Tide Predictions and Data

Tidal Current Predictions and Data

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Frequently Asked Questions

Tide Predictions and Data

1. What other websites have tide predictions on them?

2. What is the difference between "Tide Charts" and "Tide Tables"?

3. What is the relationship between "Tides" and "Tidal Currents"?

4. What are the "Perigean Spring Tides"? Do they cause coastal flooding?

5. Are there tides in the Great Lakes?

6. Where can I find information on the 100-year, 50-year, 10-year tide levels?

7. I am trying to set my clock/watch to predict the tides. How can I find information to help me?

8. How can I find information on the range of the tides?

9. Where are the highest tides?

10. It appears that the range of the tides gets larger the further the location from the equator. What causes this?

11. Are the stations presented on your website the only ones that tide predictions are available for?

12. Last year I was able to get tide predictions for a specific station, but this year it is not listed. What happened?

13. How can I get tide predictions for next year or any year?

14. What formats are tide predictions available in?

15. How accurate are the predictions?

16. Where can I get tide predictions for locations outside the United States?

17. How can I get a copy of the program that you use to make tide predictions?

18. I want to develop my own program to predict the tides. What information can you provide to help me do this?

19. How do I obtain the published books with the Tide and Tidal Current Predictions?

Tidal Current Predictions and Data

1. What tidal current predictions and observed current data are available?

2. What is the relationship between "Tides" and "Tidal Currents"?

3. How can I get predictions of tidal currents?

4. What formats are tidal current predictions available in?

5. Where can I get information about the Gulf Stream?

6. Where can I get information about currents in the ocean?

7. How can I get a copy of the program that you use to make tidal current predictions?

8. I want to develop my own program to predict tidal currents. What information can you provide to help me do this?

9. Where are the fastest tidal currents?

Having Problems Accessing Data

1. The tide predictions on your webpage are out of date. How can I get up-to-date predictions?

2. I've accessed the Data Resources portion of your website, but when I try to use the retrieval forms I don't get any response. Is your data server timing out, or what is the problem?

3. Your inventory form listed some data, but when I tried to use the verified water level form to retrieve the data, I got an error message. What is the problem?