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Tides
Marks
Fish guide
Water quality
Log
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Tides
Marks
Fish guide
Water quality
Log
Alerts

Tide times nearby

Swanage1 km away
Poole13 km away
Wareham14 km away
Bournemouth15 km away
Wick19 km away
Christchurch20 km away

Durlston tide times today and this week · Tidefinder

Durlston tide times

Dorset · today and the next six days

FallingLow water 02:01, in 1 h 30 mMid tides

Our predictions from the Bournemouth gauge, 14 km away. Heights are above chart datum, as in tide tables. This uses Environment Agency tide gauge data from the real-time data API (Beta). Not for navigation.

TodayThu 15 OctMid tides
1. Low02:011.8 m01:47–02:16
2. High03:532.1 m03:26–04:19
3. Low06:471.1 m06:22–07:13
4. High11:462.1 m10:48–12:44
5. Low14:181.8 m14:02–14:34
6. High16:022.0 m15:33–16:32
7. Low19:061.1 m18:38–19:35
8. High23:541.9 m22:56–00:52
77Best 20:30–23:001.0 m range

Best time to fish this week

Top pick this week

Friday morning

08:30–11:00

79Good

3h into the flood
Dawn
Mid tides

Bass, Whiting, Flounder, Thin-lipped mulletLight NNW 10 mph

Why this time?

Rest of the week

Times are the middle of each turn. The small times underneath are slack water, when the level stays close to high or low.

TomorrowFri 16 OctMid tides
1. Low02:251.7 m02:04–02:46
2. High04:302.0 m04:04–04:55
3. Low07:211.3 m06:54–07:48
4. High11:55

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:30
Sunset: 18:15
Moon: Waxing crescent, 22%
Wind: SW 10–17 mph, gusts 32
Waves: Waves 1.0 m
Sea temperature: Sea 17.2°C

Tide: 3h into the floodFish feed at particular stages of the tide, when moving water stirs up food and lets them into the shallows.
Light: DawnMany sea fish feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark, when they're bolder close in.
Tide size: Mid tidesBigger spring tides move more water, stirring up food and colouring the water. Some fish prefer quieter neaps.
Season: Peak season in OctoberCounts whichever fish here is most in season.
Wind: Light NNW 10 mphLight enough to fish comfortably, so it costs nothing.
Sea: Moderate (0.8 m waves)Not fussy about sea state unless it gets rough.
Water: Sea 17.1°CComfortable between 4 and 24°C, best around 12.764705882352942°C.

Every good time this week

What are you after?

Pick a fish to see its best times here. In-season fish come first.

Fish

Bass, peak season
Whiting, peak season
Thornback ray, good season
Cod, good season
Dover sole, good season
Flounder, good season
Thin-lipped mullet, good season
Smoothhound, occasional this month

2.0 m

10:45–13:04

Low14:441.8 m14:29–15:00

High16:382.0 m16:10–17:06

Low19:411.2 m19:13–20:09

79Best 08:30–11:000.8 m range

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:32
Sunset: 18:13
Moon: Waxing crescent, 30%
Wind: NNW 7–15 mph, gusts 27
Waves: Waves 1.0 m
Sea temperature: Sea 17.1°C

Sat 17 OctNeaps

High05:102.0 m04:43–05:36
Low07:551.4 m07:31–08:18
High17:151.9 m16:51–17:38
Low20:171.4 m19:45–20:49

73Best 17:30–19:000.5 m range

Sun 18 OctNeaps

High05:521.9 m05:25–06:19
Low08:301.6 m08:03–08:56
High17:521.8 m17:25–18:18
Low20:581.4 m20:24–21:32

74Best 17:30–19:000.4 m range

Mon 19 OctNeaps

High06:351.9 m06:09–07:02

No standout fishing times

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:37
Sunset: 18:07
Moon: First quarter, 58%
Wind: NE 5–11 mph, gusts 21
Waves: Waves 1.1 m
Sea temperature: Sea 16.4°C

Tue 20 OctNeaps

Low01:251.5 m00:19–02:30
High07:201.9 m06:44–07:55

No standout fishing times0.4 m range

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:38
Sunset: 18:05
Moon: First quarter, 67%
Wind: SSE 6–14 mph, gusts 25
Waves: Waves 0.9 m
Sea temperature: Sea 16.4°C

Wed 21 OctNeaps

Low01:301.4 m00:44–02:16
High07:551.9 m07:04–08:46
Low14:001.4 m13:28–14:32
High19:001.8 m18:13–19:47

No standout fishing times0.5 m range

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:33
Sunset: 18:11
Moon: First quarter, 39%
Wind: NNE 7–11 mph, gusts 20
Waves: Waves 0.5 m
Sea temperature: Sea 16.8°C

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:35
Sunset: 18:09
Moon: First quarter, 48%
Wind: NNE 8–12 mph, gusts 22
Waves: Waves 0.6 m
Sea temperature: Sea 16.6°C

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:40
Sunset: 18:03
Moon: Waxing gibbous, 76%
Wind: SSW 6–29 mph, gusts 63
Waves: Waves 1.5 m
Sea temperature: Sea 16.5°C

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