Chek Jawa
Sandy and rocky shore, seagrass lagoon, coral rubble, mangrove, coastal forest
Low tides and shore notes for Singapore
When the water drains off the flats, a whole other Singapore shows up. This is my notebook for catching it: a calendar of the good low tides, notes on the shores, and what to look for when you get there.
Coming up
The next good low tides in daylight or twilight. The full list is in the calendar.
- Mon 26 Oct, 17:11fair☀ daylight · −1.35 m MSL
- Tue 27 Oct, 17:48good☀ daylight · −1.56 m MSL
- Wed 28 Oct, 18:28excellent☀ daylight · −1.69 m MSL
- Sun 8 Nov, 16:45fair☀ daylight · −1.20 m MSL
- Mon 9 Nov, 17:20fair☀ daylight · −1.35 m MSL
- Tue 10 Nov, 17:53good☀ daylight · −1.43 m MSL
Shores
Sisters' Islands
Reef flat, lagoon, rocky shore
Pasir Ris mangroves
Mangrove forest along a river mouth
Labrador
Rocky shore, coastal forest
Notes
Reading a tide table
What the numbers in a Singapore tide table mean, chart datum vs mean sea level, and how this site rates low tides.
Why some low tides are better
Spring and neap tides, the uneven pair of daily lows, and which months give Singapore its best daylight low tides.
Shore etiquette
How to walk a shore at low tide without harming what lives there.
Lightning and the shore
Why thunderstorms are the main danger on Singapore's open shores, and how to check for them.