Working out rough tide times for a month away.

[Bill]

This might be a daft question but I've never considered tides more than a week away so have always just looked up the times on the various free sites online. I'm looking at a sea kayak trip in early September and am starting to consider vague logistics.

Am I right in thinking that tides run on a 28 day cycle? So can I expect tide times in a month to be approximately the same as they are at the moment? (Very roughly, as in if it's low tide at 12pm now can I expect low tide to be some time late morning to early afternoon?)

[Sonie]

Tide tables are acurate and worked out way in advanced. Google your location and tide table and you will find it. Remember to add an hour for BST

[Bill]

I can't find any for more than a week away, I assume they all use the same free info from the UK hydrographic office.

[Impasse]

My local harbour master has little fold out booklets available from their office detailing tide times over a twelve month period. All for the princely sum of 50p.

[paintman]

I entered 'Falmouth tide times September 2015' into Google. Then clicked on this: http://tides.mobilegeographics.com/calendar/year/1...
Try entering where you're going - or the nearest large town/port - in the same way

ETA or these table booklets, this one is for Swansea, £1.50 plus p&p
https://www.tidetimes.org.uk/swansea-tide-times

Edited by paintman on Monday 10th August 11:03

[anonymous-user]

https://www.tidetimes.org.uk

has links to be able to buy a printed 12 month booklet and to an app that is upgradable to buy 12 months.

it's free for a 7 day period.

[Bill]

Yep (and I want a tidal stream chart), but that's not convenient at the moment and I don't need a great deal of accuracy yet.

[s2kjock]

The Android app I have for this "Absolute Tides" seems fairly accurate. Not too expensive.

I have also used Tideplotter on my PC, 3 years of data for c £22 or so, for many years. Works well, and you can print out monthly tables which I store on my phone in PDF form as a back-up. not tried their Android app though.