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Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

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Planning your next fishing trip in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom ? Today is a average day for fishing. Our comprehensive fishing almanac combines our popular solunar bite times, moon times, sunrise and sunset times, nearby tide tables, and a 7-day fishing calendar so you always know the best fishing times in your area. We analyse major and minor solunar bite times, rate each day on a five-star scale, and pair it with localized weather forecasts so you can quickly tell whether today is a good day to fish without juggling multiple tabs. Be sure to bookmark this page so you never miss a bite. view bite times...

  • Check our unique Solunar Clock for precise solunar bite times and the best moon phases.
  • Use the Tide Clock section to sync bite times with high and low tide tables.
  • Analyze the forecasted weather conditions, such as wind, barometric pressure and rain to plan your fishing session.
  • Jump to the 7-Day Fishing Calendar for an extended fishing forecast, then explore nearby fishing spots on the interactive map.

Southend-on-Sea on the Thames Estuary is one of the UK’s classic shore fishing destinations, famous for year-round sport from its long pier, groynes and beaches. Anglers target everything from winter cod and whiting to summer bass, rays and sole, with productive fishing along the foreshore towards Shoeburyness and Leigh-on-Sea. read more...

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Sun and Moon Times

The sun will be at it's highest point at . Today we have 16:29 hours of daylight. For shallow water fishing the twilight periods are often the most productive fishing times, especially on days when a major or minor time will coincide with twilight. In low light conditions predators have better cover for their ambush and often hunt in shallow water.
  • Nautical Twilight begins:
    Sunrise:
  • Sunset:
    Nautical Twilight ends:
  • Moonrise:
  • Moonset:
  • Moon over:
  • Moon under:
  • Visibility:
    86%
  • Waning Gibbous - 86% illuminated Waning Gibbous
Next New Moon in ~11 days on 15th June
  • Distance to earth:
    400,313 km
    Proximity:
    12.6 %
We can compare the current moon distance to it's minimum and maximum distance from earth and express that as proximity. A high proximity means the moon is closer to earth. At 50% it would be at it's mean distance. A high proximity causes big tides, currents and has a direct effect on increased bite times. A proximity greater than 90% indicates a super moon.
Moon Phases for Southend-on-Sea
Full Moon
Sun, 31 May
New Moon
Mon, 15 Jun
Full Moon
Tue, 30 Jun

Solunar Bite Times

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Best fishing times:
  • major Time:
    02:59 am - 04:59 am
  • minor Time:
    06:47 am - 08:47 am
  • major Time:
    03:11 pm - 05:11 pm
  • minor Time:
    11:11 pm - 01:11 am
All times are displayed in the Europe/London timezone and are automatically adjusted to daylight savings. The current timezone offset is +1 hours. Green and yellow areas indicate the best fishing times (major and minor). Blue areas indicate high and low tides. The center shows the current moon phase which is a Waning Gibbous at 86% lumination. According to the Solunar Theory, today is a average day for fishing, but you need to cross check this with the current weather forecast for a final decision. Currently we have a minor fishing time. The next best fishing time ( ) starts in -8 hour and -14 minute. The gray time indicator displays the current local time.
Europe/London • Thu, 4 Jun 07:56 • 51.538, 0.714

Tides Times for Fishing: Thu, 4 Jun

The Tideclock displays the tide status and the hours until the next tide. Currently the tide is falling and the next low tide is in 1 hour and 38 minutes.
Tide Graph
03:35 am 09:35 am 03:42 pm 10:06 pm AM PM 17.42 ft 3.12 ft height hour: 12 2 4 6 8 10 12 2 4 6 8 10 12
Times
Tide Time Height
high 03:35 am 17.29 ft
low 09:35 am 3.81 ft
high 03:42 pm 17.42 ft
low 10:06 pm 3.12 ft
Tide Coefficient at 03:35 am is 92
Tide Coefficient at 03:42 pm is 93
For fishing, stronger tides are often favourable as they cause stronger currents and more motion on the sea bed. The above tidal coefficients give us an indication of how strong the tides are compared to their average. A value over 90 indicates very strong tides, known as spring tides. A low value indicates weak tides, known as neap tides. The tidal coefficient can range from 20 to 120 with a mean value of 70. A higher number usually indicates better fishing.
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7 Day Fishing Weather

The weather plays an important role in fishing. Wind strenght and direction often determine where you can fish and where fish might be holding. Although high pressure is usually good for fishing, steep pressure changes often trigger feeding frenzies and are great times for fishing. Of course temperature has also a strong effect on fishing and comfort on the water. So make sure to cross check the weather forecast with the solunar fishing times to determine the best times to go fishing. The graph below shows you the 3 hourly weather progression over the next 7 days. Scroll the graph left or right to see more.
Selected Weather Station: Southend-on-Sea, GB
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7 Day Fishing Forecast Calendar
Date Major Bite Times Minor Bite Times Sun Moon Moonphase Tide Times
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S: 		Waning Gibbous moon phase
Waning Gibbous
high: , 17.45 ft , Coeff: 93
low: , 3.44 ft
high: , 17.59 ft , Coeff: 95
low: , 2.79 ft
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S: 		Waning Gibbous moon phase
Waning Gibbous
high: , 17.29 ft , Coeff: 92
low: , 3.81 ft
high: , 17.42 ft , Coeff: 93
low: , 3.12 ft
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S: 		R:
S: 		Waning Gibbous moon phase
Waning Gibbous
high: , 17.06 ft , Coeff: 89
low: , 4.27 ft
high: , 17.19 ft , Coeff: 91
low: , 3.51 ft
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S: 		R:
S: 		Waning Gibbous moon phase
Waning Gibbous
high: , 16.8 ft , Coeff: 87
low: , 4.69 ft
high: , 16.96 ft , Coeff: 88
low: , 3.84 ft
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S: 		Third Quarter Moon moon phase
Third Quarter Moon
high: , 16.5 ft , Coeff: 84
low: , 5.05 ft
high: , 16.67 ft , Coeff: 85
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S: 		Third Quarter Moon moon phase
Third Quarter Moon
low: , 4.04 ft
high: , 16.24 ft , Coeff: 81
low: , 5.31 ft
high: , 16.4 ft , Coeff: 83
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S: 		Third Quarter Moon moon phase
Third Quarter Moon
low: , 4.07 ft
high: , 16.11 ft , Coeff: 80
low: , 5.35 ft
high: , 16.21 ft , Coeff: 81
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S: 		Waning Crescent moon phase
Waning Crescent
low: , 3.94 ft
high: , 16.14 ft , Coeff: 80
low: , 5.15 ft
high: , 16.17 ft , Coeff: 81
*bold times indicate best fishing times around sunrise or sunset

Fishing Overview Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea offers classic Thames Estuary sea fishing with easy access, long-range casting opportunities and genuine year-round sport. The town’s famous pier, extensive mudflats and groyned beaches create distinct fish-holding areas, giving shore anglers a wide variety of marks to choose from between Leigh-on-Sea, Southend seafront and Shoeburyness.

Seasonally, fishing around Southend-on-Sea follows a typical Thames pattern. Winter brings codling, whiting, pout and dabs, with the deeper water along Southend Pier and the channel edges producing the best catches during darkness and on building tides. Spring sees increasing numbers of school bass, thornback rays and flounder moving over the warming mud and sand, especially towards Shoebury. In summer, bass, smoothhounds, rays, dogfish, sole and the odd mackerel or garfish show from the pier and foreshore. Autumn is prime mixed-bag time, with bass, rays and the first codling often available on the same tide.

The main habitat types are the deep-water pier channel, inshore sand and mud banks and the groyned surf beaches. Southend Pier puts you over the main estuary flow, away from the shallow flats, and is ideal for targeting rays, codling, whiting and summer species on longer casts. Along the seafront towards Westcliff and Chalkwell you’ll find groynes and shallow ground, perfect for bass, flounder and sole on a flooding tide. At Shoeburyness, the sands and channel run-offs create classic ray and bass territory, particularly around the forts and channels accessible at range.

Rigs and tackle should be matched to tide run and ground. For general Southend pier and beach fishing, a 12–13ft beachcaster rated to 5–6oz with a sturdy fixed spool or multiplier loaded with 15–18lb mono and a 50–60lb shockleader is a robust starting point. Use two or three-hook flappers for whiting, pout and dabs in winter, switching to pennel pulley rigs for codling and rays with larger baits. For sole and flounder, scale down to lighter two-hook rigs with size 2–4 hooks and longer hooklengths to let baits move naturally over the mud.

Bait choice is critical along this section of the Thames Estuary. Lugworm and ragworm are staple baits for almost everything and fish exceptionally well when tipped with small slivers of mackerel or squid for whiting and codling. Peeler crab is prime for bass, rays and smoothhounds, especially from late spring through summer. For sole and flounder, small neat worm baits or maddies presented close to the seabed are consistently effective. Fresh herring, bluey or mackerel sections score well for thornback rays from both the pier and the open beaches.

Tactically, Southend-on-Sea rewards careful tide and timing. The last two hours of the flood and first hour of the ebb often produce best along the beaches, when fish move in over the banks and then drop back into the channels. On the pier, fishing into the deeper water, a building tide and evening sessions tend to improve catches, especially in clear, cold conditions for winter codling and whiting. Casting just onto the edge of the main channel or alongside visible features such as sandbanks, groynes and gullies will consistently out-fish random casting.

Simple presentation details make a big difference here. Use breakout leads to hold bottom in strong flow, keep hooklengths tangle-free with small swivels or beads, and always keep baits fresh and streamlined. By combining thoughtful tide planning, the right rigs and carefully chosen baits, Southend-on-Sea offers reliable, varied sea fishing from easily accessible marks all along its estuary shoreline.

Interactive Fishing Map for the greater Southend-on-Sea area

Beaches and Bays are ideal places for land-based fishing. If the beach is shallow and the water is clear then twilight times are usually the best times, especially when they coincide with a major or minor fishing time. Often the points on either side of a beach are the best spots. Or if the beach is large then look for irregularities in the breaking waves, indicating sandbanks and holes. We found 5 beaches and bays in this area.

Pig's Bay - 7.02333509194km , Yantlet beach - 7.80758143571km , Thorney Bay - 9.39531090597km , St Mary's Bay - 11.06873961839km , Horseshoes Bay - 13.05037561142km

Harbours and Marinas can often times be productive fishing spots for land based fishing as their sheltered environment attracts a wide variety of bait fish. Similar to river mouths, harbour entrances are also great places to fish as lots of fish will move in and out with the rising and falling tides. There are 2 main harbours in this area.

Thames Estuary Yacht Club - 1.1440623231km, Sheerness Harbour - 10.73214237349km

We found a total of 40 potential fishing spots nearby Southend-on-Sea. Below you can find them organized on a map. Points, Headlands, Reefs, Islands, Channels, etc can all be productive fishing spots. As these are user submitted spots, there might be some errors in the exact location. You also need to cross check local fishing regulations. Some of the spots might be in or around marine reserves or other locations that cannot be fished. If you click on a location marker it will bring up some details and a quick link to google search, satellite maps and fishing times. Tip: Click/Tap on a new area to load more fishing spots.

Thames Estuary Yacht Club - 1.1440623231km , Mouth of the Thames - 4.88217396068km , Two Tree Island - 5.99478547356km , Pig's Bay - 7.02333509194km , Yantlet beach - 7.80758143571km , Thames Estuary - 8.26149582339km , Rushley Island - 8.64791210686km , Potton Island - 8.71820162682km , Canvey Island - 9.10333937035km , Thorney Bay - 9.39531090597km , Sheerness Channel - 9.55223255463km , Medway Channel - 9.5965426995km , Isle of Grain - 9.8212070157km , Havengore Island - 9.94259112608km , River Medway - 10.08677937473km , Garrison Point - 10.27868836227km , New England Island - 10.67190952283km , Sheerness Harbour - 10.73214237349km , Wallasea Island - 10.7674604334km , Bridgemarsh Island - 10.91020003576km , St Mary's Bay - 11.06873961839km , Hole Haven - 11.64458648733km , Barton's Point - 12.09398606006km , Lower Horse - 12.58044630567km , River Roach - 12.62650357964km , Deadmans Island - 12.97490986836km , Horseshoes Bay - 13.05037561142km , Burntwick Island - 13.27965868346km , Upper Horse - 13.4371656588km , West Point - 13.71431374385km , Wallasea Ness - 13.7291546km , Ladies Hole Point - 13.74595434784km , Foulness Island - 13.83572204076km , Cooling Marshes - 13.88757184548km , Maplin Sands - 14.1023433645km , River Crouch - 14.63615408581km , River Thames - 14.99593082154km , Eastwick Head - 15.45984339786km , The Mount - 15.94921032698km , Lower Hope Point - 16.57703823278km

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