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Burnham Overy Staithe tide times

A winding tidal creek — the launch for dinghies, kayaks and paddleboards heading out toward Scolt Head Island.

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BST ±30 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 · 14 kn

The next high tide at Burnham Overy Staithe is 13:08 BST ±30 min on Sat 5 Sept.

Next 48 hours

00:4113:0801:5714:48 07:23 20:01 08:52 21:39 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 ±30-minute accuracy window, not a claimed minute.

Next 7 days

times in BST · high ±30 · low ±60
High and low tide times for Burnham Overy Staithe over the next seven days, split into early and late, in local time. High waters are accurate to ±30 minutes and low waters to ±60 minutes. Heights are metres above chart datum at the Immingham reference, not the depth of water here.
Day Early Late
Sat 05 Sept ☀ 06:14–19:37 Neap 00:41 6.0 m 07:23 low 13:08 6.0 m 20:01 low
Sun 06 Sept ☀ 06:15–19:34 Neap 01:57 5.8 m 08:52 low 14:48 5.7 m 21:39 low
Mon 07 Sept ☀ 06:17–19:32 Neap 03:32 5.8 m 10:37 low 16:43 6.0 m 23:18 low
Tue 08 Sept ☀ 06:19–19:30 Mid 04:55 6.2 m 11:53 low 17:53 6.5 m
Wed 09 Sept ☀ 06:21–19:27 Spring 05:56 6.7 m 00:23 low 18:44 6.9 m 12:49 low
Thu 10 Sept ☀ 06:22–19:25 Spring 06:46 7.2 m 01:14 low 19:27 7.2 m 13:36 low
Fri 11 Sept ☀ 06:24–19:22 Spring 07:31 7.5 m 01:58 low 20:06 7.3 m 14:17 low

Two high waters most days, roughly twelve hours apart. Each high water is accurate to ±30 min. Low water is worked out from the high waters either side of it, so it is a wider estimate — ±60 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 Burnham Overy Staithe but no height ratio, so a big number does not mean a deep creek.

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Low evening sun catching the flint boathouse at Burnham Overy Staithe, with dinghies drawn up on the shingle beside the creek.

Heading out to Scolt Head Island? These are the low tides that crossing hangs off, and the ferry runs from this staithe.

Overy Creek full of water under a clear sky, with a dinghy under outboard heading down the channel past moored boats lying at anchor, saltmarsh flat and green on either side.

High tide

The same creek at low water on a grey day, reduced to a narrow ribbon between banks of mud, with a blue and white boat lying over on its bilge and yachts standing upright on the hard sand behind.

Low tide

Overy Creek at high water and at low water. The dinghies, kayaks and paddleboards that launch here work to the first picture. Photographs of Burnham Overy Staithe: Boat approaching Burnham Overy by Hugh Venables · Overy Creek, Low Tide by Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0

What the tide controls here

At Burnham Overy Staithe, the tide controls when the Scolt Head Island ferries can run and when boats can get up and down the creek.

Scolt Head ferry
Two licensed ferries run to the island, normally two hours either side of high tide in daylight hours. Burnham Overy Boathouse →
Season
The ferries are seasonal, running April to September. Natural England →
Your own boat
Natural England refer anyone reaching the island in their own vessel to the Brancaster Harbour Launch and General Directions. Natural England →
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.

Scolt Head Island is cut off by the tide

Scolt Head is an island, reached by ferry and only on the tide. In August 2025 the RNLI launched to six people trapped there. If you cross, know when the last boat runs.

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How this time is worked out

Every time on this page is high water at Immingham, shifted by 50 minutes for Burnham Overy Staithe, and published as a ±30 minute window.

Not independently checked. Never checked against a tide gauge — there is no gauge here. A field observation is the only thing that would settle it.

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 Burnham Overy Staithe

  • The Hero

    Laid-back, dog-friendly harbour village pub with rooms, wood burner and locally sourced seasonal menus.

  • Burnham Overy Island Ferry

    Seasonal small-boat ferry from the Staithe quay to Scolt Head Island, running roughly every 20-30 minutes in summer.

  • Gurneys Fish Shop

    Fourth-generation Burnham Market fishmonger selling fresh and oak-smoked fish, shellfish and famous fishcakes.

  • Socius

    AA Restaurant of the Year 2022 in Burnham Market, serving modern British small plates designed to share.

  • The Hoste

    Historic 17th-century Burnham Market inn, hotel and spa with a Nelson connection, 62 rooms and an award-winning restaurant.

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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

All activities
  • Paddleboarding

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    11:08–15:08

    Sat 5 Sept

  • Sailing

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    11:08–15:08

    Sat 5 Sept

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.