Tide Watches

[Bonefish Blues]

Posting in the off chance that someone may suggest a range that may suit my needs.

To explain, I have a very specific requirement of a tide watch in that I need to be able to predict future tides for up to say 9-12 months ahead (to plan annual fishing trips to coincide with the best tide conditions).

My current Rip Curl does this, but I've had it years and this function won't work after the end of this year.

As a default I'll get another one, as this function still features on some of their current range, but I wondered if anyone knew if any other manufacturers' watches worked in a similar way?

Thanks in advance,

BFB

[Burba]

i believe the Casio range do some but are calculated on 'tables'??!?! Not sure if that helps?

[Shuvi]

Definitely Casio.

I have a Casio that does tides, if you know where you are, it knows the tides. Unfortunatly, I can't remember the model, it needs a battery and is 200 miles away from where I'm sat typing this.

[Bonefish Blues]

Shuvi said:

Definitely Casio.

I have a Casio that does tides, if you know where you are, it knows the tides. Unfortunatly, I can't remember the model, it needs a battery and is 200 miles away from where I'm sat typing this.

Thanks - when I tried to find out whether Casio did have this function I drew a blank - retailer had NFC.

Just to complicate further, I'm so far of the beaten track pre-programmed beaches on most watches won't work - besides they are aimed at surfers, which I'm most definitely not!

I need to be able to set the specific tide for (in this case) Matthew Town, Great Inagua from tide tables, and then forecast what the tides will be during a specfic week up to a year ahead.

If the Casio can do all that, job's a good 'un!

[Sagacitas]

I don't mean to be funny but why do you need a watch to predict tides a year in advance? I can see maybe a week (as a surfer sometimes I am away from the computer and/or a mobile signal for up to that long - but any longer than that and I can find a WiFi hotspot and check up the tides on the computer.

Richard

[Shuvi]

Bonefish Blues said:

...I need to be able to set the specific tide for (in this case) Matthew Town, Great Inagua from tide tables, and then forecast what the tides will be during a specfic week up to a year ahead.

If the Casio can do all that, job's a good 'un!

If I remember correctly it involves re-setting the date. You enter your location(no GPS), then simply adjust the date. I assume they still do something similar. I saw mine in a shop just off Palma harbour 1998-ish, thought "ooh that's handy". Haven't worn it in years, I used it as a quick check when we were out and about in the old tub.

[Bonefish Blues]

Sagacitas said:

I don't mean to be funny but why do you need a watch to predict tides a year in advance? I can see maybe a week (as a surfer sometimes I am away from the computer and/or a mobile signal for up to that long - but any longer than that and I can find a WiFi hotspot and check up the tides on the computer.

Richard

Because I have a passion for a particular form of fishing which is totally reliant on tide conditions, which takes place a day and a half's journey across the world, and which I can only afford to do once a year.

Get the tides wrong and it's a very expensive mistake...

[Sir Snaz]

Because I have a passion for a particular form of fishing which is totally reliant on tide conditions, which takes place a day and a half's journey across the world, and which I can only afford to do once a year.

Get the tides wrong and it's a very expensive mistake...
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Mermaids ??

[Bonefish Blues]

Sir Snaz said:

Because I have a passion for a particular form of fishing which is totally reliant on tide conditions, which takes place a day and a half's journey across the world, and which I can only afford to do once a year.

Get the tides wrong and it's a very expensive mistake...

Mermaids ??

My fishing buddy Bob sometimes starts to look strangely alluring, but no actual mermaids seen yet!

[Sagacitas]

Bonefish Blues said:

Because I have a passion for a particular form of fishing which is totally reliant on tide conditions, which takes place a day and a half's journey across the world, and which I can only afford to do once a year.

Get the tides wrong and it's a very expensive mistake...

So why not just use a computer and the tide tables? If it is that important, and getting it wrong that costly, I'm pretty sure I would not trust a watch. But that could just be me.

I have always been amazed at the lenghts fishermen will go to. The amazement is probably due to me being the worlds worst fisherman (I have never caught a fish - even at stocked ponds - and I have lost more fishing rods into the depths than my grandad could ever shake a stick at, I know because he spent a lot or years trying)

Good luck with the search and with the fishing.

Richard

[Bonefish Blues]

Sagacitas said:

Bonefish Blues said:

Because I have a passion for a particular form of fishing which is totally reliant on tide conditions, which takes place a day and a half's journey across the world, and which I can only afford to do once a year.

Get the tides wrong and it's a very expensive mistake...

So why not just use a computer and the tide tables? If it is that important, and getting it wrong that costly, I'm pretty sure I would not trust a watch. But that could just be me.

I have always been amazed at the lenghts fishermen will go to. The amazement is probably due to me being the worlds worst fisherman (I have never caught a fish - even at stocked ponds - and I have lost more fishing rods into the depths than my grandad could ever shake a stick at, I know because he spent a lot or years trying)

Good luck with the search and with the fishing.

Richard

Have you ever seen anything so beautiful?

www.henry-gilbey.com/fishing_pictures/bonefish.htm...

That's why the tide is super critical!

Cheers,

BFB

[Mr MoJo]

Ok Ok, so now we know why you need a tide watch, but more to the point where is that ? We've just got back from The Maldives, looks similarish, anywhere close ? That place looks stunning.

Edited by Mr MoJo on Friday 4th September 16:04

[Bonefish Blues]

Mr MoJo said:

Ok Ok, so now we know why you need a tide watch, but more to the point where is that ? We've just got back from The Maldives, looks similarish, anywhere close ? That place looks stunning.

Edited by Mr MoJo on Friday 4th September 16:04

Not 100% sure where all of those are (suspect multiple locations), but I've bonefished in Mexico, Cuba, and many Bahamian islands over the years, most recently in Great Inagua, which is about as far South as you can get in the Bahamas.

There are bonefish in the Maldives, I've seen them, but because the topography is different, it's not a destination for this type of fishing. The Seychelles, however, that's another story

[prand]

Looks like the fishing I saw being done in the shallow lagoons of the coral atolls in micronesia on some Discovery Channel prog. I'd love to have a go.

[Bonefish Blues]

prand said:

Looks like the fishing I saw being done in the shallow lagoons of the coral atolls in micronesia on some Discovery Channel prog. I'd love to have a go.

Yep, highly likely - it's an emerging destination.

Be prepared for endless hours of frustration until you learn to see the fish...

and then endless hours of frustration when you can.

[cyberface]

Bonefish Blues said:

Have you ever seen anything so beautiful?

I much prefer giant catfish



But I'm much rather if nobody caught those giants