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Low Water | High Water |
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00:00 (0.5m) | 06:38 (2.2m) |
12:59 (0.6m) | 18:51 (1.9m) |
Now Rising | |
Time to high | 5:00 |
Total rise | 1.3m |
Remaining rise | |
Tide height over CD |
Mean Spring Curve | Mean Neap Curve | Intervening Period |
Small tidal stream inaccuracies can develop when advancing beyond HW Dover +6. Because of this we only enable today's tidal stream chartlets to advance 24 hours. Future tidal planning is best accomplished by using The Lower River Bann's future tides predictor below.
The above image represents the current tidal streams offshore of this haven. Streams attaining three knots and above are highlighted by red arrows
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Arrows represent the direction of tidal streams with lighter or shorter arrows indicating weaker streams. Stronger streams are indicated by heavier or longer arrows, and as mentioned above, red arrows flagging rates of 3 knots and above. Numerals represent [mean neap, mean spring] rates in tenths of a knot. For example the numbers 12,23 would indicate a mean neap of 1.2 knots and a mean spring of 2.3 knots.
More local tidal details
Today's Portrush tides — High waters: 06:38, 18:51, Low waters: 00:00, 12:59Today's Dover tides — High waters: 11:23, 23:33, Low waters: 06:21, 18:48
We are now on Springs.
High Water Dover -0430. Belfast -0440sp, -0240np
MHWS 2.2m MHWN 1.8m MLWN 0.9m MLWS 0.4m
Direction of stream in River Bann
Dover +0225; In going; -0415 out going
Upon approach off Portstewart Point
Dover -0400 east by south, +0100 West by south, at 1.25 knots.
There is very little flood stream in the river. The ebb stream runs at up to 3 knots in the entrance and can cause uneven eddies as far out as two miles offshore. Further upriver the run falls back to one and a half to just one knot. Maximum speed is experienced with Spring tides during heavy rains when the run off from Lough Neagh greatly increases the force of the ebb. On the other hand the flood stream is weak.

This tool can be used to estimate future costal tidal streams for this area. All that is required are two simple steps:
Step 1: What is the Dover High Water for the target date?
Use a current Dover Tide Table to find Dover High Water for the target date. The National Oceanography Centre offers online tidal predictions for up to 28 days from today. Click here to open their tide table for Dover

Step 2: Input the target date's Dover High Water
Taking a mean tidal offset from Dover's tide, we expect your targetted date's associated local tide at to be:
High waters: Low waters:
Data based on an average tide is only accurate to within one hour, if you more precise times are required use the ISA tidal predictions, with Portrush offset -01:00.
Today's overview |
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Headline: Cloudy and mainly dry today.
Today: A mainly cloudy day with a few light scattered showers, these dying out later in the afternoon. A few brighter spells breaking through at times. Rather cold. Maximum Temperature 6C.
Tonight: Outbreaks of rain will gradually extend northeast into western counties through this evening and overnight. The east will remain dry with a lot of cloud. Minimum Temperature 4C.
Thursday: Any overnight rain in the west soon dying out. Otherwise it will be a dry day with a good deal cloud and only a little brightness. Maximum Temperature 6C.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday: Cloudy on Friday with rain at times, although drier in the east. Cloudy over the weekend with occasional rain.

Click [+] to advance by twelve hours and click [-] to step back. The forecasted time is presented in the top left hand corner of the pressure chart. Click the image to display it in a full window.
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Belfast Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC). Operational Area: Northern Ireland/ Irish Republic Border, Lough Foyle to Northern/Irish Republic Border Carlingford Lough. Belfast Coastguard (MRSC) VHF Ch 16, liaises closely with IRCG. Emergencies are worked on 16, 67 and working channel. Alternatively, or if ashore, phone 999 and 112 and ask for ‘Marine Rescue’. Police, Fire and Rescue are also available on this number. Belfast (MRSC) may be contacted directly on +44 2891 463 933.
Other useful contacts in this area:
Seaton’s Marina Phone P: +44 708 32 086 M: +44 7733 100 915 E: ssp@seatonsmarina.co.uk
Coleraine Marina P: +44 28 7034 4768 VHF Ch 37
Coleraine Harbour Radio P: +44 28 70 342012 VHF Ch 12;
Railway Bridge P: +44 28 70 342403
Information Centre in Coleraine P: +44 28 7034 4723
Police P: +44 70344122; Hospital P: +44 70344177; Doctor P: +44 70344831.
British Admiralty 2798‘Lough Foyle to Sanda Island including Rathlin Island’ and / or British Admiralty 2723 ‘Western Approaches to the North Channel’ scale of 200,000:1 large scale. 2511‘Approaches to Lough Foyle’ 25,000:1; 2494 ‘Ireland-North Coast, Plans on the North Coast of Ireland’ at a small scale of 37,500:1 including River Bann and approaches. IAdmiralty Leisure Folio SC5612 Northern Ireland, 'Carlingford Lough to Lough Foyle' sheet 21. Imray chart C64 ‘Belfast Lough to Crinan and Islay’ plus Chart C53 'Donegal Bay to Rathlin Island'with plan. Northern Ireland Ordinance Survey No. 4 at a scale of 1:50,000 for inland details.
Please note eOceanic makes no guarantee of the validity of this information. Whilst every effort has been made to use valid source data and ensure calculations are correct, no warranty is made. All tidal predictions are approximations and differences used to calculate times and heights at secondary ports are based on stated averages that reduce precision. This information is provided as a guide only and is not to be used for navigation. For navigation please refer to published tidal tables. Actual height and time of tides are affected by barometric pressure and other weather effects. Any data provided on this page is entirely used at your own risk and you must read our legal page if you view data on this site.