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High Water | Low Water |
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00:50 (3m) | 06:35 (0.7m) |
12:59 (3.5m) | 18:54 (0.5m) |
Now Rising | |
Time to high | 2:36 |
Total rise | 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 Cultra'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 Belfast tides — High waters: 00:50, 12:59, Low waters: 06:35, 18:54Today's Dover tides — High waters: 00:41, 12:58, Low waters: 08:11, 20:18
We are now on Springs.
High Water Dover +0005, as Belfast get Belfast tides, get Dover tides.
MHWS 3.5m MHWN 2.9m MLWN 0.4m MLWS 1.1m
Tidal planning is essential for vessels approaching Belfast Lough and a set of notes can be found in the Bangor Harbour [lpin] entry.

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 Belfast offset -01:00.
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Headline: Cloudy with some rain on Sunday.
This Evening and Tonight: Continuing cloudy with further light rain and drizzle at times, this mainly over Fermanagh and Tyrone, with the north and east mainly dry. East to southeast breezes freshening around the coasts overnight. Minimum Temperature 3C.
Sunday: It will be cloudy with occasional rain, this becoming a little heavier in the west during the afternoon. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds. Maximum Temperature 7C.
Outlook for Monday to Wednesday: A dry start Monday then more rain spreading from west. Any heavier rain dying out Tuesday morning then cloudy rest of Tuesday and Wednesday with patchy light rain. Turning milder.

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:
Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club
7 Seafront Road
Co.Down
Northern Ireland
BT18 0BB
P: +4428 9042 8041
General Manager: manager@rniyc.org House: housemanager@rniyc.org Boat: boatman@rniyc.org
Belfast Harbour
Harbour Radio on VHF 12/16 or +44 2890 553504
Harbour Master Office P: +44 2890 553015
Belfast Harbour Police on P: +44 2890 553000
N.I. Fire and Rescue Service P: +44 2892 664221 / 999
Cultra Taxi
Value Cabs P: +44289 0809080 Holywood Taxi P: +44 2890428812 Choice Cabs P: +44 2890427123
British Admiralty 1753 ‘Belfast Lough and Approaches’, scale of 37,500:1, including ‘Donaghadee Sound’ scale of 15,000:1 and ‘Bangor Bay’ scale of 17,500:1. Admiralty Chart 2198 ‘North Channel Southern Part’ scale 1:75000. Admiralty Leisure Folio SC5612 'Northern Ireland, Carlingford Lough to Lough Foyle' SC5612.10 and plan. Also Imray chart C62 – ‘Irish Sea’ plus Discovery Ordinance Survey map 15 (Belfast - scale of 1:50 000) covers this area.
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.