8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 29, 2010

TIDEWATER INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-6311	72-0487776
(State of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
601 Poydras Street, Suite 1900		70130
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(504) 568-1010

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrants under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

In accordance with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company notes that certain statements set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K provide other than historical information and are forward looking. The actual achievement of any forecasted results, or the unfolding of future economic or business developments in a way anticipated or projected by the Company, involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company’s actual performance to be materially different from that stated or implied in the forward-looking statement. Among those risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, include, without limitation, volatility in worldwide energy demand and oil and gas prices; fleet additions by competitors and industry overcapacity; changes in capital spending by customers in the energy industry for offshore exploration, field development and production; changing customer demands for vessel specifications, which may make some of our older vessels technologically obsolete for certain customer projects or in certain markets; uncertainty of global financial market conditions and difficulty in accessing credit or capital; acts of terrorism and piracy; significant weather conditions; unsettled political conditions, war, civil unrest and governmental actions, such as expropriation, especially in higher risk countries where we operate; foreign currency fluctuations; labor influences proposed by international conventions; and enforcement of laws related to the environment, labor and foreign corrupt practices. Readers should consider all of these risk factors as well as other information contained in this report.

On December 29, 2010, the company issued a press release announcing that Joseph M. Bennett, Executive Vice President and Chief Investor Relations Officer, will present at the Pritchard Capital Partners Energize 2011 Conference in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at approximately 9:45 a.m. Pacific time. The presentation will be available via real-time webcast at http://www.tdw.com.

Upon completion of the presentation, the company will also file a Form 8-K with the SEC which will include a transcript of the presentation and a copy of the slides used by the presenter.

The press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are furnished with this Form 8-K:

99.1 Press Release dated December 29, 2010.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

TIDEWATER INC.
By:	/s/ Quinn P. Fanning
	Quinn P. Fanning
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: December 29, 2010

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

	Press Release

TIDEWATER INC. Ÿ Pan-American Life Center Ÿ 601 Poydras Street, Suite 1900 Ÿ New Orleans, LA 70130 Ÿ Telephone (504) 568-1010 Ÿ Fax (504) 566-4582

Tidewater to Present at the Pritchard Capital Partners Energize 2011 Conference

NEW ORLEANS, December 29, 2010 –Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) announced today that Joseph M. Bennett, Executive Vice President and Chief Investor Relations Officer, will present at the Pritchard Capital Partners Energize 2011 Conference in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at approximately 9:45 a.m. Pacific time. The presentation will be available via real-time webcast at http://www.tdw.com. Playback will be available on January 5, 2011, at approximately 10:45 a.m. Pacific time and will be available for thirty days. Upon completion of the presentation, the company will also file a Form 8-K with the SEC which will include a transcript of the presentation and a copy of the slides used by the presenter.

Tidewater Inc. owns 393 vessels, the world’s largest fleet of vessels serving the global offshore energy industry.

CONTACT: Tidewater Inc., New Orleans

Joe Bennett, Executive Vice President and Chief Investor Relations Officer

504-566-4506

SOURCE: Tidewater Inc.