Watch the tide

[Tom]

These folks thought it would be fun to boondock on a Welsh beach. The Severn estuary and the coast of South Wales (UK) has the second highest tidal range in the world (40+/- feet). When I was a kid we'd fish the surf by casting out just a short way and continually walking backwards up the beach.

 

[Babe2201]

Oops. Most if not all beaches I have visited it is easy to see where the high tide ends.

 

[Tom]

A CA boating friend didn't believe, even when I picked up a set of tide tables on a visit. But he changed his mind when I snapped some shots of Tenby harbour. At low tide, boats sit in the sand. I went up on the bluff and took a couple of distance shots. My niece sent me the pic taken at high tide.

 

[Oldgator73]

I grew up in Daytona Beach and lived on the beach during the summers. It was an everyday occurrence that folks would park near the waters edge only to find their vehicle underwater when they return.

 

[Gary RV_Wizard]

I recall boating on New York's Hudson River, 75 miles north of the river mouth at the ocean. Went ashore on a small island and picnic'ed on the far side, enjoying ourselves for a few hours. Came back to our boat and found it 30 ft from the water's edge. We waited another couple hours for the tide to come back in.

 

[garyb1st]

The Severn estuary and the coast of South Wales (UK) has the second highest tidal range in the world (40+/- feet).

The highest must be the sea of Fundy. Saw that when we were in Nova Scotia. IIRC, the water level can rise at the rate of 5 feet an hour.

 

[Chef Duane]

Hmmm.... I thought the thread title "Watch the Tide" had to do with preseason Alabama football. Silly me.

 

[TheBar]

Even landlocked lakes can have some impressive tide effects depending on their size and geography. Spent the night on an island in a lake just 7 miles long and 3 miles wide. Anchored the 17' ski boat floating in shallow water. In the morning the boat was several feet from the water.

 

[Arch Hoagland]

A CA boating friend didn't believe, even when I picked up a set of tide tables on a visit. But he changed his mind when I snapped some shots of Tenby harbour. At low tide, boats sit in the sand. I went up on the bluff and took a couple of distance shots. My niece sent me the pic taken at high tide.

Thanks for the pictures, I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen them. Amazing for sure.

 

[SuwanneeDave1]

Even landlocked lakes can have some impressive tide effects depending on their size and geography. Spent the night on an island in a lake just 7 miles long and 3 miles wide. Anchored the 17' ski boat floating in shallow water. In the morning the boat was several feet from the water.

that was probably not a tidal effect but a seiche, which is displacement caused by wind pressure.

 

[Rene T]

Even landlocked lakes can have some impressive tide effects depending on their size and geography. Spent the night on an island in a lake just 7 miles long and 3 miles wide. Anchored the 17' ski boat floating in shallow water. In the morning the boat was several feet from the water.

I think someone just opened the drain.

 

[Tom]

The highest must be the sea of Fundy. Saw that when we were in Nova Scotia. IIRC, the water level can rise at the rate of 5 feet an hour.

I believe you're right Gary.

 

[Tom]

Another RV got caught by the rising tide on a different Welsh beach.

 

[Vanbrat]

I was walking back as tide was coming in on a beach once and saw a family of grandpas moms dads 4-5 little kids heading out to the area that gets locked in with tides once and do ya think they believed me when I told them it was time to turn back.....? Nope they just kept going ... Just as the waves where hitting the cliffs I saw the adults carrying the kids and helping the old folks through the low but raising water. I watched in case I needed to call for help.

 

[SMR]

Alma, Canada where we stayed when we went to Bay of Fundy.

 

[Boat Bum]

That's clever how all the boats have cradles to keep the boat upright as the tide goes out.

 

[Tom]

That's clever how all the boats have cradles to keep the boat upright as the tide goes out.

Used to have a friend with a sailboat in Tenby harbor. He'd sail in at high tide and bolt "legs" to each side of the boat. As the tide went out, depending on weight distribution, the yacht would lean slightly to one side or the other, and he'd remove the opposing leg.

I wonder how those cradles are mated with the boats in the Bay of Fundy.

 

[Boat Bum]

That's what I'm wondering, are they permanently affixed or removed every time? These are displacement hulls so move slowly through the water, I could see these being attached full time on commercial boats unless there's and easy way they come on and off. I didn't see any type of rigging running down to them.

 

[Firstime RVer]

I believe you're right Gary.

We took the bus tour along the Bay of Fundy. It was low tide and most of the boats in the marina were sitting high and dry.
the edge of the water was over 100 yards away in some places.

 

[Chef Duane]

Alma, Canada where we stayed when we went to Bay of Fundy.

How high's the water, daddy?? Three feet high and risin'.