Miyajima Tide Times 2022
Time your visit to Miyajima to maximum effect by checking our Miyajima tide timetables for when you can see the great shrine gate at both high and low tide.
Go straight to the Miyajima tide timetables.
Itsukushima Shrine and it’s giant O-torii gate at high tide is one of Japan’s most iconic sights. The torii gate looks amazing in its apparent “floating” state, and it’s quite something to walk through the corridors of Itsukushima Shrine with the water lapping up through the floor boards.>
At low tide, we love to walk out to the torii gate. Looking up from below you can truly appreciate its bulk and get a closer look at its design. You can peeking under the shrine buildings themselves at low tide too.
The time between high and low tides varies, but is usually around 6 or 7 hours. If you time your visit right you may be able to catch both tides with a tour of the rest of Miyajima – visiting Daisho-in Temple, climbing Mt Misen etc – in between.
Miyajima 2020 Tide Tables
- The great O-torii shrine gate appears to float when the tide level is over 250cm.
- You can walk out to the O-torii shrine gate when the tide level is below 100cm
- Tides shown are for Hiroshima Bay so actual conditions at Itsukushima Shrine may be slightly earlier than shown
- Tide level show in cm
January 2023
| Date | Tide type | High tide | Low tide | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Level | Time | Level | Time | Level | Time | Level | ||
| 1/18 | Half | 06:53 | 281 | 18:16 | 253 | – | – | 12:52 | 150 |
| 1/19 | Half | 07:56 | 308 | 19:22 | 263 | 01:01 | 37 | 14:00 | 138 |
| 1/20 | Spring | 08:51 | 333 | 20:21 | 279 | 02:01 | 10 | 14:54 | 122 |
| 1/21 | Spring | 09:40 | 352 | 21:15 | 297 | 02:55 | -15 | 15:52 | 106 |
| 1/22 | Spring | 10:25 | 363 | 22:05 | 312 | 03:46 | -33 | 16:26 | 91 |
| 1/23 | Spring | 11:07 | 367 | 22:52 | 321 | 04:32 | -42 | 17:08 | 79 |
| 1/24 | Half | 11:47 | 365 | 23:37 | 322 | 05:16 | -39 | 17:49 | 70 |
| 1/25 | Half | – | – | 12:25 | 355 | 05:58 | -22 | 18:30 | 64 |
| 1/26 | Half | 24:22 | 314 | 13:01 | 339 | 06:39 | 7 | 19:11 | 63 |
| 1/27 | Spring | 01:08 | 297 | 13:37 | 318 | 07:18 | 45 | 19:54 | 67 |
| 1/28 | Neap | 01:59 | 275 | 14:13 | 293 | 07:59 | 88 | 20:41 | 75 |
| 1/29 | Neap | 3:02 | 254 | 14:53 | 266 | 08:47 | 131 | 21:41 | 83 |
| 1/30 | Neap | 04:35 | 243 | 15:49 | 242 | 10:03 | 167 | 23:02 | 86 |
| 1/31 | Transitional | 06:18 | 250 | 17:18 | 227 | – | – | 12:11 | 178 |
February 2023
| Date | Tide type | High tide | Low tide | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Level | Time | Level | Time | Level | Time | Level | ||
| 2/1 | Transitional | 07:34 | 269 | 18:42 | 227 | 24:23 | 78 | 13:41 | 166 |
| 2/2 | Half | 08:26 | 288 | 19:45 | 239 | 01:27 | 64 | 14:33 | 148 |
| 2/3 | Half | 09:05 | 304 | 20:32 | 255 | 02:18 | 47 | 15:09 | 131 |
| 2/4 | Spring | 10:08 | 314 | 21:11 | 272 | 03:00 | 32 | 15:40 | 116 |
| 2/5 | Spring | 10:08 | 322 | 21:45 | 286 | 03:36 | 19 | 16:08 | 104 |
| 2/6 | Spring | 10:36 | 326 | 22:18 | 297 | 04:08 | 10 | 16:36 | 93 |
| 2/7 | Spring | 11:03 | 330 | 22:50 | 304 | 04:39 | 6 | 17:04 | 84 |
| 2/8 | Half | 11:30 | 332 | 23:24 | 306 | 05:09 | 8 | 17:33 | 75 |
| 2/9 | Half | 11:57 | 330 | 23:58 | 303 | 05:40 | 15 | 18:04 | 68 |
| 2/10 | Half | – | – | 12:25 | 325 | 06:11 | 30 | 18:35 | 163 |
| 2/11 | Half | 24:34 | 296 | 12:53 | 314 | 06:44 | 51 | 19:09 | 62 |
| 2/12 | Neap | 01:14 | 271 | 13:22 | 297 | 07:19 | 80 | 19:46 | 64 |
| 2/13 | Neap | 02:03 | 271 | 13:54 | 275 | 08:00 | 113 | 20:30 | 69 |
| 2/14 | Neap | 03:10 | 257 | 14:37 | 252 | 08:57 | 148 | 21:34 | 75 |
| 2/15 | Long | 04:54 | 255 | 15:54 | 231 | 10:43 | 173 | 23:10 | 71 |
| 2/16 | Transitional | 06:39 | 273 | 17:46 | 229 | – | – | 12:50 | 166 |
| 2/17 | Half | 07:52 | 302 | 19:16 | 248 | 24:45 | 51 | 14:01 | 142 |
| 2/18 | Half | 08:45 | 329 | 20:21 | 278 | 01:56 | 21 | 14:50 | 114 |
| 2/19 | Spring | 09:28 | 350 | 21:13 | 307 | 02:51 | -9 | 15:31 | 88 |
| 2/20 | Spring | 10:08 | 363 | 21:59 | 330 | 03:38 | -29 | 16:10 | 65 |
| 2/21 | Spring | 10:45 | 368 | 22:42 | 342 | 04:20 | -37 | 16:48 | 47 |
| 2/22 | Half | 11:19 | 365 | 23:23 | 343 | 05:00 | -29 | 17:24 | 35 |
| 2/23 | Half | 11:52 | 354 | – | – | 05:37 | -8 | 18:00 | 29 |
| 2/24 | Half | 24:04 | 333 | 12:23 | 337 | 06:13 | 25 | 18:36 | 32 |
| 2/25 | Half | 24:45 | 315 | 12:52 | 315 | 06:47 | 64 | 19:11 | 42 |
| 2/26 | Neap | 01:28 | 291 | 13:18 | 288 | 07:22 | 106 | 19:48 | 58 |
| 2/27 | Neap | 02:20 | 265 | 13:44 | 259 | 08:00 | 146 | 20:31 | 79 |
| 2/28 | Neap | 03:41 | 245 | 14:17 | 229 | 08:56 | 181 | 21:42 | 99 |
Hello,
Where can I find the tide tables for May ~ Jun 2018?
Hi Teru
The tide times for May and June have now been added. The rest of the year is coming soon!
Hi,
Would you be able to add the tide tables for April 2019?
Hi Sandy
Thanks for visiting 🙂
They are coming, but it will take a little time to dig out the tide times and get them all on this page. Are there are any particular dates we can check for you?
Paul
Hi,
I am looking for the dates April 18 &19 2019
Hi Sandy, approximate times are
4/18 (spring tide)
High Tide: Around 8am & 8pm
Low tide: Around 2pm
4/19 (spring tide)
High Tide: Around 9am & 9pm
Low tide: Around 3pm
Hope this helps.
Hi
I am after the tides on 24th of Feb 2019. Can you please check for me?
Thank you
Francis
Hi Francis
It will be a Middle Tide on 2/24 and approximate times will be
High tide: About 12pm
Low tide: About 6am and 6pm (sun goes down at about 6pm)
I hope this helps with your planning 🙂
Hi,
We’re planning to visit on January 21, 2018. Would you be able to provide the tide times for that day?
Thank you,
Bern
Hi Bern
Approximate times for 1/21 (spring tide) area
High Tide: Around 10am & 9pm
Low tide: Around 3pm
I hope this helps!
What are the times for tides on April 29 – 30 2019?
Hi Cindy
On April 29, high tides are at 06:15 and 18:29 and low tide is at 12:46.
On April 30, high tides are at 07:07 and 19:23 and low tides are at 24:37 and 13:27.
Good luck with the rest of your planning.
Hi there,
We’re planning to visit on 15th April 2019. Would you be able to provide the tide times for that day?
Thank you,
Fenny Valensia
Hi Fenny
On April 15, high tides are at 06:33 and 18:39 and low tide is at 12:57.
Hello,
We will be in Hiroshima on April 9 and 10,2019.
As you can imagine we are very interested in knowing the High/Low Tide details for those dates so that we can plan accordingly.
Thank you in advance!
Hi Pina
The times have been added to the post above.
Hope this helps with your planning.
Paul
GetHiroshima
Hi Paul,
Thank you so much … can you tell me what ‘the Half’ Tide Type means.
And why for some dates (for example April 9) there is only 1 high tide.
Needless to say I want to make sure I time my visit just right. 🙂
Thank you … again! … Pina
Hi again
Half tide (or middle tide) is half way between the spring tides (when the range between high and low tide is the greatest) and neap tides (when the range between high and low tide is the least).
The reason for the blank tides is, as you’ll see if you look at April 9 & 10, is that the high or low tide is after midnight, so falls on the following day.
I hope this clarifies things,
Paul
GetHiroshima
Hello.
I will be there on 23rd May 2019. Im not sure if im reading this guide correctly but can you please confirm if im right.
Low tide will begin 6.19am through till 11.53am. High tide will begin 11.53am until 6.17pm when low tide will begin again through till 20mins past midnight.
Is this correct?
Thank you
Hi Dom
24:20 340 11:53 292 06:19 132 18:17
Apologies for the confusion.
The tide will be at its lowest at 06:19 and 18:17
The tide will be at its highest at 11:53
So the water will gradually get lower through the night until 06:19 when it will be at its lowest.
It will then gradually rise until it reaches its highest point at 11:53, after which it will start to go down until at its lowest again at 18:17.
It will gradually rise to another high tide at 1am the next morning.
I hope this makes things clearer and helps with your planning.
Paul
GetHiroshima
Yes it did thank you Paul.
My plan is to see the torri gate at both low and high tide, so what time do u suggest i get there? Im thinking maybe 2pm?
Thanks Paul 🙂
Just another quick question.
If i want to see both low and high tides, what time do you reccomend i get there on that day?
Hi Dom
Apologies for the delayed reply. To be honest, there is more than enough to do on Miyajima to fill the 6 hours between high and low tide, so I would recommend getting there for when the water is at its highest and planning to spend the rest of the afternoon on the island.
Ok great thank you so much for your advice 🙂
Hello,
I have plan to stay at osaka at 4/11 – 4/15
I plan to be there on 4/13.
The lowest tide at that morning is 09:43AM at 164 level.
Can i walk down to the Great Torii at that level ?
Thank you,
Weerachai
Hello Weerachai
Sorry for the delayed reply. It’s usually recommended that you don’t walk out to the torii gate unless the water is at a level of 100cm or less. You could get a little wet at 164!
I’m sure you will have a wonderful visit anyway and you be one of the last people to see the torii gate before a 2-year maintenance project starts in June.
Is there a date in June the maintenance commences. I will be there on the 19th June ?
Hi Jane
Apologies for the delay in getting back to you, but details about the restoration project have just been released. There will be some scaffolding around the base of the pillars of the shrine gate, but the whole thing won’t be under cover.
More details here
http://gethiroshima.com/news/miyajimas-iconic-shrine-gate-going-under-wraps-until-summer-2020/
We plan to visit mid December this yr. Is it true that the tori gate will be under maintenance? Will the beach still be open for people to dig for clams?
Hi Angie
Apologies for the delay in getting back to you, but details about the restoration project have just been released. I’m afraid the shrine gate will be covered when you visit.
http://gethiroshima.com/news/miyajimas-iconic-shrine-gate-going-under-wraps-until-summer-2020/
There is a lot of other cool stuff on Miyajima to enjoy, so don’t be too quick to cross it off your list 🙂
Hi, good page!
Can I get tides for March 2020? 🙂 Thank!
Hi Tom
We’ll add the tide times for 2020 when we get them, so please watch this space!