King tides coming to PNW

AdamLein · #1 (**permalink**) 12-21-2011

Pacific Northwest Boating News: Boaters, get your cameras – the king tides are coming | Three Sheets Northwest

Here are the Point Atkinson tides for mid January: 2.3 feet up to 16.4 feet!

http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/cgi-bin...10&stnnum=7735

jrd22 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-21-2011

Time to slack off the lines, going to be settling firmly on the bottom in the evenings in our marina.

steve stark · #3 (**permalink**) 12-21-2011

Looking at the tables, I see only a slight increase in range at our home marina in Gig Harbor. The good news, though is that the -3' low on Christmas is near midnight. We are landlocked at any tide below 0 exactly because of a creek outlook silting at the open end of the fairway. Guess I'll get to go out over the holidays after all.

John, what marina/harbor are you in that you will touch bottom?

Boasun · #4 (**permalink**) 12-21-2011

King tides??
Now I know of Spring and Neap tides. But in all of my 53 years of sailing I've never heard of King tides.

SloopJonB · #5 (**permalink**) 12-22-2011

I live just around the corner from Point Atkinson. I sure hope we don't get a good Nor'wester on one of those 16' tides or my boatyard will be ankle deep.

JedNeck · #6 (**permalink**) 12-22-2011

Good to know, plan on chasing some ducks around the tide flats...hate to get in a pinch.

blt2ski · #7 (**permalink**) 12-24-2011

I was at the Edmonds Marina last night about 9:30 with a -3.1.....docks were out of the water etc. There is a J44 that has to leave its normal slip and go to the guest dock so it will not bottom out. There is some 12.3's the next two morning IIRC at 6-7am, so 15' of difference! should make for some fun currents in some of the channels too!

Merry Christmas to those of you in the Salish sea basin!

marty