Cairns — Australia

Tide times & tide chart

3.4 ft12:21am5.8 ft5:59am3.4 ft11:29am8.4 ft6:01pmNow
Tide predictions for Cairns, computed from harmonic constituents. High 8.4 feet on Tue 20 Oct 2026 at 18:00, low 3.2 feet on Wed 21 Oct 2026 at 00:00, above LAT, the chart datum.
↑5:45am↓6:18pm

Predictions are not observations — conditions vary with weather and river flow. Not for navigation.

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Tide times for the next 7 days

Tue 20 Oct 2026 through Mon 26 Oct 2026. All times are local to Cairns (Australia/Brisbane). Heights are in feet above LAT.
DayTideTimeHeight
Tue 20 Oct 2026Low3.4 ft
Tue 20 Oct 2026High5.8 ft
Tue 20 Oct 2026Low3.4 ft
Tue 20 Oct 2026High8.4 ft
Wed 21 Oct 2026Low3.1 ft
Wed 21 Oct 2026High6.3 ft
Wed 21 Oct 2026Low3.1 ft
Wed 21 Oct 2026High8.6 ft
Thu 22 Oct 2026Low2.8 ft
Thu 22 Oct 2026High6.9 ft
Thu 22 Oct 2026Low2.8 ft
Thu 22 Oct 2026High8.8 ft
Fri 23 Oct 2026Low2.4 ft
Fri 23 Oct 2026High7.5 ft
Fri 23 Oct 2026Low2.7 ft
Fri 23 Oct 2026High8.8 ft
Sat 24 Oct 2026Low1.9 ft
Sat 24 Oct 2026High8.0 ft
Sat 24 Oct 2026Low2.6 ft
Sat 24 Oct 2026High8.7 ft
Sun 25 Oct 2026Low1.5 ft
Sun 25 Oct 2026High8.5 ft
Sun 25 Oct 2026Low2.7 ft
Sun 25 Oct 2026High8.4 ft
Mon 26 Oct 2026Low1.3 ft
Mon 26 Oct 2026High8.8 ft
Mon 26 Oct 2026Low3.0 ft
Mon 26 Oct 2026High7.9 ft

Station facts

Position
16.9267° S, 145.7800° E
Time zone
Australia/Brisbane
Datum
LAT datum · computed from harmonic constituents
Source
Harmonic constituents from TICON-4
Country
Australia

Heights are measured above chart datum. A negative height means there is that much less water than the charted depth shows.

Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database). Source: Hart-Davis, M., Dettmering, D., Seitz, F. (2025), TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records, SEANOE, https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Modified: see https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database#modifications-to-source-data

How we check predictions — dated samples and their limits.

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