Beaufort USA.com provides accurate tide tables using our unique and easy to read format.
Below gives some insight as to what each figure means and how to use
it.
All tide times have been adjusted for DST (Daylight Savings Time).
Below is an example of a random tide table section. Although it may look confusing at first, once understood, you should find it much easier to read than the traditional table. Just take your time and read below and you will say.. "oh, I get it!"
Remember, our tide times are calculated for the Hunting island and Hilton head Island beach.
You can use our "kwick time" to adjust the times for many popular local areas.
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| Date |
Low |
High |
Low |
High |
Low |
| 1 |
4:45 a 0.4 |
10:50 a 5.6 |
5:20 p 0.3 |
11:15 p 5.3 |
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| 2 |
5:30 a 0.5 |
11:35 a 5.4 |
6:00 p 0.3 |
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| 3 |
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12:05 a 5.4 |
6:20 a 0.7 |
12:25 p 5.3 |
6:50 p 0.3 |
| 4 |
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12:55 a 5.6 |
7:15 a 0.8 |
1:20 p 5.2 |
7:45 p 0.3 |
Notice that high tides are always listed in the blue columns and low tides are always in the neutral columns.
The first tide of the day can be in either of the first two columns, which one depends on whether the first tide is a low or high tide.
Lets examine the tide table example above.
Day 1, the first tide of the day is a low tide at 4:45 am, and the height of the tide is 0.4 feet from the average low water mark. The next tide is high tide and occurs at 10:50 am and is 5.6 feet above the average low water mark. The last tide of the day is a high tide at 11:15 pm and is 5.3 feet above the average low water mark.
Day 2, is pretty much the same format, except the last tide of the day is a low tide at 6:00 pm. Since the are no further tides for the day, no other columns to right are used.
Day 3, the first tide of the day is a high tide at 12:05 am. The first column is empty, as the first tide was a high tide, not a low tide. The last tide is a low tide at 6:50 pm and is now shown in the last column now.
Day 4, is pretty much the same format as day 3.
Notice the middle column (low) can either be a low tide in the AM or the PM.
Unusually if the first tide is low, the middle column will be a PM, and if the first tide is high, the middle column will be an AM, but remember, this is most of the time.
The first two columns are normally AM times, except on very rare occasions the second column might have one or two PM times. The middle changes frequently, and the last 2 columns are always PM times.
Why do we do it like this.. It is simple to read, and gives the accurate times calculated to 5 minute intervals. RJ Sorensen invented this method as a means to quickly find the tides you are most interested in. Many fisherman and shrimpers are mainly interested in the low tide so they would be looking in the neutral columns, while photographers and many boaters are usually looking for the high tides, so they would look in the blue columns.
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