Tide station · British Indian Ocean Territory

Diego Garcia tides

Times are local (Indian/Chagos, GMT+6). Predicted tides, not live water levels. Not for navigation.

Right now

Rising

Next high 4:41 PM, 3.6 ft (1.10 m), in 1 h 55 min.

Today · Fri, Nov 13

  • High4:34 AM3.6 ft 1.08 m
  • Low10:30 AM0.2 ft 0.05 m
  • High4:41 PM3.6 ft 1.10 m
  • Low10:56 PM-0.1 ft -0.03 m

Next 7 days

-101234Fri, Nov 13Sat, Nov 14Sun, Nov 15Mon, Nov 16Tue, Nov 17Wed, Nov 18Thu, Nov 19
Feet · orange dots are highs, black dots are lows
High and low tides for the next seven days
DayTides (local time, height)
Fri, Nov 13
  • H 4:34 AM · 3.6 ft
  • L 10:30 AM · 0.2 ft
  • H 4:41 PM · 3.6 ft
  • L 10:56 PM · -0.1 ft
Sat, Nov 14
  • H 5:05 AM · 3.3 ft
  • L 11:01 AM · 0.4 ft
  • H 5:14 PM · 3.3 ft
  • L 11:31 PM · 0.3 ft
Sun, Nov 15
  • H 5:40 AM · 3.0 ft
  • L 11:36 AM · 0.7 ft
  • H 5:52 PM · 3.1 ft
Mon, Nov 16
  • L 12:12 AM · 0.6 ft
  • H 6:23 AM · 2.8 ft
  • L 12:21 PM · 1.0 ft
  • H 6:43 PM · 2.8 ft
Tue, Nov 17
  • L 1:08 AM · 1.0 ft
  • H 7:26 AM · 2.6 ft
  • L 1:34 PM · 1.3 ft
  • H 8:10 PM · 2.6 ft
Wed, Nov 18
  • L 2:39 AM · 1.2 ft
  • H 9:11 AM · 2.6 ft
  • L 3:38 PM · 1.4 ft
  • H 10:05 PM · 2.7 ft
Thu, Nov 19
  • L 4:21 AM · 1.2 ft
  • H 10:43 AM · 2.8 ft
  • L 5:08 PM · 1.0 ft
  • H 11:21 PM · 3.0 ft

About this station

Diego Garcia is a NOAA reference station in British Indian Ocean Territory, with its own harmonic constants. Heights are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).

Tide type: Semidiurnal: two highs and two lows a day, close to the same size.

This week the biggest swing between high and low is 3.7 ft; the average swing is 2.2 ft.

Station facts

Station ID
2431000
Source
NOAA CO-OPS
Type
Reference station
Coordinates
-7.2900, 72.3933
Datum
MLLW (mean lower low water)
Tide type
Semidiurnal
Time zone
Indian/Chagos

Tide predictions from NOAA CO-OPS (tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov).

Licence: U.S. public domain (NOAA). Predictions are astronomical tides only: wind, swell and pressure move real water. Not for navigation.