Nicaragua Tide Charts

Popoyo tides

Predicted from San Juan del Sur, NOAA station TWC0357, 22 miles away. No gauge exists nearer than this. The coast between runs open and unbroken, so the heights hold well and only the turn of the tide may fall a little either side of the times shown. Heights in feet above MLLW. Also covers Guasacate, Outer Reef and Playa Santana.

Water level now

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Next tide

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Highs and lows

  1. 1:49 amLow tide0.9 ft
  2. 8:03 amHigh tide6.9 ft
  3. 2:18 pmLow tide0.8 ft
  4. 8:44 pmHigh tide6.7 ft

Sun and moon

Sunrise
5:35 am
Sunset
5:20 pm
Daylight
11 hr 45 min
Moonset
12:46 pm
Moon
Waning crescent 40%

The lowest daylight water is 0.8 ft at 2:18 pm.

About Popoyo

Popoyo is a legendary Central American surf mecca, celebrated for its consistency and the heavy, fanned barrels of the Outer Reef, an advanced reef break that breaks best on specific tidal windows. The expansive, flat sands stretching across Guasacate and Playa Santana invite long-distance beach walks, intertidal shell collecting, and horseback riding right along the surf. Understanding the tide cycle is essential to experience Popoyo’s unique natural features: low tide fully exposes the natural tide pool hot springs, allowing beachgoers to soak safely in geothermal ocean pools, while also opening up optimal windows for surf casting for snapper and roosterfish around exposed structures and estuaries.

This week

  1. Mon

    2 Nov

    6.9 ft

    8:03 am

    0.8 ft

    2:18 pm

  2. Tue

    3 Nov

    6.6 ft

    9:53 pm

    1.2 ft

    3:23 pm

  3. Wed

    4 Nov

    6.8 ft

    11:00 pm

    1.3 ft

    4:33 pm

  4. Thu

    5 Nov

    6.4 ft

    11:26 am

    1.2 ft

    5:23 am

  5. Fri

    6 Nov

    7.0 ft

    12:01 am

    0.9 ft

    6:25 am

  6. Sat

    7 Nov

    7.2 ft

    12:53 am

    0.7 ft

    7:16 am

  7. Sun

    8 Nov

    7.4 ft

    1:40 am

    0.4 ft

    8:02 am

  8. Mon

    9 Nov

    7.5 ft

    2:21 am

    0.3 ft

    8:43 am

  9. Tue

    10 Nov

    7.5 ft

    2:58 am

    0.2 ft

    9:22 am

  10. Wed

    11 Nov

    7.5 ft

    3:34 am

    0.2 ft

    9:59 am

The highest water of each day, and when it arrives.

King tides in 275 days

Water reaches 8.5 ft at 4:07 pm on Wednesday 4 August, the highest of this run. See every king tide through 2030

Along the coast

Every Nicaragua location, in order along the coast. Each dot sits at its true latitude. Where places crowd together the writing is nudged clear and joined back to its dot by a line.

November 2026

Date Tides Sunrise Sunset
1Sun
Low 12:49 am 0.6 ftHigh 7:01 am 7.3 ftLow 1:19 pm 0.4 ftHigh 7:38 pm 6.8 ft
5:35 am5:20 pm
2Mon
Low 1:49 am 0.9 ftHigh 8:03 am 6.9 ftLow 2:18 pm 0.8 ftHigh 8:44 pm 6.7 ft
5:35 am5:20 pm
3Tue
Low 2:56 am 1.2 ftHigh 9:09 am 6.6 ftLow 3:23 pm 1.2 ftHigh 9:53 pm 6.6 ft
5:36 am5:20 pm
4Wed
Low 4:11 am 1.3 ftHigh 10:19 am 6.4 ftLow 4:33 pm 1.3 ftHigh 11:00 pm 6.8 ft
5:36 am5:19 pm
5Thu
Low 5:23 am 1.2 ftHigh 11:26 am 6.4 ftLow 5:39 pm 1.3 ft
5:36 am5:19 pm
6Fri
High 12:01 am 7.0 ftLow 6:25 am 0.9 ftHigh 12:27 pm 6.4 ftLow 6:37 pm 1.1 ft
5:36 am5:19 pm
7Sat
High 12:53 am 7.2 ftLow 7:16 am 0.7 ftHigh 1:19 pm 6.6 ftLow 7:27 pm 0.9 ft
5:37 am5:19 pm
8Sun
High 1:40 am 7.4 ftLow 8:02 am 0.4 ftHigh 2:05 pm 6.7 ftLow 8:12 pm 0.8 ft
5:37 am5:18 pm
9Mon
High 2:21 am 7.5 ftLow 8:43 am 0.3 ftHigh 2:46 pm 6.8 ftLow 8:53 pm 0.7 ft
5:37 am5:18 pm
10Tue
High 2:58 am 7.5 ftLow 9:22 am 0.2 ftHigh 3:23 pm 6.8 ftLow 9:32 pm 0.8 ft
5:38 am5:18 pm
11Wed
High 3:34 am 7.5 ftLow 9:59 am 0.2 ftHigh 3:59 pm 6.7 ftLow 10:09 pm 0.8 ft
5:38 am5:18 pm
12Thu
High 4:09 am 7.3 ftLow 10:35 am 0.3 ftHigh 4:36 pm 6.6 ftLow 10:47 pm 1.0 ft
5:38 am5:18 pm
13Fri
High 4:46 am 7.1 ftLow 11:12 am 0.5 ftHigh 5:13 pm 6.5 ftLow 11:25 pm 1.2 ft
5:39 am5:18 pm
14Sat
High 5:24 am 6.9 ftLow 11:49 am 0.8 ftHigh 5:53 pm 6.3 ft
5:39 am5:18 pm
15Sun
Low 12:05 am 1.5 ftHigh 6:05 am 6.6 ftLow 12:27 pm 1.1 ftHigh 6:35 pm 6.2 ft
5:40 am5:18 pm
16Mon
Low 12:47 am 1.7 ftHigh 6:49 am 6.3 ftLow 1:08 pm 1.3 ftHigh 7:22 pm 6.1 ft
5:40 am5:18 pm
17Tue
Low 1:35 am 1.9 ftHigh 7:37 am 6.1 ftLow 1:53 pm 1.6 ftHigh 8:12 pm 6.0 ft
5:40 am5:18 pm
18Wed
Low 2:28 am 2.0 ftHigh 8:30 am 5.9 ftLow 2:44 pm 1.7 ftHigh 9:06 pm 6.1 ft
5:41 am5:18 pm
19Thu
Low 3:28 am 1.9 ftHigh 9:27 am 5.8 ftLow 3:40 pm 1.8 ftHigh 10:02 pm 6.3 ft
5:41 am5:18 pm
20Fri
Low 4:32 am 1.7 ftHigh 10:26 am 5.9 ftLow 4:40 pm 1.7 ftHigh 10:58 pm 6.6 ft
5:42 am5:18 pm
21Sat
Low 5:33 am 1.3 ftHigh 11:24 am 6.1 ftLow 5:40 pm 1.4 ftHigh 11:52 pm 7.1 ft
5:42 am5:18 pm
22Sun
Low 6:28 am 0.8 ftHigh 12:20 pm 6.4 ftLow 6:36 pm 1.0 ft
5:43 am5:18 pm
23Mon
High 12:45 am 7.5 ftLow 7:20 am 0.3 ftHigh 1:15 pm 6.7 ftLow 7:29 pm 0.6 ft
5:43 am5:18 pm
24Tue
High 1:36 am 7.9 ftLow 8:09 am -0.2 ftHigh 2:07 pm 7.0 ftLow 8:21 pm 0.2 ft
5:43 am5:18 pm
25Wed
High 2:27 am 8.2 ftLow 8:57 am -0.5 ftHigh 2:59 pm 7.3 ftLow 9:11 pm 0.0 ft
5:44 am5:18 pm
26Thu
High 3:18 am 8.4 ftLow 9:45 am -0.7 ftHigh 3:51 pm 7.5 ftLow 10:01 pm -0.2 ft
5:44 am5:18 pm
27Fri
High 4:09 am 8.4 ftLow 10:33 am -0.8 ftHigh 4:43 pm 7.6 ftLow 10:53 pm -0.1 ft
5:45 am5:18 pm
28Sat
High 5:01 am 8.2 ftLow 11:22 am -0.6 ftHigh 5:36 pm 7.6 ftLow 11:45 pm 0.0 ft
5:45 am5:19 pm
29Sun
High 5:54 am 7.9 ftLow 12:11 pm -0.3 ftHigh 6:31 pm 7.5 ft
5:46 am5:19 pm
30Mon
Low 12:40 am 0.3 ftHigh 6:49 am 7.4 ftLow 1:03 pm 0.1 ftHigh 7:28 pm 7.3 ft
5:46 am5:19 pm

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