Tide Data
May 3, 2021
Topics: Site News
One of the big feedback items has been lack of tide data. While water depth changes due to wind and tide are factored into the model, there are still times at high tide where a small wave will refuse to break until it's right on the beach. This is one of the limitations due to model resolution, where I've been trying to strike the right balance between computation power and small surf modeling.
With today's update, the nearest high and low tide data will be shown below the chart for the 3 hour window selected. The corresponding high/low times will change automatically based on the nearest ocean side NOAA tide station to the clicked spot on the map.
Updated Chart with Tides Shown
I'm pulling the tide predictions from NOAA once a day and feeding it into a database on my end for quick retrieval. This is a little more work, but keeps things fast and reliable vs. having the web application get the data from NOAA directly.
As always, if you notice any issues please let me know. I try to test on different browsers and devices, but it's impossible to cover everything.
-Eric