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FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2026
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Fishing conditions at Stranraer
The best fishing window at Stranraer over the next 10 days is Afternoon today, scoring 95 out of 100 from wind, tide movement, pressure and temperature.
How that 95 is reached
Today, window by window
Night
87
00:00-06:00
Morning
87
06:00-12:00
Afternoon
95
12:00-18:00
Evening
95
18:00-24:00
Best fishing times today · Stranraer
Solunar feeding periods. Major periods (moon overhead and underfoot) are the strongest; minor periods fall around moonrise and moonset.
Minor period
06:44 to 07:44
Major period
12:30 to 14:30
Minor period
19:11 to 20:11
Major period
23:00 to 01:00
Tide data from the UK Environment Agency, refreshed at most every 30 minutes. For navigation use, always cross-check official Admiralty tables.
Stranraer sits on the Scotland 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 Stranraer 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 Stranraer 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 Stranraer 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 Scotland coast near Stranraer typically cross-check the closest neighbouring gauges: Portpatrick tide times (~6 miles along the coast), and Bangor tide times (~30 miles along the coast) . Calibrated heights are pulled from the live EA gauge at 54.901°N 5.026°W.
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 Stranraer today are 12:30 to 14:30 and 23:00 to 01:00, 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 Stranraer
By great-circle distance · cross-check at your closest local gauge.