Abel Tasman Tide Times

The Two Abel Tasman Tidal Crossings

Awaroa Crossing

This is the only part of the Abel Tasman where the tide will dictate your crossing. DOC recommends only crossing the Awaroa Inlet from 1.5 hours before to 2 hours after low tide, and only in daylight. Please allow 25-35 mins to make the crossing. The closer to low tide the safer it is to cross, as tide heights, storm surges and heavy rain can all change conditions. There are no detours for this crossing at high tide.

Make sure you check if your current plan will work before booking in huts, campsites and water taxis.

Torrent Bay Crossing

The Torrent Bay estuary can be crossed 2 hours either side of low tide under normal conditions. Outside those times, take the all-tide track around the estuary. It’s a little longer, but it crosses the new Kākāwera/Torrent River suspension bridge (opened November 2024) and gives you access to Cleopatra’s Pool, so no wet feet needed.

Next Steps:

1. Book in DOC Accom

The DOC Booking Site. After figuring out the tide times, make sure you will have somewhere to stay in the Abel Tasman.

2. Accom & Car Park

Best place to stay in Marahau – 100m from the start of the track. They have Car/Bike parking and Free bag storage as well.

3. Book a Water taxi

Slick transport around the Park. Get from Totaranui / Awaroa to Marahau and vis versa. Free pick up & Drop of available from The Barn

Abel Tasman Low Tide Times

Date	Day	A.M. Low Tide	P.M. Low Tide
12-Oct-26	Mon	5:16	17:30
13-Oct-26	Tue	5:50	18:01
14-Oct-26	Wed	6:24	18:32
15-Oct-26	Thu	6:58	19:05
16-Oct-26	Fri	7:35	19:42
17-Oct-26	Sat	8:16	20:28
18-Oct-26	Sun	9:03	21:31
19-Oct-26	Mon	10:03	22:58
20-Oct-26	Tue	11:19
21-Oct-26	Wed	0:20	12:41
22-Oct-26	Thu	1:20	13:47
23-Oct-26	Fri	2:07	14:37
24-Oct-26	Sat	2:49	15:19
25-Oct-26	Sun	3:29	15:58
26-Oct-26	Mon	4:09	16:36
27-Oct-26	Tue	4:50	17:15
28-Oct-26	Wed	5:32	17:55
29-Oct-26	Thu	6:16	18:38
30-Oct-26	Fri	7:02	19:26
31-Oct-26	Sat	7:51	20:23
1-Nov-26	Sun	8:45	21:33
2-Nov-26	Mon	9:48	22:56
3-Nov-26	Tue	11:06
4-Nov-26	Wed	0:12	12:31
5-Nov-26	Thu	1:15	13:42
6-Nov-26	Fri	2:08	14:37
7-Nov-26	Sat	2:54	15:21
8-Nov-26	Sun	3:36	15:59
9-Nov-26	Mon	4:15	16:33
10-Nov-26	Tue	4:51	17:05
11-Nov-26	Wed	5:27	17:37
12-Nov-26	Thu	6:02	18:10
13-Nov-26	Fri	6:38	18:45
14-Nov-26	Sat	7:16	19:24
15-Nov-26	Sun	7:56	20:08
16-Nov-26	Mon	8:39	21:02
17-Nov-26	Tue	9:30	22:07
18-Nov-26	Wed	10:30	23:15
19-Nov-26	Thu	11:41
20-Nov-26	Fri	0:18	12:51
21-Nov-26	Sat	1:13	13:51
22-Nov-26	Sun	2:04	14:42
23-Nov-26	Mon	2:53	15:28
24-Nov-26	Tue	3:42	16:13
25-Nov-26	Wed	4:30	16:58
26-Nov-26	Thu	5:19	17:43
27-Nov-26	Fri	6:08	18:31
28-Nov-26	Sat	6:57	19:22
29-Nov-26	Sun	7:46	20:19
30-Nov-26	Mon	8:38	21:21
1-Dec-26	Tue	9:34	22:28
2-Dec-26	Wed	10:38	23:34
3-Dec-26	Thu	11:52
4-Dec-26	Fri	0:34	13:04
5-Dec-26	Sat	1:30	14:04
6-Dec-26	Sun	2:21	14:53
7-Dec-26	Mon	3:09	15:35
8-Dec-26	Tue	3:53	16:12
9-Dec-26	Wed	4:34	16:47
10-Dec-26	Thu	5:12	17:22
11-Dec-26	Fri	5:50	17:56
12-Dec-26	Sat	6:26	18:32
13-Dec-26	Sun	7:02	19:10
14-Dec-26	Mon	7:38	19:50
15-Dec-26	Tue	8:16	20:34
16-Dec-26	Wed	8:57	21:23
17-Dec-26	Thu	9:45	22:16
18-Dec-26	Fri	10:43	23:13
19-Dec-26	Sat	11:53
20-Dec-26	Sun	0:14	13:05
21-Dec-26	Mon	1:17	14:09
22-Dec-26	Tue	2:21	15:05
23-Dec-26	Wed	3:22	15:57
24-Dec-26	Thu	4:20	16:47
25-Dec-26	Fri	5:13	17:36
26-Dec-26	Sat	6:03	18:25
27-Dec-26	Sun	6:50	19:15
28-Dec-26	Mon	7:36	20:05
29-Dec-26	Tue	8:21	20:57
30-Dec-26	Wed	9:08	21:50
31-Dec-26	Thu	9:59	22:44
1-Jan-27	Fri	11:00	23:41
2-Jan-27	Sat		12:14
3-Jan-27	Sun	0:41	13:26
4-Jan-27	Mon	1:43	14:26
5-Jan-27	Tue	2:43	15:15
6-Jan-27	Wed	3:36	15:57
7-Jan-27	Thu	4:22	16:34
8-Jan-27	Fri	5:02	17:10
9-Jan-27	Sat	5:38	17:44
10-Jan-27	Sun	6:12	18:18
11-Jan-27	Mon	6:45	18:53
12-Jan-27	Tue	7:17	19:29
13-Jan-27	Wed	7:50	20:06
14-Jan-27	Thu	8:25	20:45
15-Jan-27	Fri	9:05	21:30
16-Jan-27	Sat	9:55	22:21
17-Jan-27	Sun	11:02	23:23
18-Jan-27	Mon		12:25
19-Jan-27	Tue	0:36	13:44
20-Jan-27	Wed	1:57	14:50
21-Jan-27	Thu	3:12	15:46
22-Jan-27	Fri	4:14	16:38
23-Jan-27	Sat	5:06	17:26
24-Jan-27	Sun	5:53	18:13
25-Jan-27	Mon	6:35	18:58
26-Jan-27	Tue	7:16	19:42
27-Jan-27	Wed	7:55	20:25
28-Jan-27	Thu	8:34	21:08
29-Jan-27	Fri	9:16	21:53
30-Jan-27	Sat	10:07	22:44
31-Jan-27	Sun	11:16	23:45
1-Feb-27	Mon		12:44
2-Feb-27	Tue	1:01	14:00
3-Feb-27	Wed	2:19	14:56
4-Feb-27	Thu	3:21	15:40
5-Feb-27	Fri	4:08	16:18
6-Feb-27	Sat	4:46	16:53
7-Feb-27	Sun	5:20	17:26
8-Feb-27	Mon	5:51	17:58
9-Feb-27	Tue	6:21	18:30
10-Feb-27	Wed	6:51	19:03
11-Feb-27	Thu	7:22	19:38
12-Feb-27	Fri	7:55	20:15
13-Feb-27	Sat	8:33	20:56
14-Feb-27	Sun	9:21	21:46
15-Feb-27	Mon	10:28	22:48
16-Feb-27	Tue		12:01
17-Feb-27	Wed	0:11	13:30
18-Feb-27	Thu	1:47	14:39
19-Feb-27	Fri	3:06	15:35
20-Feb-27	Sat	4:05	16:25
21-Feb-27	Sun	4:52	17:10
22-Feb-27	Mon	5:35	17:53
23-Feb-27	Tue	6:13	18:34
24-Feb-27	Wed	6:49	19:13
25-Feb-27	Thu	7:24	19:51
26-Feb-27	Fri	7:58	20:29
27-Feb-27	Sat	8:35	21:09
28-Feb-27	Sun	9:20	21:55
1-Mar-27	Mon	10:22	22:54
2-Mar-27	Tue	11:58
3-Mar-27	Wed	0:16	13:29
4-Mar-27	Thu	1:48	14:29
5-Mar-27	Fri	2:55	15:14
6-Mar-27	Sat	3:42	15:52
7-Mar-27	Sun	4:19	16:26
8-Mar-27	Mon	4:52	16:59
9-Mar-27	Tue	5:23	17:31
10-Mar-27	Wed	5:53	18:04
11-Mar-27	Thu	6:24	18:37
12-Mar-27	Fri	6:56	19:13
13-Mar-27	Sat	7:31	19:52
14-Mar-27	Sun	8:12	20:35
15-Mar-27	Mon	9:03	21:26
16-Mar-27	Tue	10:16	22:32
17-Mar-27	Wed	11:53
18-Mar-27	Thu	0:03	13:19
19-Mar-27	Fri	1:41	14:24
20-Mar-27	Sat	2:53	15:17
21-Mar-27	Sun	3:46	16:04
22-Mar-27	Mon	4:31	16:48
23-Mar-27	Tue	5:10	17:28
24-Mar-27	Wed	5:46	18:06
25-Mar-27	Thu	6:20	18:43
26-Mar-27	Fri	6:52	19:19
27-Mar-27	Sat	7:25	19:55
28-Mar-27	Sun	8:01	20:34
29-Mar-27	Mon	8:45	21:20
30-Mar-27	Tue	9:44	22:17
31-Mar-27	Wed	11:13	23:34
1-Apr-27	Thu		12:44
2-Apr-27	Fri	1:04	13:47
3-Apr-27	Sat	2:13	14:34
4-Apr-27	Sun	2:03	14:13
5-Apr-27	Mon	2:42	14:50
6-Apr-27	Tue	3:17	15:25
7-Apr-27	Wed	3:50	16:00
8-Apr-27	Thu	4:23	16:36
9-Apr-27	Fri	4:58	17:14
10-Apr-27	Sat	5:35	17:54
11-Apr-27	Sun	6:15	18:37
12-Apr-27	Mon	7:02	19:25
13-Apr-27	Tue	8:00	20:21
14-Apr-27	Wed	9:17	21:31
15-Apr-27	Thu	10:45	22:58
16-Apr-27	Fri		12:00
17-Apr-27	Sat	0:24	13:00
18-Apr-27	Sun	1:29	13:52
19-Apr-27	Mon	2:21	14:38
20-Apr-27	Tue	3:04	15:21
21-Apr-27	Wed	3:42	16:01
22-Apr-27	Thu	4:17	16:39
23-Apr-27	Fri	4:51	17:15
24-Apr-27	Sat	5:24	17:52
25-Apr-27	Sun	5:58	18:29
26-Apr-27	Mon	6:36	19:10
27-Apr-27	Tue	7:21	19:55
28-Apr-27	Wed	8:17	20:48
29-Apr-27	Thu	9:30	21:54
30-Apr-27	Fri	10:46	23:09
1-May-27	Sat	11:49
2-May-27	Sun	0:18	12:40
3-May-27	Mon	1:13	13:25
4-May-27	Tue	1:58	14:07
5-May-27	Wed	2:39	14:48
6-May-27	Thu	3:18	15:30
7-May-27	Fri	3:57	16:13
8-May-27	Sat	4:37	16:57
9-May-27	Sun	5:20	17:43
10-May-27	Mon	6:06	18:31
11-May-27	Tue	6:59	19:22
12-May-27	Wed	8:01	20:19
13-May-27	Thu	9:12	21:25
14-May-27	Fri	10:25	22:40
15-May-27	Sat	11:31	23:55
16-May-27	Sun		12:28
17-May-27	Mon	0:59	13:20
18-May-27	Tue	1:51	14:08
19-May-27	Wed	2:36	14:53
20-May-27	Thu	3:15	15:35
21-May-27	Fri	3:52	16:15
22-May-27	Sat	4:27	16:54
23-May-27	Sun	5:02	17:32
24-May-27	Mon	5:38	18:10
25-May-27	Tue	6:17	18:50
26-May-27	Wed	7:01	19:32
27-May-27	Thu	7:51	20:18
28-May-27	Fri	8:47	21:11
29-May-27	Sat	9:46	22:13
30-May-27	Sun	10:44	23:19
31-May-27	Mon	11:38
1-Jun-27	Tue	0:20	12:31
2-Jun-27	Wed	1:15	13:22
3-Jun-27	Thu	2:04	14:14
4-Jun-27	Fri	2:50	15:05
5-Jun-27	Sat	3:35	15:56
6-Jun-27	Sun	4:22	16:47
7-Jun-27	Mon	5:10	17:36
8-Jun-27	Tue	6:00	18:25
9-Jun-27	Wed	6:54	19:15
10-Jun-27	Thu	7:52	20:07
11-Jun-27	Fri	8:52	21:05
12-Jun-27	Sat	9:53	22:09
13-Jun-27	Sun	10:52	23:19
14-Jun-27	Mon	11:50
15-Jun-27	Tue	0:26	12:45
16-Jun-27	Wed	1:22	13:39
17-Jun-27	Thu	2:11	14:29
18-Jun-27	Fri	2:53	15:15
19-Jun-27	Sat	3:32	15:58
20-Jun-27	Sun	4:09	16:38
21-Jun-27	Mon	4:45	17:15
22-Jun-27	Tue	5:21	17:52
23-Jun-27	Wed	5:59	18:28
24-Jun-27	Thu	6:39	19:05
25-Jun-27	Fri	7:21	19:44
26-Jun-27	Sat	8:05	20:28
27-Jun-27	Sun	8:53	21:19
28-Jun-27	Mon	9:44	22:21
29-Jun-27	Tue	10:39	23:31
30-Jun-27	Wed	11:39
1-Jul-27	Thu	0:37	12:44
2-Jul-27	Fri	1:36	13:48
3-Jul-27	Sat	2:30	14:49
4-Jul-27	Sun	3:20	15:45
5-Jul-27	Mon	4:10	16:37
6-Jul-27	Tue	4:59	17:25
7-Jul-27	Wed	5:49	18:12
8-Jul-27	Thu	6:39	18:57
9-Jul-27	Fri	7:29	19:43
10-Jul-27	Sat	8:21	20:33
11-Jul-27	Sun	9:13	21:30
12-Jul-27	Mon	10:08	22:38
13-Jul-27	Tue	11:06	23:52
14-Jul-27	Wed		12:09
15-Jul-27	Thu	0:57	13:13
16-Jul-27	Fri	1:51	14:11
17-Jul-27	Sat	2:37	15:01
18-Jul-27	Sun	3:16	15:44
19-Jul-27	Mon	3:53	16:22
20-Jul-27	Tue	4:28	16:56
21-Jul-27	Wed	5:02	17:29
22-Jul-27	Thu	5:37	18:01
23-Jul-27	Fri	6:12	18:34
24-Jul-27	Sat	6:48	19:08
25-Jul-27	Sun	7:26	19:46
26-Jul-27	Mon	8:07	20:32
27-Jul-27	Tue	8:55	21:32
28-Jul-27	Wed	9:50	22:50
29-Jul-27	Thu	10:58
30-Jul-27	Fri	0:10	12:16
31-Jul-27	Sat	1:18	13:34
1-Aug-27	Sun	2:15	14:40
2-Aug-27	Mon	3:07	15:35
3-Aug-27	Tue	3:56	16:23
4-Aug-27	Wed	4:44	17:07
5-Aug-27	Thu	5:30	17:50
6-Aug-27	Fri	6:15	18:30
7-Aug-27	Sat	6:59	19:11
8-Aug-27	Sun	7:44	19:55
9-Aug-27	Mon	8:30	20:46
10-Aug-27	Tue	9:21	21:52
11-Aug-27	Wed	10:20	23:18
12-Aug-27	Thu	11:33
13-Aug-27	Fri	0:36	12:51
14-Aug-27	Sat	1:34	13:56
15-Aug-27	Sun	2:20	14:45
16-Aug-27	Mon	2:58	15:25
17-Aug-27	Tue	3:33	16:00
18-Aug-27	Wed	4:06	16:31
19-Aug-27	Thu	4:38	17:02
20-Aug-27	Fri	5:10	17:32
21-Aug-27	Sat	5:42	18:02
22-Aug-27	Sun	6:16	18:35
23-Aug-27	Mon	6:52	19:11
24-Aug-27	Tue	7:32	19:56
25-Aug-27	Wed	8:18	20:57
26-Aug-27	Thu	9:17	22:24
27-Aug-27	Fri	10:32	23:54
28-Aug-27	Sat		12:04
29-Aug-27	Sun	1:05	13:26
30-Aug-27	Mon	2:02	14:28
31-Aug-27	Tue	2:52	15:19
1-Sep-27	Wed	3:39	16:03
2-Sep-27	Thu	4:23	16:44
3-Sep-27	Fri	5:05	17:23
4-Sep-27	Sat	5:47	18:00
5-Sep-27	Sun	6:27	18:37
6-Sep-27	Mon	7:07	19:17
7-Sep-27	Tue	7:50	20:03
8-Sep-27	Wed	8:37	21:07
9-Sep-27	Thu	9:37	22:42
10-Sep-27	Fri	10:57
11-Sep-27	Sat	0:10	12:24
12-Sep-27	Sun	1:10	13:31
13-Sep-27	Mon	1:54	14:19
14-Sep-27	Tue	2:32	14:58
15-Sep-27	Wed	3:06	15:31
16-Sep-27	Thu	3:38	16:02
17-Sep-27	Fri	4:10	16:32
18-Sep-27	Sat	4:41	17:03
19-Sep-27	Sun	5:14	17:34
20-Sep-27	Mon	5:49	18:08
21-Sep-27	Tue	6:26	18:46
22-Sep-27	Wed	7:08	19:34
23-Sep-27	Thu	7:57	20:41
24-Sep-27	Fri	8:59	22:13
25-Sep-27	Sat	10:21	23:42
26-Sep-27	Sun		12:56
27-Sep-27	Mon	1:49	14:13
28-Sep-27	Tue	2:44	15:11
29-Sep-27	Wed	3:32	15:58
30-Sep-27	Thu	4:17	16:40
1-Oct-27	Fri	4:59	17:19
2-Oct-27	Sat	5:40	17:56
3-Oct-27	Sun	6:19	18:31
4-Oct-27	Mon	6:57	19:07
5-Oct-27	Tue	7:36	19:44
6-Oct-27	Wed	8:17	20:29
7-Oct-27	Thu	9:03	21:29
8-Oct-27	Fri	10:00	22:57
9-Oct-27	Sat	11:16
10-Oct-27	Sun	0:27	12:43
11-Oct-27	Mon	1:30	13:52
12-Oct-27	Tue	2:17	14:43
13-Oct-27	Wed	2:56	15:23
14-Oct-27	Thu	3:32	15:58
15-Oct-27	Fri	4:06	16:31
16-Oct-27	Sat	4:40	17:04
17-Oct-27	Sun	5:15	17:37
18-Oct-27	Mon	5:51	18:12
19-Oct-27	Tue	6:30	18:50
20-Oct-27	Wed	7:11	19:34
21-Oct-27	Thu	7:56	20:27
22-Oct-27	Fri	8:48	21:37
23-Oct-27	Sat	9:52	23:02
24-Oct-27	Sun	11:12
25-Oct-27	Mon	0:21	12:39
26-Oct-27	Tue	1:26	13:52
27-Oct-27	Wed	2:20	14:48
28-Oct-27	Thu	3:09	15:35
29-Oct-27	Fri	3:54	16:17
30-Oct-27	Sat	4:37	16:55
31-Oct-27	Sun	5:17	17:32

Source: Department of Conservation