west bay tide question

[michelle]

i couldn't find the thread that discussed this awhile back so i'll ask again. how many hours do you add for tides in the galveston channel to get west bay tides? here's the tricky question. where in the bay does the san luis pass start to trump the galveston channel on tidal movement? if i'm around say maggie's cove area should i look at the san luis pass setting or a galveston bay setting? i have a jamaica beach location on my gps, is that pretty accurate? areas of interest are confederate, jones lake, greens lake, and the south shoreline coves.
i think i remember it being 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
thanks,
michelle

[dbarham]

That sounds about rite jamaicas closer to the one you need.

[Explorer21]

Michelle, I have San Luis Pass, Alligator point and Jamacia Beach on my phone and I believe you are right. 2 hours should be close. Chip should be able to answer your question as well.

[imhammer]

For Jones/Confederate/Greens I add 30-45 min to Jamaica Beach and it is really close

[plugger]

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[shutout]

Hey Michelle:

All the tide chart services list Galveston Channel, Jamaica and San Luis. You ought to be able to take those three tide predictions (keeping in mind that Jamaica is about 3/5's of the way SW towards San Luis from Galveston Channel) and come up with a pretty close estimation based on a particular cove's proximity to those 3 known locations.

[plugger]

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[shallowist]

Michelle, what you see on your GPS is going to be very close. Keep in mind that the only thing that you will get, anywhere is a PREDICTION. I would recomend your GPS, and the tide and CURRENT tables in Gulf Coast Fisherman magazine. The Current tables are much more useful than the tide forecasts. The two components of tide that matter are when will it move horizontally? And at what height will it be at the location that you intend to fish. Over time you will learn what level you like at a certain spot and time your visits based on tide height and timing of the water movement. Again, all are predictions, but these are much more usefull and free.

The best realtime data you can find is the "tidesonline" link that I posted previously. you can look at a prediction overlayed with the up to the minute actual readings around the bay.

[WestEndAngler]

Copied from our "Important Links" Column found on our home page (www.fishwestend.com)

http://www.fishwestend.com/west-bay-tides

[Steve_A]

Michelle, this is what I usually use. As the "Swallowist" said, its only a prediction, wind does play a major part. http://66.135.8.10/tideserver/index.asp

[Steve_A]

As Michelle pointed out to me, it's the Shallowist, not the Swallowist. Sorry about that Steve.

[JT]

The what?????? hahahaha

sounds like something michelle would say.

[kenny]

This NOAA chart is good & free. It should update on the first.

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/get_predictions.shtml?year=2009&stn=2310+Galveston&secstn=Jamaica+Beach,+West+Bay&thh=%2B2&thm=38&tlh=%2B3&tlm=31&hh=*0.71&hl=*0.71&footnote=