Falls of Lora - discussion

Moon Phases - useful for trip planning.

Tidal constants relative to Dover from SeaAngler.com - the free booklet from Marinecall Weather Services is also worth having as it gives tide times for Dover, Plymouth and Portsmouth together with constants for 70 ports round UK.

Tidal flows / rates (Rule of 12ths - Rule of 3rds - 50/90 Rule) - discussion

Tidal flows - Rule of 3rds - useful Fact Sheet from Cailean MacLeod. (.PDF)

Tidal Planning - useful Fact Sheet from Cailean MacLeod. (.PDF)

Tidal Planning Matrix - handy worksheet to help in working out tides from Cailean MacLeod. (.PDF)

Tides, Inshore Waters & Shipping Forecast, MSI Broadcast Times, Surf and Synoptic charts - Synopsis of useful resources, all in one location.

Tidal planning - paddling speed - see this excellent work by Julian Patrick on calculating time, taking tide into account which includes downloads for his "crib sheet" and Anglesey tidal constants.

Understanding tides - UKDivers.net has an excellent article explaining how tides work. Also includes moon phases and "Rule of 12ths".

 

Tide Calculators

Check the Tides at UKHO with EasyTide - free 7 day tidal forecasts with a "pay" option to get longer term data. Nice graphs.

14 day Tidal info for the UK - accessed via YBW.com

Kimmeridge tide times. Details for Kimmeridge in Dorset - http://www.coastlink.org/kimmeridge/tides.html

XTide - free tides to 2037 for most standard ports. This data is also available as a software package, but here it is represented as a web site. The home page allows searching for a port and picking from zones or the master index.

 

Surf & Wave Prediction Data Sources

A1 Surf - viewer friendly surf site with wave data, forecasts and summaries for all the major surf spots in the UK.

Coastal Observatory for the Irish Sea and Liverpool Bay - some interesting data, presented well.

Global Surfari - a "Google gadget" for your desktop - provides surf predictions and forecasts for surfing spots across the globe.

MagicSeaweed.com brings you the latest surf forecasts, surf reports, surf webcams, wave buoys and other surfing resources.

National Data Bouy Centre - the original data source for most of the previous sites, this takes you straight to the raw info!

NOAA weather buoys See what's coming, wind speed, direction, air temp, dew point, air pressure and trend, wave height, period and sea temp.

Wavenet, DEFRA's "Strategic Wave Monitoring Network for England and Wales" - lots of good stuff on waves, including bouy data for England & Wales.