[Fwd: Tidal prediction]

I believe someone asked about tide prediction software awhile back. I came
across these on the Wharram list. Free!
david

Lee Shipley wrote:

> Ake/John,
>
> I have a Palm Pilot and use Walt Bilofsky's Tide Tool 1.2
> (www.toolworks.com/bilofsky/tidetool.htm)
> It is free and has the tidal height, currents, sunrise and sunset, and the
> phase of the sun or moon. It is, in turn based on the wonderous Unix tool
> XTide (http://www.universe.digex.net/~dave/xtide) The Windows variant is to
> be found at
>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/1195/wxtide32.htmland yes it
> is free as well.
>
> You might like to look further check the list at
>http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/tide/for lots of sources of tide software,
> articles and sites on the net.
>
> But Tide Tool is my favourite because it is instantly available anywhere I
> am. I use it virtually everytime I venture out to my boat because, if I
> arrive at a high tide, I have to wade up to my waist to get to my dinghy!
>
> Please don't rely on software to give exact heights. Tide prediction is a
> black art. Tide Tool/Xtide is sometimes half an hour off but for the price
> I wouldn't hesitate. The database has a huge number of locations around the
> world and five years of data. You can cut it down to your local area to
> save space. I hope you are close to one of the locations.
>
> enough.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ake [mailto:ake@...]
> > Sent: Monday, 21 August 2000 9:10 am
> > To:WHARRAM-L@...
> > Subject: Tidal prediction
> >
> >
> > Gentlemen,
> > I'm looking for a good tidal prediction computer program.
> > Can anybody give a hint, please?
> > Ake
> >
> >

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