Mersea Island Portal

The romantic lure of Island life is alive and well just off the coast of Essex. Mersea Island, nestled between the river Blackwater and Colne estuaries is approximately nine miles south-east of Colchester, and is without doubt one of the county's best kept secrets.

The island is approximately five miles by two miles, and has a perimeter of twelve miles encompassing the town of West Mersea and the village of East Mersea. The name is a derivation of the Anglo Saxon word ‘Meresig’, which dates from the early 10th Century and means 'island of the pool'.
Important Information
The tide heights and times indicated are estimated based on commercial tidal prediction charts!

The actual tide times and heights can be greatly effected by weather conditions such as wind direction and speed!

The tide time represents high water, and the causeway may be flooded up to two hours either side of high water!
 
Causeway likely to be covered Mersea tide indicator red
Chance of causeway being covered Mersea tide indicator orange
Unlikely that causeway will be covered Mersea tide indicator green

 

Tide Timetable for the port of west Mersea May 2008
17 05:18 1.1m 18 06:03 1.0m 19 00:20 4.6m 20 00:59 4.8m
Sat 11:27 4.3m Sun 12:08 4.4m Mon 06:43 0.9m Tue 07:22 0.9m
　 17:36 1.4m 　 18:16 1.3m 　 12:46 4.4m 　 13:22 4.5m
　 23:38 4.5m 　 　 　 　 18:54 1.1m , 19:31 1.0m
                       
21 01:37 4.8m 22 02:14 4.9m 23 02:51 4.8m 24 03:29 4.7m
Wed 07:59 0.9m Thu 08:35 0.9m Fri 09:11 1.0m Sat 09:48 1.2m
　 13:57 4.5m 　 14:31 4.5m 　 15:07 4.5m 　 15:44 4.4m
　 20:07 1.0m 　 20:42 0.9m 　 21:19 0.9m 　 21:58 1.0m
                       
25 04:10 4.6m 26 04:53 4.5m 27 05:42 4.3m 28 00:19 1.1m
Sun 10:27 1.3m Mon 11:09 1.4m Tue 11:56 1.5m Wed 06:37 4.3m
　 16:23 4.3m 　 17:05 4.2m 　 17:54 4.2m 　 12:50 1.6m
　 22:39 1.0m 　 23:25 1.0m 　 　 　   18:51 4.2m
                 
29 01:20 1.1m 30 02:23 1.0m 31 03:29 0.9m
Thu 07:38 4.2m Fri 08:40 4.3m Sat 09:42 4.4m
　 13:49 1.6m 　 14:51 1.5m 　 15:52 1.3m
　 19:52 4.3m 　 20:57 4.5m 　 21:59 4.7m