Time and Tides Wait

[D-TEX]

for no man the old saying go's. but man waits for the tides ( new saying ).

Don't know how many have tried this technique but will throw it out there

anyway, it may or may not work in your area you will just need to check.

Lets say your going to hunt point (A) on low tide, tide table shows it to be

at 8:00 am, great you time you trip to arrive at least 1:00 hr. before then,

you start hunting as planed but finds are few and far between so it's a

blow out.

Now lets try something different; get that tide table out again and don't

just look at it but study it. Do you see any places up or down the coast

that low tide occurs several hours later than your prime area?

If the distance is not to far you can sometimes see where you can hunt

the low tide at more than one place if you plan it right. High and Low

tides do not take place at the same time at different points of a coast

some are ahead and some are behind any given point. If you study the

tables you may be able to hit two or even three in order if not spaced

to far apart and if you don't waste all the time at one location.

This can be a trick to use as a scouting tool for future hunts also, pick

an area, make a run to point (a), to be on time then run to (b) and even

to (c) to see how your timing is. Obviously you would want to pick only

what you would want to consider to be prime sites only.

This could also work on just one long beach by the same method, hit, and

run style.

 

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[littleneckhalfshell]

Also remember to consult the moon phase..... more ground is uncovered at low tide when the moon is Full or New, so you can get out further from shore to detect if you choose to go during these phases of the moon. Likewise Quarter moons will give you the least ground to cover at low tide for your chosen area.

see: What is the difference between spring tide and neap tide

""Spring Tides When the moon is full or new, the gravitational pull of the moon and sun are combined. At these times, the high tides are very high and the low tides are very low. This is known as a spring high tide. Spring tides are especially strong tides (they do not have anything to do with the season Spring). They occur when the Earth, the Sun, and the Moon are in a line. The gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun both contribute to the tides. Spring tides occur during the full moon and the new moon. Neap Tides During the moon's quarter phases the sun and moon work at right angles, causing the bulges to cancel each other. The result is a smaller difference between high and low tides and is known as a neap tide. Neap tides are especially weak tides. They occur when the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun are perpendicular to one another (with respect to the Earth). Neap tides occur during quarter moons.""

 

[WaterWalker]

IT WORKS!

Four of us started on Cape Cod, Massachusetts for the early morning tide. Hit the noon tide in Rhode Island and finished the day with the afternoon tide in Connecticut. Three tides, three states. Glad we were on our way home in Connecticut after a vacation on Cape Cod. We started about 5am and were home around 9pm after traveling 240 miles in 5.5 hours, detecting for some 9 hours in the water and grabbing a few cups of coffee along the way. What a wonderful way to spend a day, following the tides.

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

I call Port Everglades, get the ship guy to go online, tell me the low low tides etc..... he's pretty nice.
high high tides, I can just check a webcam and see it. I also use this tide site. I know the tides at Ft. Laud vs Miami are an hour or so difference, one way or the other.
You can program it for your area.

Tides.INFO: Ocean and river tide predictions for Hollywood Beach, Florida

Too much gas, traffic, aggravation, trying to chase a tide up and down A1A.
GL & HH