Tide Clock

[Stu Jackson]

You need a tide book aboard giving time corrections for different locations to adjust your clock as you travel. Don’t leave home w/o one!

Which is why I asked in the first place. You point out a very basic fact which the guys who say "My tide clock is right on!" seem to have ignored. Unless they do adjustments which they haven't shared with us. You were the only one who did in your #36, thanks. That's what I was expecting and was surprised by what I can only now deem tidal incompetence , from others, when it comes to the reliability of their tide clocks.

 

[Kings Gambit]

Which is why I asked in the first place. You point out a very basic fact which the guys who say "My tide clock is right on!" seem to have ignored. Unless they do adjustments which they haven't shared with us. You were the only one who did in your #36, thanks. That's what I was expecting and was surprised by what I can only now deem tidal incompetence , from others, when it comes to the reliability of their tide clocks.

I love a guy who doesn’t mince words.

 

[Kings Gambit]

Case in point. LA tide book for today puts high tide @ 11:57 am; following low is @ 5:37 pm. So that's 5 h 40 m whereas celestial timeline "predicts" 6 h 25 m to following low. Tide clock reads 1 h 50 m past high tide, whereas it's actually now 3 h 50 m past. Day clock is not running slow (or fast); agrees with my digital Suunto wrist watch. I adjusted the tide clock last week in Newport Beach where the time difference compared to LA is 4 min earlier for High and 7 min earlier for Low.

So, tide clock predicts LA low tide 4 hr from now when it's really less than 3 h away, etc.

 

[FDL S2]

Case in point. LA tide book for today puts high tide @ 11:57 am; following low is @ 5:37 pm. So that's 5 h 40 m whereas celestial timeline "predicts" 6 h 25 m to following low. Tide clock reads 1 h 50 m past high tide, whereas it's actually now 3 h 50 m past. Day clock is not running slow; agrees with my digital Suunto watch. I adjusted the tide clock last week in Newport Beach where the time difference compared to LA is 4 min earlier for High and 7 min earlier for Low.

So, tide clock predicts LA low tide 4 hr from now when it's really less than 3 h away, etc.

Interesting! That is great information

 

[Stu Jackson]

Did you miss adding and emoji or a /s? Because otherwise, that's one of the most inapplicable parallels I've seen on ANY forum, boating or otherwise.

Just like your Rolex predicts high noon everyday depending upon what state you live in.

 

[Kings Gambit]

I recommend reading this book for a full edification on the subject of tides from a sailor’s perspective.

Tides : The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, 2017, 335 pp.
Trinity University Press, ISBN-13 978-1-59534-805-0

Jonathan White

 

[Kings Gambit]

I recommend reading this book for a full edification on the subject of tides from a sailor’s perspective.

Tides : The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, 2017, 335 pp.
Trinity University Press, ISBN-13 978-1-59534-805-0

Jonathan White

There’s a full chapter (and more) on the PNW tidal patterns. For you who have sailed those waters, he puts you right there. We’re on our way to see Skookumchuck right now, Ch. 6.

 

[Rick Webb]

The clocks don't work for us on the gulf coast since we have only one high and one low per day..

Another peculiarity here is the winds greatly drive the tides

There are like six areas in the world that have the geographic features that create Diurnal Tide patterns.

 

[Kings Gambit]

Another peculiarity here is the winds greatly drive the tides

There are like six areas in the world that have the geographic features that create Diurnal Tide patterns.

Reading the book might alter your view of those phenomena. It’s an excellent review of tidal patterns and their driving forces, etc.

 

[rgranger]

I recommend reading this book for a full edification on the subject of tides from a sailor’s perspective.

Tides : The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, 2017, 335 pp.
Trinity University Press, ISBN-13 978-1-59534-805-0

Jonathan White

I just found it on Audible. I do a lot of driving so I'll add this one to my road-list.