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| - | ===== Understanding ===== | + | ===== Understanding the Basics ===== |
| * **Intro to Tides** | * **Intro to Tides** | ||
| - | * [[https://www.seakayakpaddler.co.uk/all-advice/117-tide-simplified|Basics]] | + | * [[https://www.seakayakpaddler.co.uk/all-advice/117-tide-simplified|Basics]] |
| * [[https://youtu.be/TUclHN2RNjE|Intro to Tides Video]] Sea Kayak Australia Training Centre using bay near Melbourne as example | * [[https://youtu.be/TUclHN2RNjE|Intro to Tides Video]] Sea Kayak Australia Training Centre using bay near Melbourne as example | ||
| + | * [[https://www.linz.govt.nz/sea/tides/introduction-tides/cause-and-nature-tides|The Cause and Nature of Tides]] Land Information New Zealand | ||
| * [[https://www.bask.org/technical-and-gear/tech4_tides/|Tides and Currents]] San Francisco Bay Kayakers | * [[https://www.bask.org/technical-and-gear/tech4_tides/|Tides and Currents]] San Francisco Bay Kayakers | ||
| * [[https://www.ukseakayakguidebook.co.uk/short_articles/tidal_planning.pdf|Tidal Planning for Paddlers]] UK Sea Kayakers Guidebook (refers to UK tide sources/books so find out what your local sources should be and what their advantages and disadvantages are.) | * [[https://www.ukseakayakguidebook.co.uk/short_articles/tidal_planning.pdf|Tidal Planning for Paddlers]] UK Sea Kayakers Guidebook (refers to UK tide sources/books so find out what your local sources should be and what their advantages and disadvantages are.) | ||
| - | * [[https://www.linz.govt.nz/sea/tides/introduction-tides/cause-and-nature-tides|The Cause and Nature of Tides]] Land Information New Zealand | ||
| * [[https://surfsimply.com/magazine/calculating-the-tides-the-rule-of-twelfths|The Rule of Twelfths]] | * [[https://surfsimply.com/magazine/calculating-the-tides-the-rule-of-twelfths|The Rule of Twelfths]] | ||
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| + | ===== Complexity ===== | ||
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| + | When you're dealing with complex topography of bodies of water where channels intersect and tides can create multiple intersecting currents, things can get interesting and you are strongly advised to become very familiar with the individual natures of such places if you intend to traverse them, particularly in small boats. | ||
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| + | * [[https://www.passagemaker.com/lifestyle/hells-half-acre|Hell's Half Acre]] the west side of Cypress Island in Puget Sound | ||
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| * [[https://nvs.nanoos.org/Explorer|NVS Data Explorer]] Buoy data, Pacific Northwest | * [[https://nvs.nanoos.org/Explorer|NVS Data Explorer]] Buoy data, Pacific Northwest | ||
| * [[https://www.tideschart.com/|Tidecharts]] | * [[https://www.tideschart.com/|Tidecharts]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/gear/the-best-tidal-apps-for-cruising-sailors-91870|Tide Apps For Sailors Review]] | ||
| <WRAP center round tip 98%> \\ "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life, is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; and we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures." - Shakespeare "Julius Caesar" \\ </WRAP> | <WRAP center round tip 98%> \\ "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life, is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; and we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures." - Shakespeare "Julius Caesar" \\ </WRAP> | ||
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