Check the tide tables

[Tom]

Attached are three photos of the same harbor, taken at different distances. All three photos were taken within a period of 30 minutes and show what happens when you have a 40 foot tidal variation.

The fourth photo, taken at a beach on the same tidal variation as the harbor, shows what happened to a jet skier and a dinghy owner when they didn't pay attention to the tide.

 

[Jim Dick]

Tom,

Not only should the boat owners pay attention but those walkers on the beach better keep an eye out for the returning tide.

 

[Tom]

Good point Jim. Here's one place on the same coastline where folks can and do get cut off by the tide.

 

[Jim Dick]

Good point Jim. Here's one place on the same coastline where folks can and do get cut off by the tide.

I guess they do!!!