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Hunstanton tide times

The corner where the coast turns into The Wash — banded chalk and carrstone cliffs, wide sand, and the only east-coast town that watches the sun set over the sea.

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Next high tideHigh tide now · Hunstanton

BST ±40 min

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Tide size
6.0 m
size of tide, not depth here · at Immingham
Tide
Neap
Wind then
Force 4 W · 15 kn

The next high tide at Hunstanton is 12:31 BST ±40 min on Sat 5 Sept.

Next 48 hours

00:0412:3101:2014:11 06:46 19:24 08:15 21:02 Sat06:0012:0018:00Sun06:0012:0018:00Mon
Shape, not depth. This traces the tide’s rise and fall — not a ruler on the water. Heights are the size of the tide, not the depth of the water here: metres above chart datum at our Immingham reference, carried to this port by a time offset with no height ratio. The shaded band around each high water is the published ±40-minute accuracy window, not a claimed minute.

Next 7 days

times in BST · high ±40 · low ±70
High and low tide times for Hunstanton over the next seven days, split into early and late, in local time. High waters are accurate to ±40 minutes and low waters to ±70 minutes. Heights are metres above chart datum at the Immingham reference, not the depth of water here.
Day Early Late
Sat 05 Sept ☀ 06:15–19:38 Neap 00:04 6.0 m 06:46 low 12:31 6.0 m 19:24 low
Sun 06 Sept ☀ 06:17–19:35 Neap 01:20 5.8 m 08:15 low 14:11 5.7 m 21:02 low
Mon 07 Sept ☀ 06:18–19:33 Neap 02:55 5.8 m 10:00 low 16:06 6.0 m 22:41 low
Tue 08 Sept ☀ 06:20–19:31 Mid 04:18 6.2 m 11:16 low 17:16 6.5 m 23:46 low
Wed 09 Sept ☀ 06:22–19:28 Spring 05:19 6.7 m 18:07 6.9 m 12:12 low
Thu 10 Sept ☀ 06:23–19:26 Spring 06:09 7.2 m 00:37 low 18:50 7.2 m 12:59 low
Fri 11 Sept ☀ 06:25–19:23 Spring 06:54 7.5 m 01:21 low 19:29 7.3 m 13:40 low

Two high waters most days, roughly twelve hours apart. Each high water is accurate to ±40 min. Low water is worked out from the high waters either side of it, so it is a wider estimate — ±70 min — and is shown smaller for that reason. “Spring” tides run higher and faster than “neap”.

Heights are the size of the tide, not the depth of the water here. They are metres above chart datum at Immingham, our reference port — we carry a timing offset to Hunstanton but no height ratio, so a big number does not mean a deep creek.

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The banded red and white cliffs at Hunstanton with the sea right up against them, waves breaking along a narrow strip of shingle where a few people are walking.

High tide

The Wash at low water off Hunstanton, an immense flat of rippled wet sand reaching to the horizon, with two tiny distant figures giving the only sense of scale.

Low tide

The striped cliffs with the sea against them, and The Wash at low water. The two specks in the second picture are people. Photographs of Hunstanton: High tide at Hunstanton cliffs by Richard Humphrey · Low tide, Hunstanton beach by Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0

What the tide controls here

At Hunstanton the tide controls how far the sand goes out, and how fast the water comes back — the incoming tide here can move faster than you can walk.

Gullies
Low-lying gullies at Holme, Thornham, Titchwell and Brancaster fill quickly with fast-flowing water. RNLI →
Watersports
Kitesurfing access is governed by the state of the tide — the sandbar at New Hunstanton emerges at low water. Hunstanton Sailing Club →
Beach cover
A council beach patrol operates on the south prom. There are no RNLI lifeguards here. Visit West Norfolk →
Flood warnings
The Environment Agency issues tidal flood warnings for this stretch of coast. Check live warnings →

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Dangers here

Specific to this location. The sea is dangerous everywhere on this coast — this is what the tide does here.

The incoming tide here travels faster than walking pace

The RNLI warn that the large tidal range off west and north Norfolk means the incoming tide can travel at well over walking pace. The danger is most acute on high spring tides, when the sea goes out much further but comes back in much faster.

Hunstanton is one of the region’s busiest lifeboat stations, and many of its roughly 40 launches a year are to people cut off by the tide. In one rescue, two of the three people cut off did not realise it had happened.

If you find yourself cut off, dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard. Do not try to wade across any gully or creek that is filling with water.

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How this time is worked out

Every time on this page is high water at Immingham, shifted by 13 minutes for Hunstanton, and published as a ±40 minute window.

Worked out from nearby coast. There is no tidal station we can lawfully derive this from, and The Wash does not behave like the North Norfolk creeks. Treat this timing as a rough guide and read the safety notes below.

How we work out every time on this site

This is a prediction of the astronomical tide. It cannot know what the weather is doing, and wind, pressure and surge all move real water. It is one input to a decision you make — never the decision itself.

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Things to do at Hunstanton

  • Hunstanton Watersports

    Kitesurfing school and paddleboard hire/lessons on the Wash, operating over 15 years.

  • Searles Leisure Resort

    Family-run holiday resort with pools, golf, dining and entertainment on the Hunstanton coast.

  • Searles Sea Tours (The Wash Monster)

    Amphibious seal-safari and coastal tours in ex-military LARC vessels, running since 1929, departing the promenade.

  • World of Fun

    Britain's largest joke shop, family-run on the Hunstanton seafront since 1978.

  • East Coast Gelato

    Multi-award-winning Italian-style handcrafted gelato, made in Hunstanton with parlours along the coast.

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Generated 5 September 2026 · TICON-4 harmonic constants via @neaps/tide-database (CC-BY-4.0, Hart-Davis et al., 2025)

What the tide allows here

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Windows are published by the clubs, harbours and operators named on each activity page — not by us. Always use your own judgement, and ask whoever you are hiring from.