Tides in the Med

tarry67


Joined: 16/05/2008
Posts: 1053

Message Posted:
17/12/2008 15:50

I was under the impression that there were no tides in the Med but this morning I was at the beach in Karsiyaka and noticed that the sea had gone out further than I have ever seen it, revealing rocks that are always under the sea. Thought about fleeing to higher ground. Anybody else notice this anywhere.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
17/12/2008 16:08

There are indeed tides but given the volume of water in the Med as opposed to the big oceans like the Atlantic they are moderate in size...



Do you know that the gravitational pull of the moon will cause a small tide in your swimming pool and bath....

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
17/12/2008 16:14

Doctor: And did you drink your medicine after your bath, Mrs Soap?

Mrs Soap: No, doctor. By the time I'd drunk the bath there wasn't room for medicine.

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
17/12/2008 16:23

Hi,

Tidal range here does not generally exceed 1 metre, and is usually less - the times of the biggest range are around Full Moon and New Moon, with, I think the latter being slightly the larger.

A very good site for tidal predictions: -

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

Keith.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
17/12/2008 16:26

Good one Keith, added to my Sailing folder - thanks...

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
17/12/2008 16:35

Greater tides than usual are due to the fact that the Moon has, in the last week, been closer to Earth than for many years.



It's a historic wobble thing!



I Forget the details, but something like 30K Kilometres closer and appearing 14% larger and brighter than normal.



Don't Panic!

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
17/12/2008 19:22

At perigee, the point at which the Moon is closest to Earth, the distance is approximately 360,000 km. At apogee, the point at which the Moon is farthest from Earth, the distance is approximately 405,000 km.

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
17/12/2008 19:32

So it was the pull of the moon that caused you to keep capsizing, so that 's explained it!

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
17/12/2008 22:16

Nope that was total lack of sailing skill...plus the magnetic pull of the water.

paula


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 54

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 01:26

I noticed something very strange. One day last week I went to a beach and found the tide further out than usual. I then went on, the same day to see another beach expecting the tide to be out and guess what? It was not. I couldn't really understand this. Any ideas on this?

tonni


Joined: 07/12/2008
Posts: 178

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 03:02

maybe too many VODKAS!!!!!?????????

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 07:49

The tides go in and out... maybe by the time you'd gone to the next beach it had started to come back in... plus the slope of the sea bed makes a big difference to how far the sea goes out.



In the UK some tides go out for miles and then rush back in... that's what caught out the Chinese winkle pickers so tragically..



It's also why Southend pier is so long... to get out past the mud! ;¬)

paula


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 54

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 13:15

Yes, I do know all this already. This is why I was so surpsised. The sea near Antique restaurant was further out than usual exposing a large beach and rocks that I had never seen before, so I drove to Kaplica to see what it would be like and it was in as normal where I've seen it many times before. Just found it interesting.