0.6 ftH 3:59 PM 0.9 ftL 10:09 PM 0.1 ft6:34 AM / 6:17 PMNew moon (3%)
    Tue Oct 13H 5:32 AM 1.8 ftL 12:35 PM 0.7 ftH 4:14 PM 0.8 ftL 10:32 PM 0.1 ft6:35 AM / 6:16 PMWaxing crescent (7%)
    Wed Oct 14H 6:13 AM 1.7 ftL 1:50 PM 0.7 ftH 4:16 PM 0.7 ftL 10:57 PM 0.2 ft6:35 AM / 6:15 PMWaxing crescent (13%)
    Thu Oct 15H 7:01 AM 1.6 ftL 11:22 PM 0.3 ft6:35 AM / 6:15 PMWaxing crescent (21%)
    Fri Oct 16H 8:01 AM 1.5 ftL 11:52 PM 0.4 ft6:36 AM / 6:14 PMFirst quarter (31%)
    Sat Oct 17H 9:15 AM 1.5 ft6:36 AM / 6:13 PMFirst quarter (41%)

    Best fishing times at Waimea Bay

    The bite score (0 to 100) adds up what anglers watch most: moving water (a tide running harder than usual here scores higher), solunar periods (major periods of about two hours centred on the moon overhead or underfoot, minor periods of about an hour on moonrise and moonset), dawn and dusk light, and how close it is to the new or full moon. Best times are the stretches of the day scoring near that day's top.

    DayBite scoreBest timesMajor periodsMinor periods
    Sun Oct 1197 · Excellent12:00 AM–2:00 AM, 7:00 AM–8:00 AM12:01 AM–2:01 AM, 12:24 PM–2:24 PM7:11 AM–8:11 AM, 6:32 PM–7:32 PM
    Mon Oct 1282 · Excellent1:00 AM–2:00 AM12:47 AM–2:47 AM, 1:11 PM–3:11 PM8:06 AM–9:06 AM, 7:12 PM–8:12 PM
    Tue Oct 1367 · Good2:00 AM–3:00 AM1:35 AM–3:35 AM, 1:59 PM–3:59 PM9:02 AM–10:02 AM, 7:54 PM–8:54 PM
    Wed Oct 1454 · Fair3:00 AM–4:00 AM2:24 AM–4:24 AM, 2:49 PM–4:49 PM9:56 AM–10:56 AM, 8:41 PM–9:41 PM
    Thu Oct 1547 · Fair3:00 AM–5:00 AM3:15 AM–5:15 AM, 3:40 PM–5:40 PM10:49 AM–11:49 AM, 9:31 PM–10:31 PM
    Fri Oct 1650 · Fair5:00 PM–6:00 PM, 5:00 AM–6:00 AM4:06 AM–6:06 AM, 4:31 PM–6:31 PM11:39 AM–12:39 PM, 10:24 PM–11:24 PM
    Sat Oct 1754 · Fair6:00 PM–7:00 PM, 5:00 AM–7:00 AM4:56 AM–6:56 AM, 5:20 PM–7:20 PM12:25 PM–1:25 PM, 11:18 PM–12:18 AM

    A planning aid, not a guarantee. Wind, water clarity, bait and pressure changes matter too; the forecast above adds live wind and pressure when you open the page.

    Best daylight low tides in the next two weeks

    The lowest water that falls between sunrise and sunset, for tide pooling and beachcombing.

    1. 0.5 ft at 9:00 AM on Saturday, October 24
    2. 0.5 ft at 8:07 AM on Friday, October 23
    3. 0.5 ft at 7:15 AM on Thursday, October 22
    4. 0.5 ft at 10:47 AM on Sunday, October 11
    5. 0.6 ft at 11:38 AM on Monday, October 12
    6. 0.7 ft at 12:35 PM on Tuesday, October 13

    Tide table: October 11 to November 10, 2026

    Full 2026 tide table Full 2027 tide table

    DayHigh and low tidesSunrise / sunset
    Sun Oct 11H 4:19 AM 1.8 ftL 10:47 AM 0.5 ftH 3:39 PM 1.0 ftL 9:46 PM 0.0 ft6:34 AM / 6:18 PM
    Mon Oct 12H 4:55 AM 1.8 ftL 11:38 AM 0.6 ftH 3:59 PM 0.9 ftL 10:09 PM 0.1 ft6:34 AM / 6:17 PM
    Tue Oct 13H 5:32 AM 1.8 ftL 12:35 PM 0.7 ftH 4:14 PM 0.8 ftL 10:32 PM 0.1 ft6:35 AM / 6:16 PM
    Wed Oct 14H 6:13 AM 1.7 ftL 1:50 PM 0.7 ftH 4:16 PM 0.7 ftL 10:57 PM 0.2 ft6:35 AM / 6:15 PM
    Thu Oct 15H 7:01 AM 1.6 ftL 11:22 PM 0.3 ft6:35 AM / 6:15 PM
    Fri Oct 16H 8:01 AM 1.5 ftL 11:52 PM 0.4 ft6:36 AM / 6:14 PM
    Sat Oct 17H 9:15 AM 1.5 ft6:36 AM / 6:13 PM
    Sun Oct 18L 12:44 AM 0.5 ftH 10:27 AM 1.5 ftL 7:09 PM 0.5 ftH 11:48 PM 0.6 ft6:36 AM / 6:12 PM
    Mon Oct 19L 3:20 AM 0.6 ftH 11:25 AM 1.5 ftL 7:11 PM 0.4 ft6:37 AM / 6:11 PM
    Tue Oct 20H 12:30 AM 0.8 ftL 5:08 AM 0.6 ftH 12:08 PM 1.5 ftL 7:20 PM 0.4 ft6:37 AM / 6:11 PM
    Wed Oct 21H 1:03 AM 0.9 ftL 6:18 AM 0.6 ftH 12:44 PM 1.5 ftL 7:33 PM 0.3 ft6:38 AM / 6:10 PM
    Thu Oct 22H 1:35 AM 1.2 ftL 7:15 AM 0.5 ftH 1:15 PM 1.4 ftL 7:50 PM 0.2 ft6:38 AM / 6:09 PM
    Fri Oct 23H 2:09 AM 1.4 ftL 8:07 AM 0.5 ftH 1:46 PM 1.3 ftL 8:09 PM 0.1 ft6:39 AM / 6:08 PM
    Sat Oct 24H 2:45 AM 1.6 ftL 9:00 AM 0.5 ftH 2:16 PM 1.2 ftL 8:32 PM 0.0 ft6:39 AM / 6:08 PM
    Sun Oct 25H 3:23 AM 1.8 ftL 9:53 AM 0.5 ftH 2:47 PM 1.1 ftL 8:58 PM -0.1 ft6:40 AM / 6:07 PM
    Mon Oct 26H 4:03 AM 2.0 ftL 10:49 AM 0.5 ftH 3:18 PM 0.9 ftL 9:27 PM -0.1 ft6:40 AM / 6:06 PM
    Tue Oct 27H 4:47 AM 2.1 ftL 11:51 AM 0.6 ftH 3:49 PM 0.8 ftL 10:00 PM -0.1 ft6:41 AM / 6:06 PM
    Wed Oct 28H 5:36 AM 2.1 ftL 1:06 PM 0.6 ftH 4:20 PM 0.7 ftL 10:37 PM -0.1 ft6:41 AM / 6:05 PM
    Thu Oct 29H 6:29 AM 2.0 ftL 11:18 PM 0.0 ft6:42 AM / 6:04 PM
    Fri Oct 30H 7:30 AM 1.9 ft6:42 AM / 6:04 PM
    Sat Oct 31L 12:08 AM 0.1 ftH 8:36 AM 1.9 ftL 5:44 PM 0.4 ftH 8:52 PM 0.5 ft6:43 AM / 6:03 PM
    Sun Nov 1L 1:20 AM 0.3 ftH 9:45 AM 1.8 ftL 6:09 PM 0.4 ftH 11:00 PM 0.6 ft6:43 AM / 6:03 PM
    Mon Nov 2L 3:12 AM 0.5 ftH 10:47 AM 1.7 ftL 6:31 PM 0.3 ft6:44 AM / 6:02 PM
    Tue Nov 3H 12:13 AM 0.9 ftL 5:03 AM 0.6 ftH 11:41 AM 1.5 ftL 6:52 PM 0.2 ft6:44 AM / 6:02 PM
    Wed Nov 4H 1:03 AM 1.1 ftL 6:29 AM 0.6 ftH 12:25 PM 1.4 ftL 7:11 PM 0.1 ft6:45 AM / 6:01 PM
    Thu Nov 5H 1:45 AM 1.4 ftL 7:38 AM 0.6 ftH 1:03 PM 1.3 ftL 7:31 PM 0.1 ft6:45 AM / 6:01 PM
    Fri Nov 6H 2:22 AM 1.6 ftL 8:37 AM 0.6 ftH 1:36 PM 1.1 ftL 7:52 PM 0.0 ft6:46 AM / 6:00 PM
    Sat Nov 7H 2:57 AM 1.8 ftL 9:31 AM 0.6 ftH 2:06 PM 0.9 ftL 8:14 PM -0.1 ft6:46 AM / 6:00 PM
    Sun Nov 8H 3:30 AM 1.9 ftL 10:21 AM 0.6 ftH 2:33 PM 0.8 ftL 8:38 PM -0.1 ft6:47 AM / 5:59 PM
    Mon Nov 9H 4:03 AM 1.9 ftL 11:09 AM 0.5 ftH 2:59 PM 0.7 ftL 9:03 PM -0.1 ft6:48 AM / 5:59 PM
    Tue Nov 10H 4:37 AM 1.9 ftL 11:56 AM 0.5 ftH 3:23 PM 0.6 ftL 9:30 PM 0.0 ft6:48 AM / 5:58 PM

    Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero line on most US nautical charts. A minus height means the water drops below that line.

    Around Waimea Bay

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    Fish in the waters around Waimea Bay

    40 kinds of fish, sharks and rays have been recorded within 15 km (about 9 miles) of this spot, most often Arc-eye Hawkfish, Saddle Wrasse, Brown Surgeonfish. The bar shows how many records each has.

    • Arc-eye Hawkfish Paracirrhites arcatusSalt water · 302 records
    • Saddle Wrasse Thalassoma duperreySalt water · 274 records
    • Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscusSalt water · 174 records
    • Vanderbilt's Chromis Chromis vanderbiltiSalt water · 163 records
    • Whitespotted Toby Canthigaster jactatorSalt water · 121 records
    • Manybar Goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatusSalt water · 115 records
    • Bridled Triggerfish Sufflamen fraenatumSalt water · 90 records
    • Scythe Triggerfish Sufflamen bursaSalt water · 85 records
    • Johnston Damselfish Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianusSalt water · 83 records
    • Elegant Coris Coris venustaSalt water · 78 records
    • Hawaiian Dascyllus Dascyllus albisellaSalt water · 68 records
    • Orangeband Surgeonfish Acanthurus olivaceusSalt water · 65 records
    • Hawaiian Hogfish Bodianus albotaeniatusSalt water · 57 records
    • Common Bluestripe Snapper Lutjanus kasmiraSalt water · 56 records
    • Pinktail Triggerfish Melichthys viduaSalt water · 55 records
    • Belted Wrasse Stethojulis balteataSalt water · 53 records
    • Ornate Wrasse Halichoeres ornatissimusSalt water · 53 records
    • Whitespotted Butterflyfish Chaetodon kleiniiSalt water · 45 records
    • Pebbled Butterflyfish Chaetodon multicinctusSalt water · 41 records
    • Potter's Angelfish Centropyge potteriSalt water · 38 records
    • Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutusSalt water · 33 records
    • Chromis hanuiSalt water · 33 records
    • Striated Wrasse Pseudocheilinus evanidusSalt water · 31 records
    • Smalltail Wrasse Pseudojuloides cerasinusSalt water · 29 records
    • Pacific Gregory Stegastes fasciolatusSalt water · 27 records
    • Brighteye Damselfish Plectroglyphidodon imparipennisSalt water · 27 records
    • Fourline Pigmy Wrasse Pseudocheilinus tetrataeniaSalt water · 26 records
    • Sidespot Goatfish Parupeneus pleurostigmaSalt water · 26 records
    • Forster's Hawkfish Paracirrhites forsteriSalt water · 26 records
    • Bandit Angelfish Apolemichthys arcuatusSalt water · 25 records
    • Twospot Wrasse Oxycheilinus bimaculatusSalt water · 22 records
    • Crochet Butterflyfish Chaetodon miliarisSalt water · 22 records
    • Fourspot Butterflyfish Chaetodon quadrimaculatusSalt water · 22 records
    • Cleaner Wrasse Labroides phthirophagusSalt water · 21 records
    • Geoffroy's Wrasse Macropharyngodon geoffroySalt water · 19 records
    • Blacktail Snapper Lutjanus fulvusSalt water · 19 records
    • Peacock Hind Cephalopholis argusSalt water · 19 records
    • Bluefin Trevally Caranx melampygusSalt water · 19 records
    • Crown Toby Canthigaster coronataSalt water · 19 records
    • Iridescent Cardinalfish Pristiapogon kallopterusSalt water · 19 records

    Records from GBIF datasets released under CC0 or CC BY 4.0 (museum collections, surveys and community sightings). It shows what has been found here, not a complete list. Check your state rules before keeping fish.

    About the tides at Waimea Bay

    Waimea Bay gets two high tides and two low tides most days, but one high is clearly higher than the other (and one low clearly lower), which is called a mixed tide. Over the next month the water typically rises or falls about 1.0 ft between a high and the next low.

    The biggest swings in this window come around Tuesday, October 27, when the day's range reaches 2.2 ft, and again around Monday, November 9 (2.0 ft). Here the biggest ranges depend on the moon's phase and on how far north or south of the equator it is, so they don't always line up with the new and full moon. The calmest day is Sunday, October 18, with only 1.0 ft between the day's highest and lowest water.

    The lowest tide of the month is -0.1 ft at 10:00 PM on Tuesday, October 27. There are 10 minus tides (lows below the chart's zero line) in this window: the best times for tide pools, clamming and walking the flats.

    The highest predicted tide is 2.1 ft at 5:36 AM on Wednesday, October 28. Onshore wind or a storm can push the real water level above that.

    This is a subordinate station: NOAA calculates its times and heights by adjusting a nearby reference station, so expect them to be a few minutes or a few tenths of a foot off on any given day.

    Station details

    Reference station: Nawiliwili.

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