Tidal Cycle

The current phase of the spring/neap cycle, and the biggest spring tides ahead. Choose any period from the next few weeks to next year.

Currently

Spring tides

Spring tides running, easing, 2 days past peak.

Next 8 weeks · 2 Sep 2026 – 28 Oct 2026

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Spring tides in this period

Period Peak Year rank Size Height
8–14 Sep 11 Sep 3rd/25 Large 9.83m
26 Sep–2 Oct 29 Sep 6th/25 Large 9.76m
8–12 Oct 10 Oct 15th/25 Moderate 9.61m
24–30 Oct 27 Oct 5th/25 Large 9.78m

Spring periods are centred on the highest predicted high water in each lunar cycle; the shaded window varies with spring size (1–3 days either side). Size (small / moderate / large) and rank are relative to all springs in the peak's own calendar year, so dates outside 2026 show their year: a spring's rank isn't comparable across the year boundary.

Rank Peak date Period Size Height
1st 21 Mar past 18–24 Mar Large 9.86m
2nd 15 Aug past 12–18 Aug Large 9.86m
3rd 11 Sep in 9d 8–14 Sep Large 9.83m
4th 19 Apr past 16–22 Apr Large 9.82m
5th 27 Oct in 55d 24–30 Oct Large 9.78m
6th 29 Sep in 27d 26 Sep–2 Oct Large 9.76m
7th 26 Dec in 115d 23–29 Dec Large 9.76m
8th 3 Feb past 31 Jan–6 Feb Large 9.71m
9th 17 Jul past 15–19 Jul Moderate 9.71m
10th 20 Feb past 18–22 Feb Moderate 9.68m

Ranked against all springs peaking in 2026, highest first.

Tides: Liverpool (Gladstone Dock) tide predictions from the National Tidal & Sea Level Facility (NTSLF), National Oceanography Centre. A single well-correlated standard port is used as a national proxy — the spring/neap rhythm and its annual peaks are driven by the lunar cycle and fall on essentially the same dates around the coast. At Liverpool high waters reach ~9–10m during large springs and ~7.5m at neaps; only the relative strength of each springs (size and rank) is surfaced, not absolute levels for other locations.