Memoranda
Relative Tide Times.
Quite a change of timing appears between the tide times along the stretch of our coastline, with surprising differences between some locations. e.g. whilst only a difference of ten minutes occurs between Wells and Mundesley, almost an hour occurs in the relatively short distance from Hemsby to Great Yarmouth.
Based upon Winterton, approximately the centre point of our vulnerable coastal area, here are those nominal differences, e.g solar/lunar related, not modified by any wind directions and velocity factors, nor by barometric pressure changes.
Resort Difference from Winterton
Hunstanton Subtract 1 hour 31 minutes
Wells ............ “ “ 59 minutes
Cley ............ “ “ 44 minutes
Salthouse ............ “ “ 51 minutes
Sheringham ............ “ “ 58 minutes
Cromer ............ “ “ 1 hour 6 minutes
Overstrand ............ “ “ 58 minutes
Mundesley ............ “ “ 49 minutes
Bacton/Walcott ............ “ “ 43 minutes
Happisburgh ............ “ “ 29 minutes
Sea Palling ............ “ “ 22 minutes
Hemsby/Newport Add 16 minutes
Great Yarmouth ..... “ 1 hour 8 minutes
Lowestoft ..... “ 1 hour 58 minutes
The nominal predicted tide times for Winterton can be found by visiting the BBC Weather
Site at http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/tides/east.shtml and selecting Port no.144,
Winterton-
An excellent weather systems site exists at the XC Weather site to be found at http://www.xcweather.co.uk/ This gives all factors, barometric pressure, isobars, wind velocities and conditions with a responsible forecast of up to five days ahead at all weather stations and weather buoys in the UK and near Europe.
Pat Gowen, G3IOR 1st March '08