Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Wicked Low Low Tide

In southwest Florida, and I'm sure other parts of the world, we have low low tide, and high low tide. High low tide refers to the tide of the day that is the highest low tide of the day, meaning, if there are two low tides in one day, one is usually higher than the other. Low low tide refers to the tide of the day that is the lowest tide of the day and really low, like below mean sea level low. And when cold front winds are streaming out of the northeast... well, the tide can get even lower as the water is actually pushed out of bays and estuaries toward the Gulf.
We had a wicked low tide this morning following a cold front that blew through very very early this morning bringing lots of winds whipping through the rigging and leaning SV Athena to starboard against the strain of dock lines. Cold temperatures had me curling into my warm blankets and closing the hatches in the middle of the night. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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