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Kelly Hanson East wrote:Didnt click on that link, but I would define a tide as a change in the height of water which is cyclical with a period of the Moons motion- regardless of the actual change in water depth.

HUH

Rick

I was trying to point out that if the water level peaks twice a day, it is probably a tide....but I had verbal diarrea

huh, what's wrong with my link? I thought wikipedia had a very nice definition...including pictures.

Similar to San Felipe, Glacier Bay in SE Alaska has a tidal range of up to 24 feet, which makes for interesting challenges when anchoring out, and dinghying in for a beach explore. That tidal range works out to about one foot of rise or fall every 15 minutes in some cases.

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This page on the UK Hydrographic Office (formerly Admiralty) site includes some useful and interesting explanations about tidal phenomena. Very readable as well. It also has a note about the tidal effects in the Northern Adriatic, which I think answers the original question in this thread.

Cheers, Rick

Kelly Hanson East wrote:I was trying to point out that if the water level peaks twice a day, it is probably a tide....but I had verbal diarrea

I wasn't criticizing, Cat, I just "no comprende" (I say that a lot).

Rick

None taken RickJ, ...sometimes I look back at my posts and wonder WWIT????


okay, I often look back at my posts and wonder that.


Ill probably do the same to this one.

Ill be quiet now.