Tides | Ebb and flood
The beaches of De Panne are never the same width because of the tides. For example, if you take a relaxing walk on the beach, it is useful to know when it is high or low tide.
You will find the astronomical water level forecast for Cadzand for the two following months.
December 2019
Thursday 5 December
1:50 hrs
-102 cm
Friday 6 December
3:00 hrs
-102 cm
Saturday 7 December
3:59 hrs
-110 cm
Sunday 8 December
4:56 hrs
-123 cm
Monday 9 December
5:39 hrs
-138 cm
Tuesday 10 December
0:09 hrs
198 cm
Wednesday 11 December
0:46 hrs
215 cm
Thursday 12 December
1:21 hrs
228 cm
Friday 13 December
1:56 hrs
234 cm
Saturday 14 December
2:35 hrs
234 cm
Sunday 15 December
3:15 hrs
228 cm
Monday 16 December
3:56 hrs
216 cm
Tuesday 17 December
4:43 hrs
201 cm
Wednesday 18 December
5:39 hrs
183 cm
Thursday 19 December
0:35 hrs
-147 cm
Friday 20 December
1:36 hrs
-136 cm
Saturday 21 December
2:50 hrs
-131 cm
Sunday 22 December
4:06 hrs
-133 cm
Monday 23 December
5:12 hrs
-146 cm
Tuesday 24 December
6:10 hrs
-163 cm
Wednesday 25 December
0:28 hrs
214 cm
Thursday 26 December
1:16 hrs
221 cm
Friday 27 December
1:58 hrs
222 cm
Saturday 28 December
2:44 hrs
219 cm
Sunday 29 December
3:20 hrs
213 cm
Monday 30 December
4:01 hrs
204 cm
Tuesday 31 December
4:38 hrs
192 cm
January 2020
Wednesday 1 January
5:19 hrs
176 cm
Thursday 2 January
6:05 hrs
161 cm
Friday 3 January
0:40 hrs
-118 cm
Saturday 4 January
1:48 hrs
-110 cm
Sunday 5 January
3:06 hrs
-110 cm
Monday 6 January
3:55 hrs
-117 cm
Tuesday 7 January
5:00 hrs
-130 cm
Wednesday 8 January
5:46 hrs
-145 cm
Thursday 9 January
0:16 hrs
193 cm
Friday 10 January
0:58 hrs
209 cm
Saturday 11 January
1:40 hrs
220 cm
Sunday 12 January
2:22 hrs
225 cm
Monday 13 January
3:05 hrs
225 cm
Tuesday 14 January
3:46 hrs
221 cm
Wednesday 15 January
4:33 hrs
213 cm
Thursday 16 January
5:25 hrs
201 cm
Friday 17 January
0:16 hrs
-161 cm
Saturday 18 January
1:09 hrs
-150 cm
Sunday 19 January
2:14 hrs
-139 cm
Monday 20 January
3:25 hrs
-133 cm
Tuesday 21 January
4:50 hrs
-140 cm
Wednesday 22 January
5:55 hrs
-157 cm
Thursday 23 January
0:25 hrs
186 cm
Friday 24 January
1:11 hrs
198 cm
Saturday 25 January
1:56 hrs
204 cm
Sunday 26 January
2:36 hrs
206 cm
Monday 27 January
3:08 hrs
207 cm
Tuesday 28 January
3:45 hrs
206 cm
Wednesday 29 January
4:16 hrs
203 cm
Thursday 30 January
4:49 hrs
195 cm
Friday 31 January
5:28 hrs
185 cm
February 2020
Saturday 1 February
6:06 hrs
171 cm
Sunday 2 February
0:34 hrs
-137 cm
Monday 3 February
1:25 hrs
-125 cm
Tuesday 4 February
3:00 hrs
-116 cm
Wednesday 5 February
4:16 hrs
-123 cm
Thursday 6 February
5:22 hrs
-138 cm
These forecasts apply to average meteorological conditions and are calculated by the Dutch Ministry of Transport. In the two upper tables, the high tide (HW) is given in positive centimetres, and the low tide (LW) in negative centimetres, relative to NAP (general Dutch level).
Disclaimer
This tidal information is only intended for recreational purposes, such as hiking and beach recreation. No guarantees are made about the correctness of this free tides data. You may not use this page if anyone or anything could come to harm as a result of using it (e.g. for navigational purposes).
Ebb and flow
The phase of retreating water is called ebb. A beach will get bigger during ebb. In the Oosterschelde or Waddenzee, mud plates will appear, which makes it possible to go mudhiking to the islands. At the end of ebb period, the water is at the lowest point: this is called low tide.
The phase of rising water is called flow. A beach will then get smaller, narrower. Big mud plates, like in the Waddenzee or Oosterschelde, will overflow with water during flow. The water level reached at the end of the flow phase is called high tide.
The time between the start of one flow and the start of the next flow is on average 12 hours and 25 minutes.