Tides

raybo3raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,619 admin
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Thought this would be an interesting topic. How much of a tide swing do you get in your area? A normal tide change in my area is 9 feet and up to 12 feet on "moon" tides......
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 8,076 mod
    On the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay, 3 feet is typical.  Maybe 5 feet in some locations.  I can't imagine having to deal with 12 feet.  Can you even use fixed piers?
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  • TrashmanTrashman Member Posts: 432 ✭✭✭
    Delaware river we get 6-7.   In and out quick.  At low tide some of our boats can't get out or in.  We are in need of dredging
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  • raybo3raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,619 admin
    LaRea said:
    On the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay, 3 feet is typical.  Maybe 5 feet in some locations.  I can't imagine having to deal with 12 feet.  Can you even use fixed piers?
    No our docks are floating.....
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  • dalekdalek Member Posts: 260 ✭✭✭
    Can be up to 45 feet over here in the Severn estuary U.K. Normally about 30.
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  • TrashmanTrashman Member Posts: 432 ✭✭✭
    dalek said:
    Can be up to 45 feet over here in the Severn estuary U.K. Normally about 30.
    You win
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  • raybo3raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,619 admin
    I know in some parts of eastern Canada its 35 feet
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  • craigswardmtbcraigswardmtb Member Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭
    I'm in CT and my tides are about 3 feet.  Although this weekend for some reason tides were running real high at about 4 feet.
    Its crazy to me that Boston area has tidal ranges that great and they are only about 80 miles north of me.
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,998 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have heard of some of those 35 ft. tides....that must be crazy to deal with for boating....what about ramps? Are they 100' long? When I do salt water I never retrieve at low tide as the ramp is to slippery...how the heck do you deal with that???
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  • JoeStangJoeStang Member Posts: 1,140 ✭✭✭✭
    An inch or two when it rains heavy. LOL

    There are definite advantages to lake boating! :)
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,079 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am with Joe. The river might go up a foot or two during heavy rain. Usually it isn't too bad.
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  • Black_DiamondBlack_Diamond Member Posts: 5,439 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Zero in Lake Michigan!  

    Unsalted and shark free too!

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    PC BYC, Holland, MI
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  • miggymiggy Member Posts: 17 ✭
    dalek said:
    Can be up to 45 feet over here in the Severn estuary U.K. Normally about 30.
    That's pretty high!
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  • dalekdalek Member Posts: 260 ✭✭✭
    We can go out at any tide but we need to go through a lock. The level in Cardiff Bay is kept constant.
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