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Tidal information for
anywhere in the world can be obtained via several different sources.
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You can access
the internet for a tidal prediction service,
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You can purchase
software to run on your PC.
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You can buy a
printed copy for the area in which you are sailing
Running software on your PC
is perhaps the most satisfactory solution as you will have access to
Perpetual Worldwide Tidal information onboard your yacht (if you have a
computer). We have selected the best
solutions for the options discussed above
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Internet tidal predictions.
There are many internet sites that
provide tidal information, however there are only a few sites that provide very
good free tidal predictions. We have listed the best below. Note disclaimers and
accuracy for each system you use.
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XTide Tide Prediction |
This is a very useful online system.
Enter the name of the port (make sure the port name is valid (E.G. if
you want a tide for Madeira Island you must use the port name of
Funchal). Then when you have selected and run the program for your port
and received today's tides you can then select month or year tide
prediction for that port. This is great, because unlike many other
online tide predictions you can get predictions for a day, month or
year, which you can then print off.
Note the disclaimer at the bottom of the
Xtide page on their site. These type of tide predictions may not be
completely accurate, a time and height discrepancy may exist. |
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Worldwide 7 days |
Provided by the UK Hydrographic Office
for the whole world but only provides predictions for seven days. It is
very good and if you select the printer friendly button you can print
off 7 days tides complete with graph. |
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Pacific, Australia, Antarctica |
Provided by the Australian Met Office
(BOM), this site provides 7 day tidal predictions for all Pacific
Islands and regions, Australia, and Antarctica. |
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USA |
Excellent full annual tide tables for all USA
ports. |
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PC software.
Some of this software is free and some of it you have to
pay for, see comments below and details on the relevant site.
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Free software |
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WXTide32 |
MS Windows based. A good free downloadable program. You
have to download the software and run it on your PC. All instructions
are on the site. |
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Stormy Weather |
A DOS based system, OK for a free program but
not ideal |
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Xtide |
For UNIX, Linux, Mac OSX. Xtide is Unix software. It is intended
to compile and run correctly on any reasonably modern version of
Unix. Xtide can work with X-windows, plain text terminals, or the web.
Thank you to Thomas
H. for the info |
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Jtides |
All platforms. JTides runs fine under
Windows. It also runs fine under Linux, Apple Macintosh's new OS X, and
many other environments.
Thank you to Thomas
H. for the info |
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Pay for software |
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Total Tide |
A very expensive piece of software probably outside the budget of most
cruising yachts, designed by UKHO for shipping, but very good |
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Printed Worldwide Tidal almanacs.
There are many published
Tide tables in many formats which you will be able to obtain locally in
most regions. We have provided only those publications which provide
worldwide predictions. |
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UKHO |
The UKHO (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office) publish world tide tables,
you have to pay for this service now! You can get the tables as either
hard copy or PDF files. |
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