Re: Tidal Pivot Point

"Ben Panter" <See@the_end.not> wrote in message
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> Anybody know much about tidal pivot points?
>
> Recently spent quite a bit of time sailing around the west coast, and
> was shocked when we anchored in the Ardmore islands (south coast of
> Islay) that the tidal range on SPRINGS is only 0.6m! Further
> investigation showed that the springs and neaps were in antiphase with
> those of Oban.
>
> More reading led to another discovery - that there is a thing called a
> tidal pivot point, where the tides rushing around the islands cause 0m
> tides. Aparently this position moves around between the Mull and Jura.
>
> I can understand the principles behind this process, but I found it very
> interesting that this happens just a few miles from the sound of Islay,
> a massive tidal race (6 knots +). Does anyone know of similar places
> around the UK -- or any sources of more information about such phenomia?
> I've googled without success.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ben


Ben,

Try another search on Google, but use "amphidromic tides" as your search
term.

Russ

So easily amused....

"Russ Hogg" <orillion@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Ben Panter" <See@the_end.not> wrote in message
> news:3F461806.1000302@the_end.not...
> > Anybody know much about tidal pivot points?
> >
> > Recently spent quite a bit of time sailing around the west coast, and
> > was shocked when we anchored in the Ardmore islands (south coast of
> > Islay) that the tidal range on SPRINGS is only 0.6m! Further
> > investigation showed that the springs and neaps were in antiphase with
> > those of Oban.
> >
> > More reading led to another discovery - that there is a thing called a
> > tidal pivot point, where the tides rushing around the islands cause 0m
> > tides. Aparently this position moves around between the Mull and Jura.
> >
> > I can understand the principles behind this process, but I found it very
> > interesting that this happens just a few miles from the sound of Islay,
> > a massive tidal race (6 knots +). Does anyone know of similar places
> > around the UK -- or any sources of more information about such phenomia?
> > I've googled without success.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Ben
>
>
> Ben,
>
> Try another search on Google, but use "amphidromic tides" as your search
> term.
>
> Russ
>
>

Russ Hogg wrote:

>
> Try another search on Google, but use "amphidromic tides" as your search
> term.

Cheers Russ - just what I was looking for.

--
Ben Panter, Edinburgh
My name (no spaces)@bigfoot which is a com.