Thanks for your efforts in posting these very useful pages…..is there any chance of Plymouth tide tables? Very useful for those west of Start Point. Brian
In your very useful notes on the St Albans inshore passage you say:
St Albans Head: West going starts HW Dover -15mins; East going starts HW Dover +5hr 45mins
Durlston Head: East going starts HW Dover -1hr 15mins
The St Albans times make complete sense but I would have expected the tide close inshore at Durlston Head to turn quite a bit earlier than the main stream at St Albans. That would put the East going stream perhaps as early as HWD +4 but not HWD -1:15.
I tend to avoid Durlston Head so I have very little personal experience but does the E stream really start at HWD -1:15?
Best wishes
Mike
Thanks Mike, your right.
Looking at the Tide Chart I think I went from the East flow to the West flow slack instead of the W to E flow slack!
When I get my head around editing with WP v7 I will change it, probably to:
Inside the 10 meter contour the East flow can start up to 2 hrs BEFORE the tide turns only three quarters of a nM offshore at HWD +5:30
Hello Monty,
I’d be interested to hear where you get your Cherbourg tidal data?
Thanks
Sandy
Either from https://wxtide32.informer.com/4.7/
or https://www.bloomsbury.com/media/av2botd2/cherbourg-tide-card-2026.pdf
It depends on what format you like.
Thanks for your efforts in posting these very useful pages…..is there any chance of Plymouth tide tables? Very useful for those west of Start Point. Brian
I have considered making Tide Calendars for other ports but it takes quite a bit of time and effort to produce them. They are readily available from other sources such as https://www.tidetime.org/europe/united-kingdom/plymouth-calendar-may.htm
or https://www.lsac.co.uk/tide-predictions
or https://www.yachthavens.com/media/dssjqvvr/plymouth-tide-tables-2026.pdf
Something that I could do is add more links (that doesn’t change each year!) to other sites.
I think the tide changes with pressure shown are wrong. Is it not the case that low pressure should result in higher tides? + not –
I sea kayak not sail, but your site is very useful.
Thanks
Dave
Is it not the case that low pressure should result in higher tides?
Correct, as stated in the article but from the opposite end of the rainbow 🙂
As the atmospheric pressure rises,
the achievable height of the tide reduces.
Pressure Height Adjustment
963 mb +0.5 meters Low pressure add half a meter to height
973 mb +0.4 meters Pressure a bit higher, add a bit less
In your very useful notes on the St Albans inshore passage you say:
St Albans Head: West going starts HW Dover -15mins; East going starts HW Dover +5hr 45mins
Durlston Head: East going starts HW Dover -1hr 15mins
The St Albans times make complete sense but I would have expected the tide close inshore at Durlston Head to turn quite a bit earlier than the main stream at St Albans. That would put the East going stream perhaps as early as HWD +4 but not HWD -1:15.
I tend to avoid Durlston Head so I have very little personal experience but does the E stream really start at HWD -1:15?
Best wishes
Mike
Thanks Mike, your right.
Looking at the Tide Chart I think I went from the East flow to the West flow slack instead of the W to E flow slack!
When I get my head around editing with WP v7 I will change it, probably to:
Inside the 10 meter contour the East flow can start up to 2 hrs BEFORE the tide turns only three quarters of a nM offshore at HWD +5:30