Tide Watch Help

Grant · #1 26-12-2003, 08:01 AM

Got a tide watch for christmas and one of the items needed is 'lunitidal intervals' (def'n: Lunitidal Interval is the average time difference between when the moon passes over the local or Greenwich meridian and the following high or low tide).
Have searched the net but there is not much for WA. Has anyone setup a tide watch before and were did u get the data from. Cheers Grant

#2 26-12-2003, 08:12 AM

Hey Grant long time no see dude!

Mate I've been thinking abotu getting one of those tide watches, just wondered if you could give me the low down on what you get for what $?

Also hows the fishing down your way been latley?

Grant · #3 26-12-2003, 08:24 AM

Howdy Ira
The watch was a chrissy present but i think it was about $130. Apprently they are not super accruate and only gives a indication of what the tide is doing without giving exact tide levels. Its solar powered and one of the coolest features is an alarm that can be set to go off at the first sign of daybreak

Also has a moon feature that tells what stage the moon is in. Probly more gimmicks but aye it makes me feel good

Havnt had alot of time to fish lately. There has still been some nice bream from collie but as usual no big numbers but they go hard with most 35+

#4 26-12-2003, 08:29 AM

Thanx for the info Grant................

Cheers

madfish · #5 26-12-2003, 07:15 PM

Lunitidal interval is pretty easy Grant, look in a solunar book(the little yellow ones) for moon above times for where you are, then what the high tide time is at your location. The lunitidal interval is the time differance between the two, for Bunbury harbour today 27/12 the LI is 7.51.

Grant · #6 27-12-2003, 07:14 AM

Christmas festivities had me looking for an easy answer. Not as complex as first thought cheers Madfish

Alex · #7 06-01-2004, 10:08 PM

Hey Ira,

Try e-bay (Australian). Go to categories-watches-type casio and check all casio watches from "liquidmetals". I bought mine from them it is called baby-g surf. It has moon phases, tides, 100m waterproof, g-shock, alarms and all bells and whistles. Cost me A$52 plus A$15 P/H (obviously, brand new).
Cheers,
Alex

tim shannon · #8 06-01-2004, 10:34 PM

got a tide watch myself about 6mths ago... casio seapathfinder SPF-40, cost me $450 for the titanium model.. has moon phase/tide graph, compass, ambient temp, barometric pressure and all the other stuff you would expect ie stop watch, timers, 6 alarms, funky blue back-lit face...

one of the best things is you can go to any date you want and see the moon phase and state of the tide for any time on that day... its more than accurate enough for my likeing( usually within about 15-20minutes of the time in the paper each day).

looks like your wearing a PC on your wrist, but cause its titanium you barely even notice its there.... looks horn too....

tim