On my ride over the Hillsborough River last night I spotted a bridge piling I’d never seen before:
When I got home I checked to see what low tide was, and found that it had happened 20 minutes previous and was 1.52 feet.
This got me curious: what are the extreme tides predicted for Charlottetown for this summer?
So I used XTide to find out.
The lowest tide between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox will be 0.14 feet, and will occur on June 25 at 6:21 p.m. and again on June 26 at 7:12 p.m.
The highest tide this summer will be 9.38 feet, and will occur on June 26 at 12:12 p.m.
So both the lowest and the highest tide of the summer will occur on June 26: the tide at lunchtime will be 9.24 feet higher than the tide just after supper.
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I had been trying to find a good day to explore the tide pools at Canoe Cove with my little one, and pick a day to go in the evening that wasn’t too late for supper and bedtime.
I came across DFO’s site, with an available Rest-API for those that like to dig around in the data: https://www.qc.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/tides/en
One term that’s listed in the DFO web apps is the astronomical tide, which refers to the all-time height extremes that are possible for a given location.
I've been amazed at the difference between PEI's north and south shore tidal ranges.