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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-324842
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181113

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TIDEWATER INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000098222
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER TRANSPORTATION [4400]
		IRS NUMBER:				720487776
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6002 ROGERDALE ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77072
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7134705300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6002 ROGERDALE ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77072

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TIDEWATER MARINE SERVICE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19780724
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Tidewater Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>6002 Rogerdale Road, Suite 600 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas 77072 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">November&nbsp;13, 2018 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>VIA EDGAR
</I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J. Nolan McWilliams </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attorney-Advisor </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporate Finance
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office of Transportation and Leisure </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, N.E.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Tidewater Inc.</B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1</FONT> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Filed October&nbsp;29, 2018 </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-228029</FONT> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Set forth below are the
responses of Tidewater Inc., a Delaware corporation (&#147;Tidewater,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; or &#147;our&#148;) to comments received from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the &#147;Staff&#148;) of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by letter dated November&nbsp;7, 2018, with respect to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1,</FONT> File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-228029,</FONT>
filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;29, 2018. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Concurrently with the submission of this letter, we are filing Amendment No.&nbsp;1
to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) and a request for acceleration of the effective date of the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the Staff&#146;s convenience, our response is prefaced by the exact text of the Staff&#146;s comment in bold, italicized text. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>General </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>1.</I></B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Please include, or incorporate by reference to the extent you are eligible, the financial statements of
GulfMark Offshore, Inc., along with the related pro forma financial statements, for the periods required by Article <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-04</FONT> to Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X.</FONT>
</I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Response</U>: We acknowledge the Staff&#146;s comment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tidewater has considered the guidance in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-04</FONT> of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X</FONT> in
evaluating the significance of its probable acquisition of GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (&#147;GulfMark&#148;). Tidewater determined utilizing the three measurement tests - the Asset test, the Income test and the Investment test - that the greatest of
the three calculations fell in the 20%-40% category that requires Tidewater to file GulfMark&#146;s audited financial statements for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2017 and unaudited financial statements for the nine-month periods ending
September&nbsp;30, 2018 and September&nbsp;30, 2017 with the Commission as well as the related pro forma financial statements required by Article 11 of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X.</FONT> Pursuant to Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-04</FONT> of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X,</FONT> Tidewater intends to furnish these financial statements to a Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> no later than 75 days
after the date of consummation of the GulfMark acquisition, and will incorporate such filing by reference into the Registration Statement to the extent eligible or file a Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement with such financial
statements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">***** </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Please direct any questions that you have with respect to the foregoing or if any additional
supplemental information is required by the Staff, please contact Curtis R. Hearn or Hope M. Spencer of Jones Walker LLP at (504) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">582-8308</FONT> or (504) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">582-8130,</FONT>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours,</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Curtis R. Hearn </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hope M. Spencer
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Weil, Gotshal&nbsp;&amp; Manges LLP </P>
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