Prince Edward Island Tide Charts
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Basin Head tides

Predicted from the North Lake Harbour gauge, 6 miles away. The north shore faces the Gulf of St Lawrence and runs a small tide — three or four feet — over sand that shifts with every storm. The dunes here move, and the sandbars offshore are never quite where they were last year. What the tide governs is the crossing to the bars and the depth over them, which matters to anyone swimming out. The rip currents along this shore are the real hazard rather than the range. Heights in metres above Chart Datum. Also covers the singing sands, the run and the Fisheries Museum.

Water level now

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Next tide

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Highs and lows

  1. 4:28 amHigh tide1.12 m
  2. 11:36 amLow tide0.65 m
  3. 6:12 pmHigh tide0.96 m
  4. 11:08 pmLow tide0.77 m

Sun and moon

Sunrise
7:34 am
Sunset
6:11 pm
Daylight
10 hr 37 min
Moonrise
4:28 pm
Moonset
3:16 am
Moon
Waxing gibbous 85%

The lowest daylight water is 0.65 m at 11:36 am.

About Basin Head

Consistently ranked as one of the best beaches in Canada, Basin Head covers the famous "singing sands," the "run" (the bridge/channel), and the Fisheries Museum. It is wildly popular for jumping off the Basin Head bridge into the channel, red sand beach walking, camping on ocean bluffs, and warm ocean swimming. Jumping off the bridge is a local rite of passage entirely controlled by the tides; jumpers exclusively wait for the powerful incoming tide, which creates a deep, fast-moving, and incredibly fun "lazy river" effect that safely sweeps swimmers into the lagoon.

This week

  1. Thu

    22 Oct

    1.12 m

    4:28 am

    0.65 m

    11:36 am

  2. Fri

    23 Oct

    1.11 m

    5:48 am

    0.69 m

    12:11 pm

  3. Sat

    24 Oct

    1.11 m

    6:58 am

    0.67 m

    12:12 am

  4. Sun

    25 Oct

    1.16 m

    7:13 pm

    0.57 m

    1:07 am

  5. Mon

    26 Oct

    1.23 m

    7:44 pm

    0.48 m

    1:57 am

  6. Tue

    27 Oct

    1.29 m

    8:19 pm

    0.41 m

    2:46 am

  7. Wed

    28 Oct

    1.33 m

    8:57 pm

    0.36 m

    3:35 am

  8. Thu

    29 Oct

    1.35 m

    9:39 pm

    0.34 m

    4:26 am

  9. Fri

    30 Oct

    1.35 m

    10:26 pm

    0.34 m

    5:17 am

  10. Sat

    31 Oct

    1.32 m

    11:18 pm

    0.36 m

    6:13 am

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

King tides in 64 days

Water reaches 1.41 m at 7:27 pm on Friday 25 December, the highest of this run. See every king tide through 2028

Along the coast

north south Tides for North RusticoNorth RusticoTides for North LakeNorth LakeTides for East PointEast PointTides for GreenwichGreenwichTides for Egmont BayEgmont BayTides for Brackley BeachBrackley BeachTides for Blooming PointBlooming PointTides for St. Peters BaySt. Peters BayTides for StanhopeStanhopeTides for SummersideSummersideBasin HeadTides for SourisSourisTides for Borden-CarletonBorden-CarletonTides for CharlottetownCharlottetownTides for Tea HillTea HillTides for Victoria-by-the-SeaVictoria-by-the-SeaTides for MontagueMontagueTides for Argyle ShoreArgyle ShoreTides for Panmure IslandPanmure IslandTides for Point PrimPoint PrimTides for Murray HarbourMurray Harbour

The nearest Prince Edward Island locations north and south of here, 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. The region page lists them all.

October 2026

Date Tides Sunrise Sunset
1Thu
Low 5:26 am 0.40 mHigh 12:36 pm 1.00 mLow 4:34 pm 0.85 mHigh 10:51 pm 1.30 m
7:05 am6:50 pm
2Fri
Low 6:24 am 0.41 mHigh 1:44 pm 0.96 mLow 5:07 pm 0.87 mHigh 11:39 pm 1.30 m
7:07 am6:48 pm
3Sat
Low 7:29 am 0.42 mHigh 3:03 pm 0.94 mLow 5:48 pm 0.90 m
7:08 am6:46 pm
4Sun
High 12:36 am 1.29 mLow 8:39 am 0.44 mHigh 4:22 pm 0.94 mLow 6:46 pm 0.91 m
7:09 am6:44 pm
5Mon
High 1:46 am 1.26 mLow 9:51 am 0.46 mHigh 5:25 pm 0.95 mLow 8:15 pm 0.91 m
7:11 am6:42 pm
6Tue
High 3:06 am 1.23 mLow 10:58 am 0.48 mHigh 6:10 pm 0.97 mLow 9:55 pm 0.88 m
7:12 am6:40 pm
7Wed
High 4:29 am 1.22 mLow 11:55 am 0.51 mHigh 6:44 pm 0.99 mLow 11:17 pm 0.81 m
7:13 am6:38 pm
8Thu
High 5:47 am 1.21 mLow 12:45 pm 0.55 mHigh 7:15 pm 1.02 m
7:15 am6:36 pm
9Fri
Low 12:22 am 0.73 mHigh 6:56 am 1.21 mLow 1:27 pm 0.61 mHigh 7:43 pm 1.05 m
7:16 am6:34 pm
10Sat
Low 1:17 am 0.64 mHigh 8:00 am 1.19 mLow 2:03 pm 0.67 mHigh 8:09 pm 1.08 m
7:17 am6:32 pm
11Sun
Low 2:07 am 0.56 mHigh 8:59 am 1.17 mLow 2:34 pm 0.74 mHigh 8:33 pm 1.12 m
7:19 am6:31 pm
12Mon
Low 2:54 am 0.50 mHigh 9:56 am 1.13 mLow 3:00 pm 0.81 mHigh 8:55 pm 1.16 m
7:20 am6:29 pm
13Tue
Low 3:40 am 0.45 mHigh 10:53 am 1.09 mLow 3:21 pm 0.87 mHigh 9:17 pm 1.20 m
7:21 am6:27 pm
14Wed
Low 4:27 am 0.43 mHigh 11:53 am 1.04 mLow 3:37 pm 0.91 mHigh 9:39 pm 1.23 m
7:23 am6:25 pm
15Thu
Low 5:15 am 0.42 mHigh 1:00 pm 0.99 mLow 3:48 pm 0.94 mHigh 10:04 pm 1.25 m
7:24 am6:23 pm
16Fri
Low 6:06 am 0.43 mHigh 10:35 pm 1.26 m
7:25 am6:21 pm
17Sat
Low 7:01 am 0.46 mHigh 11:15 pm 1.25 m
7:27 am6:20 pm
18Sun
Low 8:02 am 0.49 m
7:28 am6:18 pm
19Mon
High 12:09 am 1.22 mLow 9:05 am 0.53 m
7:30 am6:16 pm
20Tue
High 1:23 am 1.18 mLow 10:05 am 0.57 m
7:31 am6:14 pm
21Wed
High 2:56 am 1.14 mLow 10:55 am 0.61 mHigh 6:04 pm 0.93 mLow 9:44 pm 0.86 m
7:32 am6:13 pm
22Thu
High 4:28 am 1.12 mLow 11:36 am 0.65 mHigh 6:12 pm 0.96 mLow 11:08 pm 0.77 m
7:34 am6:11 pm
23Fri
High 5:48 am 1.11 mLow 12:11 pm 0.69 mHigh 6:26 pm 1.01 m
7:35 am6:09 pm
24Sat
Low 12:12 am 0.67 mHigh 6:58 am 1.11 mLow 12:43 pm 0.74 mHigh 6:47 pm 1.08 m
7:37 am6:08 pm
25Sun
Low 1:07 am 0.57 mHigh 7:59 am 1.10 mLow 1:14 pm 0.77 mHigh 7:13 pm 1.16 m
7:38 am6:06 pm
26Mon
Low 1:57 am 0.48 mHigh 8:56 am 1.08 mLow 1:44 pm 0.81 mHigh 7:44 pm 1.23 m
7:39 am6:04 pm
27Tue
Low 2:46 am 0.41 mHigh 9:52 am 1.06 mLow 2:16 pm 0.84 mHigh 8:19 pm 1.29 m
7:41 am6:03 pm
28Wed
Low 3:35 am 0.36 mHigh 10:47 am 1.04 mLow 2:48 pm 0.86 mHigh 8:57 pm 1.33 m
7:42 am6:01 pm
29Thu
Low 4:26 am 0.34 mHigh 11:44 am 1.01 mLow 3:22 pm 0.88 mHigh 9:39 pm 1.35 m
7:44 am6:00 pm
30Fri
Low 5:17 am 0.34 mHigh 12:43 pm 0.98 mLow 4:00 pm 0.89 mHigh 10:26 pm 1.35 m
7:45 am5:58 pm
31Sat
Low 6:13 am 0.36 mHigh 1:45 pm 0.97 mLow 4:44 pm 0.90 mHigh 11:18 pm 1.32 m
7:47 am5:56 pm

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