Learning activity No. 10 – High and low water at standard and secondary port.

1. Find the times of high water and low water at the Avonmouth on the morning of 29th
of January, 2019 and depth of water at these times at a place off Avonmouth where the
charted sounding is 4.2m. Find the predicted range of tide and determine whether it is
close to springs or neaps.

Avonmouth 29th January 2019

Extracts from ATT Vol. 1
Time of HW Time of LW Height of HW Heigh of LW
0901 0332 12.4m 2.1m

High water time = 0901

Low water time = 0332
High water height = 12.4m
Low water height = 2.1m
Predicted range
12.4m – 2.1m = 10.3m
Neap or spring tide?
- It is close to neaps
Find the time of high and low water between Knights Town (Secondary Port) and Cobh (Standard Port)
on the morning of 26th January 2009.

HW LW

Cobh 0538 1155

HW LW

Cobh 0500 1100 0500 1100

& & & &

1700 2300 1700 2300

Knights -0118 -0038 -0056 -0136

40 mins. 40 mins.

There’s no Admiralty Tide Table available to obtain the Height of High Water and Low Water, there
are no tide tables also on the internet.