For those who like to plan their coastal birding trips with
some reference to the tides, and, like us, never seem to have
a current tide table, there's a WEB site that gives tables for
the current day and the next three days for sites all over the
country. Check out

http://www-ceob.nos.noaa.gov/~makepred.html

For our immediate area, tables are available for Astoria, Aberdeen,
Port Townsend, and Seattle.

Example:

Aberdeen, Washington

October 25, 1995 October 26, 1995
Wednesday Thursday

High tide at 2:45 am, 9.6 feet High tide at 3:35 am, 9.5 feet
Low tide at 8:24 am, 1.6 feet Low tide at 9:09 am, 1.9 feet
High tide at 2:21 pm, 11.3 feet High tide at 3:02 pm, 11.3 feet
Low tide at 9:06 pm, -1.7 feet Low tide at 9:52 pm, -1.7 feet


October 27, 1995 October 28, 1995
Friday Saturday

High tide at 4:26 am, 9.4 feet High tide at 5:19 am, 9.2 feet
Low tide at 9:55 am, 2.2 feet Low tide at 10:46 am, 2.6 feet
High tide at 3:47 pm, 11.1 feet High tide at 4:38 pm, 10.7 feet
Low tide at 10:40 pm, -1.5 feet Low tide at 11:32 pm, -1.0 feet

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If you are using LYNX for Web browsing, you can send the tables
to your e-mail address using the Print command and selecting Mail.

Gary DuVall
Seattle, WA
<gduvall at eskimo.com>