Post by ComfortZone on May 19, 2024 16:48:49 GMT 12
We all know tides behave somewhat wierdly eg, the fact that tides on the West an East coasts of the Nth Is are something like 2 hrs apart, which makes for a bit of train smash at Nth Cape.
Here is another oddity, the fact that Perth only has one tidal cycle per day
particle.scitech.org.au/earth/particle-101-perths-odd-tides/
Not mentioned but one I became aware while boating there was that there was no need to check tide times, it was very simple from October to March low tide in the morning, high tide in the afternoon, then it flipped April to September high tide in the morning, low tide in the afternoon. The latter made berthing for me in the winter afternoons a real bugger, my marina was on the narrow stretch of the Swan near Freo and tide would be streaming thru the marina at 3-4 kts, with my berth across the flow, made for some interesting berthings until I figured out a system to handle the flow.
Here is another oddity, the fact that Perth only has one tidal cycle per day
particle.scitech.org.au/earth/particle-101-perths-odd-tides/
Not mentioned but one I became aware while boating there was that there was no need to check tide times, it was very simple from October to March low tide in the morning, high tide in the afternoon, then it flipped April to September high tide in the morning, low tide in the afternoon. The latter made berthing for me in the winter afternoons a real bugger, my marina was on the narrow stretch of the Swan near Freo and tide would be streaming thru the marina at 3-4 kts, with my berth across the flow, made for some interesting berthings until I figured out a system to handle the flow.