Tide times at Largs Bay Jetty

About Largs Bay Jetty

Largs Bay is the northernmost jetty in Adelaide's metro string and one of the shortest, which tells you exactly what it is — a shallow, sandy, summer flats-fishing jetty rather than a deep-water platform.

Tide character & fortnight outlook

Today's tides at Largs Bay Jetty sit in the spring band — peak-to-trough range about 2.23 m (moon 100% illuminated).

Across the next 7 days at Largs Bay Jetty, the average peak-to-trough tide range is about 1.99 m. The biggest swing this week falls on Friday (~2.23 m).

Across the next fortnight, the biggest spring tides at Largs Bay Jetty peak around Friday 28 Aug at about 2.23 m (around the full moon), and the smallest neap tides fall around Sunday 6 Sep at about 0.83 m.

Best tide state to fish Largs Bay Jetty

The jetty faces broadly west into Gulf St Vincent, so it's exposed to the prevailing afternoon sea breeze and to any wind with west in it, which chops up the shallow water and makes the float work for garfish miserable. Mornings are usually the calmer, cleaner option. The gulf is tidal and the water here is shallow, so the high tide is doing the heavy lifting — a session built around a daytime or evening high on a light wind is when it fires. Persistent strong westerlies or a dirty, wind-churned sea will shut the sand fishing down; that's the cue to wait for the next still morning rather than push through it.

What anglers target here

Anglers fishing Largs Bay Jetty typically time sessions around the tide for yellowfin whiting (sand whiting), australian herring, yelloweye mullet, garfish, and southern calamari (squid).