east coast tides

Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:24 am

just wondering where abouts on the east coast the tide changes.
i know from dundalk to wicklow town is fairly similar and
then arklow is quite different. just wondering does it change north of arklow
and if so where :wink:

Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:32 am

google easytide there is a map that you can click into that gives each area along thr coast

Irish Sea tides

Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:58 am

Hi

Easytide from the UK hodrographic office is free and excellent...

[url]easytide.ukho.gov.uk[/url]

South Leinster features an amphidromic area, basically the tides sweeping up around the South Atlantic get cancelled out by the tides sweeping down from the Irish Sea and as a consequence the tides can be well very weird.
You can have four tides in a five hour match there, with the sea rising and droping back no more than a metre on occasion...

HTH...