Tide jargon???????

Member Joined: May 09, 2007 Posts: 29 Location: Brighton

HI

I'm relatively new to this sea fishing and was wondering if anyone could please explain to me all the different names for tides etc ie Neap flood etc etc

Many thanks

Guest

Flood-low water up to high water
Ebb-High water down to low
Slack-The bit where the waters not really going up or down
Spring-Especially high tide usually a couple of days after a full or new moon
Neap-Especially low tide

That help?

Member Joined: May 09, 2007 Posts: 29 Location: Brighton

Brilliant...thanks alot. What would you say a neap tide is and how big would a spring tide be?

Thanks

Alan

Guest

DuncBooth5 wrote:

Flood-low water up to high water
Ebb-High water down to low
Slack-The bit where the waters not really going up or down
Spring-Especially high tide usually a couple of days after a full or new moon
Neap-Especially low tide

That help?

not if he is in the middle of the Atlantic.
:lol:

Guest

mitch81 wrote:

Brilliant...thanks alot. What would you say a neap tide is and how big would a spring tide be?

Thanks

Alan

Tide heights vary around the country, so it's best to get a tide table for your area.
Or click on UK Tide Tables on here.

Guest

mitch81 wrote:

Brilliant...thanks alot. What would you say a neap tide is and how big would a spring tide be?

Thanks

Alan

Best place to look is somewhere like the bbc website. If you go to weather and then coast, they have tide tables which show how many metres the tide is from low to high. Alternatively, click the UK tides link in the menu column to the left on here. The height of each tide will be dependant on where you are so thats the best place to look.

Guest

We really must stop this telepathetic thing Mr C! :lol: :lol:

Guest

DuncBooth5 wrote:

We really must stop this telepathetic thing Mr C! :lol: :lol:

Well we are related, eh Sis............ :lol:

Guest

I'm sure that I don't have to remind you that in a certain photo (published on this site) that you were the one in the tight shorts and wearing the girly haircut!! :lol: :lol:

Anyway, the nice man was asking about tides and we don't want him to think that he's just signed up to the loony bin do we?

He'll probably work that out without any assistance from us!! :lol: :lol:

Guest

The only tides you guys get are tide marks.

Usually when you go swimming in lakes !

:lol: