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South West · UK tide gauge
SUNDAY 5 JULY 2026
Next high tide at Ilfracombe is at 22:00 (6.8 m, 6hr 57mins). Next low tide 16:00 (1.2 m, 57mins).
Ilfracombe tide times today · Sun 5 Jul
| Tide | Time (UK) | Height |
|---|---|---|
| ↓ Low | 03:00 | 1.0 m |
| ↑ High | 09:00 | 6.5 m |
| ↓ Low | 16:00 | 1.2 m |
| ↑ High | 22:00 | 6.8 m |
Today's tide range at Ilfracombe: 5.8 m
Fishing conditions at Ilfracombe
The best fishing window at Ilfracombe over the next 10 days is Night tomorrow, scoring 100 out of 100 from wind, tide movement, pressure and temperature.
How that 100 is reached
Today, window by window
Night
95
00:00-06:00
Morning
95
06:00-12:00
Afternoon
95
12:00-18:00
Evening
95
18:00-24:00
Best fishing times today · Ilfracombe
Solunar feeding periods. Major periods (moon overhead and underfoot) are the strongest; minor periods fall around moonrise and moonset.
Major period
04:20 to 06:20
Minor period
10:33 to 11:33
Major period
16:30 to 18:30
Minor period
23:26 to 00:26
Tide curve · weather forecast + astronomical prediction · scroll to scrub
Prediction lines are astronomical only: they extend past the weather forecast and do not include storm surge, wind or barometric effects.
Heights calibrated to the live UK Environment Agency gauge where available, otherwise relative to local chart datum.
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Yesterday plus the next 9 days of high and low tides, covering the full Open-Meteo tide-model horizon.
Yesterday
range 6.12 m
Today
range 5.84 m
Tomorrow
range 5.64 m
Tuesday 7 Jul
range 5.14 m
Wednesday 8 Jul
range 4.81 m
Thursday 9 Jul
range 4.53 m
Friday 10 Jul
range 4.60 m
Saturday 11 Jul
range 5.05 m
Sunday 12 Jul
range 5.60 m
Monday 13 Jul
range 6.47 m
Tuesday 14 Jul
range 7.35 m
Tide data from the UK Environment Agency, refreshed at most every 30 minutes. For navigation use, always cross-check official Admiralty tables.
Ilfracombe sits on the South West coast and follows the standard semi-diurnal tidal pattern of the British Isles - two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours and 50 minutes, with each successive high arriving about 12 hours and 25 minutes after the last. Tide range at Ilfracombe varies between spring tides (around new and full moon, when the Sun and Moon's gravity align for the biggest range) and neap tides (around the first and last quarter, when their forces partly cancel).
The live tide-height readings on this page come from the UK Environment Agency tide gauge network: actual sensor data, not an estimate. The 10-day forecast that follows is generated by Open-Meteo's ocean model and is calibrated each hour to the latest EA gauge reading at Ilfracombe so the numbers match what you'd see on a printed tide table. Heights are quoted in metres above local chart datum, which is the convention used in UK Admiralty tide tables.
Whether you're sea fishing, surfing, kayaking, diving, kite-flying or just walking the dog along the beach, knowing the tide times for Ilfracombe helps you plan around safe access, the run of the current and the productive feeding windows in either side of a tide change.
Anglers fishing the South West coast near Ilfracombe typically cross-check the closest neighbouring gauges: Mumbles tide times (~25 miles along the coast), and Hinkley Point tide times (~42 miles along the coast) . Calibrated heights are pulled from the live EA gauge at 51.211°N 4.112°W.
The next high tide at Ilfracombe is at 22:00 on Sunday 5 July, reaching 6.8 metres. Heights are calibrated to the live UK Environment Agency tide gauge.
The next low tide at Ilfracombe is at 16:00 on Sunday 5 July, dropping to 1.2 metres.
On Sunday 5 July 2026, 2 high tides at 09:00 (6.5m) and 22:00 (6.8m).
On Sunday 5 July 2026, 2 low tides at 03:00 (1.0m) and 16:00 (1.2m).
Today's tide range at Ilfracombe is approximately 5.8 metres between low and high water. Spring tides typically run higher and neap tides lower; see the 14-day forecast below for the pattern.
Tide heights are pulled from the UK Environment Agency tide gauge network in real time, with a 14-day forecast modelled from Open-Meteo. The data is refreshed every hour and is free for anglers, surfers, kayakers and divers to use.
The major solunar feeding periods at Ilfracombe today are 04:20 to 06:20 and 16:30 to 18:30, when the moon is overhead and underfoot. Minor periods fall around moonrise and moonset. Fish tend to feed most actively in these windows, so plan a session around them where the state of tide also suits.
Nearest tide gauges to Ilfracombe
By great-circle distance · cross-check at your closest local gauge.