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Tides
Fish
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Water quality
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Tides
Fish
Marks
Water quality
Log
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Tide times nearby

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Sandhead tide times today and this week · Tidefinder

Sandhead tide times

Dumfries and Galloway · today and the next six days

RisingHigh water 14:23, in 4 h 5 mSpring tides

Our predictions from the Portpatrick gauge, 11 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.

TodayWed 14 OctSprings
1. High02:054.0 m01:13–02:56
2. Low08:030.9 m07:09–08:57
3. High14:234.0 m13:31–15:15
4. Low20:290.9 m19:35–21:23
No standout fishing times3.1 m range

Best time to fish this week

Top pick this week

Tuesday evening

17:30–19:00

77Good

3h into the flood
Dusk
Neaps

Whiting, Bass, Thornback ray, Flounder, Dover soleLight ESE 7 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.

TomorrowThu 15 OctMid tides
1. High02:423.8 m01:50–03:34
2. Low08:381.1 m07:45–09:31
3. High15:003.9 m14:08–15:51
4. Low21:10

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:46
Sunset: 18:23
Moon: Waxing crescent, 14%
Wind: SSW 10–28 mph, gusts 49

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: DuskMany sea fish feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark, when they're bolder close in.
Tide size: NeapsBigger 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 ESE 7 mphLight enough to fish comfortably, so it costs nothing.

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

1.1 m

20:14–22:05

67Best 12:00–13:002.8 m range

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:48
Sunset: 18:21
Moon: Waxing crescent, 22%
Wind: WNW 3–26 mph, gusts 46

Fri 16 OctMid tides

High03:233.6 m02:31–04:16
Low09:171.3 m08:22–10:12
High15:423.7 m14:49–16:34
Low21:571.2 m20:59–22:55

74Best 00:30–02:302.5 m range

Sat 17 OctNeaps

High04:123.3 m03:21–05:03
Low10:051.5 m09:07–11:02
High16:323.5 m15:38–17:26
Low22:591.4 m21:58–00:01

69Best 00:30–03:302.1 m range

Sun 18 OctNeaps

High05:103.1 m04:18–06:01
Low11:101.7 m10:10–12:10
High17:333.3 m16:39–18:26

69Best 17:30–19:001.6 m range

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:54
Sunset: 18:14
Moon: First quarter, 48%
Wind: SE 1–7 mph, gusts 13

Mon 19 OctNeaps

Low00:161.4 m23:16–01:16
High06:262.9 m05:32–07:21
Low12:341.7 m11:35–13:32
High18:483.1 m17:48–19:48

74Best 17:30–19:001.4 m range

Tue 20 OctNeaps

Low01:381.4 m00:42–02:35
High07:572.9 m06:58–08:56
Low13:591.7 m13:04–14:53
High20:113.1 m19:09–21:14

77Best 17:30–19:001.5 m range

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:50
Sunset: 18:18
Moon: Waxing crescent, 30%
Wind: WNW 9–14 mph, gusts 25

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:52
Sunset: 18:16
Moon: First quarter, 39%
Wind: ESE 1–8 mph

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:56
Sunset: 18:11
Moon: First quarter, 58%
Wind: SE 1–8 mph, gusts 14

Good fishing timeDark

Sunrise: 07:58
Sunset: 18:09
Moon: First quarter, 67%
Wind: SE 5–10 mph, gusts 19

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