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Recommendation for tide tables app or books

Posted by (Colorado) on

My husband and I will working our way by car from Canterbury/Dover to Penzance in September. I am looking for a recommendation for a good iOS app or paper books for tide tables. We are landlubbers, so we have almost no experience planning around tides, but we are interested in fossil hunting along the Jurassic Coast, seeing St. Michael's Mount, and lots of other coastal activities where it would be nice to know the tide times as we plan.

Yellow Publications looks like a good resource, but they do not ship outside of the UK. The app store has lots of choices and I'm overwhelmed.

Anyone have any experience or suggestions?

Posted by
22 posts

Thanks for responding.

I only see tide times for the next 7 days on the BBC website. Is there a way to see further out?

Posted by
2187 posts

St Michael's Mount is reached by walking across the tidal Causeway, or by boat when the causeway is closed. You can check times here.

Most websites only give tide times for that week. However I have found these websites that gives tide times for Lyme Regis Harbour and Bridport Harbour for all of 2024. (NOTE the Lyme Regis times are an hour later than those shown for Bridport as they have been adjusted for Summer Time. )

These will give an idea of High and Low Water times for the rest of Jurassic coast - actual times may vary by a few minutes but not enough to make much difference to you.

Posted by
4025 posts

We lived on the central coast of California for 34 years and relied on the app, Tides Near Me when at home and abroad. It too has a seven day feature.

EDIT: If you search for month by month tide charts UK you’ll get a few good options from UK websites.

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