Weather & Tide Tables

[Sea Devil]

Apart from one delivery I have not sailed in UK waters for 12 years + !! Totally out of touch.

Picking up my new (old) boat in a couple of weeks from Plymouth bound for Eastbourne then France. From on board (other than navtext) are there weather forecasts on VHF?
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I really do not want to spend £20 plus on a Reeds or whatever for simply knowing the Tides at Dover. Is there a really cheap publication that gives this?

 

[Sybarite]

http://www.shom.fr/fr_page/fr_serv_prediction/ann_marees_f.htm

You have a one week window with this.

John

 

[snowleopard]

If you monitor VHF16 the coastguard will let you know when the forecast is coming up and on what channel. Broadcasts are frequent though the content isn't updated every time. They give Shipping and Inshore forecasts.

There is of course the good old Shipping Forecast 4 times a day on LW.

 

[Sea Devil]

Sybarite & snowleopard

Thanks for the french site - problem is they only do 7 days from the day -somebody in the UK must publish Dover tide tables.

Cris thanks, of course Radio 4 - totally forgotten - Do the VHF forecasts happen at set times?

 

[kimhollamby]

ybw tides

Offer 14 days from current day...

http://www.ybw.com/weather/home.html

 

[Sea Devil]

Re: ybw tides

Kim that's great thanks - excellent web site!.

My problem is once I leave home/France I will be off computers - just need a little book with the Dover tides. Does no one publish one or is this an opportunity for someone? It is shear madness to have to purchase something like Reeds or MacMillan's for something so simple and basic... and 'small'.

 

[Steve Clayton]

Tides

You're honoured!!! Kim responding to your query when he should be busy planning tomorrow's downtime and disaster recovery options!!!

I've found this one; can't qualify it's accuracy;

http://www.climbers-club.co.uk/tides/tides.html

 

[fireball]

Re: Tides

you could always try neptune tides ... http://www.lightmaster.co.uk/pctides.htm you can download a demo version and produce tidetables for most ports ....

 

[roberth]

Re: ybw tides

I have a leaflet with 2005 Dover tides. If you're interested then PM me with your details and I could p/copy and fax to you once I get home in the next couple of days.

 

[Cornishman]

Re: ybw tides

My RYA diary contains tide tables for the year for Dover, Harwich, Plymouth, and Portsmouth. I am sure if you visit the nautical bookshop in Queen Anne's Battery in Plymouth they will be able to sell you books of tide tables for anywhere you want. You can even purchase Admiralty Tide Tables for the whole of Europe as they are Admiralty Chart Agents.

 

[romany123]

Re: ybw tides

Also try here

http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyTide/index.aspx

 

[truantagain]

Re: Sybarite & snowleopard

Cris thanks, of course Radio 4 - totally forgotten - Do the VHF forecasts happen at set times?

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I pick up the one at 9:10 BST, i know that they do another one later, but not sure of the time.

Congrats on the new boat.

Truantagain

 

[BrendanS]

Re: Sybarite & snowleopard

Yes, but they vary by area. For a detailed explanation of UK as well as other European transmissions on Navtex, VHF etc etc, see this site, it's full of wonderul information.

Coastguard VHF transmission times, as well as explanation of how transmissions might not occur during SAR operations is about halfway down

http://www.franksingleton.clara.net/vhf_hmcg.html

 

[davidbains]

Re: ybw tides

Michael, many small harbourmaster's offices and indeed fishing tackle shops hand out free little booklets of tide tables. What's the attraction of Eastbourne? Stop in Brighton and and have a meal in one of the many restaurants. Stock up at Asda or Lidl! Pm me and I'll meet you.
David.

 

[kimhollamby]

Re: ybw tides

I don't know the publisher but often you can find these in the local chandler in little booklet form, or it used to be the case (perhaps showing my age)...someone out there does them?

 

[Stork_III]

Re: Sybarite & snowleopard

CG broadcast ever 4 hrs at same minutes passed the hour, 9am & 9pm have new inshore forecasts.

 

[LadyInBed]

Sorry, dont know how to preserve layout under this 'new' system, so you will have to replace <space> with <tab> to make it readable!!!

Location is Dover, England
Units are meters
Initial Time Zone is BST
Monthly low for May 2005 is 0.5, high is 6.7.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

LQtr 05-01 05-02 05-03 05-04 05-05 05-06 05-07
H0454 5.6 L0050 1.8 L0223 1.7 L0340 1.3 L0441 0.9 L0533 0.6 L0620 0.5
L1216 1.8 H0615 5.3 H0800 5.3 H0919 5.6 H1013 6.0 H1058 6.3 H1136 6.4
H1729 5.4 L1344 1.9 L1506 1.6 L1612 1.3 L1706 0.9 L1755 0.7 L1840 0.6
H1900 5.2 H2034 5.4 H2140 5.8 H2230 6.2 H2312 6.5 H2350 6.6

New 05-08 05-09 05-10 05-11 05-12 05-13 05-14
L0703 0.5 H0025 6.5 H0058 6.4 H0130 6.3 H0203 6.1 H0238 5.9 H0316 5.7
H1212 6.5 L0743 0.7 L0819 0.9 L0851 1.1 L0918 1.4 L0943 1.6 L1013 1.8
L1921 0.6 H1245 6.5 H1317 6.4 H1349 6.2 H1422 6.0 H1458 5.8 H1538 5.5
L2000 0.8 L2035 1.0 L2104 1.2 L2130 1.4 L2155 1.6 L2229 1.8

05-15 FQtr 05-16 05-17 05-18 05-19 05-20 05-21
H0401 5.4 H0456 5.1 L0012 2.1 L0130 2.1 L0257 1.9 L0404 1.6 L0457 1.3
L1051 2.0 L1143 2.2 H0611 4.9 H0747 4.9 H0900 5.2 H0949 5.5 H1028 5.9
H1626 5.2 H1727 5.0 L1250 2.3 L1417 2.2 L1534 2.0 L1632 1.7 L1722 1.4
L2314 1.9 H1848 4.9 H2014 5.1 H2115 5.4 H2201 5.8 H2241 6.1

05-22 Full 05-23 05-24 05-25 05-26 05-27 05-28
L0545 1.1 L0632 0.9 L0718 0.8 H0039 6.7 H0121 6.7 H0206 6.6 H0254 6.4
H1106 6.2 H1143 6.4 H1221 6.6 L0803 0.8 L0848 0.8 L0933 0.9 L1020 1.0
L1809 1.2 L1854 1.0 L1939 0.9 H1301 6.7 H1344 6.6 H1429 6.5 H1518 6.2
H2320 6.4 H2359 6.6 L2024 0.8 L2108 0.8 L2153 0.9 L2241 1.0

05-29 LQtr 05-30 05-31 06-01 06-02 06-03 06-04
H0347 6.1 H0451 5.8 L0041 1.4 L0155 1.4 L0308 1.3 L0411 1.1 L0506 1.0
L1111 1.2 L1210 1.5 H0609 5.5 H0738 5.5 H0849 5.7 H0945 5.9 H1031 6.1
H1614 6.0 H1722 5.7 L1318 1.6 L1431 1.6 L1538 1.4 L1636 1.2 L1729 1.1
L2336 1.2 H1843 5.6 H2005 5.7 H2109 5.9 H2201 6.1 H2246 6.2

 

[LadyInBed]

Dover (D) in the key - Solent to Portland

Springs HW Dover is at Mid Day
Neaps LW Dover is at Mid Day

HWD to LWD Current is West going
LWD to HWD Current is East going

Portland - Local HW is HWD -4 Hr 23
West going Slack starts HWD +20 mins
East going Slack starts HWD +6 Hrs

St Albans Head
West going starts HWD -15min
East going starts HWD +5 hr 45
Poole entrance Local Low Water HWD -1 Hr 30

Forecast - [ Full Forecast in ( ) ]
Portland 20 mins past 3 - 7 - (11) - 15 - 19 - (23) hrs
Solent 20 mins to 2 - 6 - (10) - 14 - 18 - (22) hrs

 

[iangrant]

Re: Weather &amp; Tide Tables

Blimey, you'd think Kim ould send you a PBO one as a free advert, then you could give it back..

Tight sods - didn't even buy us a drink in cherbourg, AND they get all their ideas for mag features from these boards for nought...

Ian

 

[Sea Devil]

Brenden, Lady in Bed, David B, Kim & Romany, cornishman..

Many thanks guys for all the help - sadly downloading Neptune has not helped as it does not appear to let me print out a months worth of tides. Have copied the may table and will work on the formating. The VHF transmission weather info in the web site is excellent -have cut and pasted it.
When I get to Plymouth I will find the chandlers and follow the Kim and Cornishman suggestion of the little booklets and the nautical bookshop.

Strange isn't it... The only two questions you need to ask before setting out are 'whats the weather forecast' and 'whats the tide doing'?

We are surrounded by electronics and gizmos but the simplest answer to the above is still radio 4 and cc vhf TX for weather on a daily basis and as for the tides I am just amazed that there is not a little 'dover tides' booklet around as certainly all my channel pilot books & tidal stream atlas are based on Dover.

The forum really can be useful - many thanks all.