Strange Tide In Hua Hin

[BEENTHEREDONETHAT]

I you check the tide table you will see that the tide changes from once a day to twice a day.

What's happening?

http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyT...dictionLength=7

[Harcourt]

I you check the tide table you will see that the tide changes from once a day to twice a day.

What's happening?

http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyT...dictionLength=7

Normally you will have two highs and two lows in a 24 hour period....around 6 hours between low and high.

I have no idea what the single tide per day is about....being up the gulf perhaps. I notice that there is only a very small difference between HW and LW....so the Gulf Of Thailand is not as tidal as other places, I guess. The tide "wave" moves East to West as it goes around the globe. You have a huge dam effect from the Malaysian peninsula.

Just guessing.

[PeaceBlondie]

I read that three gulfs have one high tide per day - Mexico, Thailand, and Carpenteria in NE Australia.

[BEENTHEREDONETHAT]

I read that three gulfs have one high tide per day - Mexico, Thailand, and Carpenteria in NE Australia.

I agree but now it says there will be tides twice a day starting on Thursday 20th Aug. So just curious as to why they would go from one a day to twice a day. My impression is that the once a day tides are caused by the distance between the shores. Don't think they that has changed lately. One of lifes great mysteries?

http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyT...dictionLength=7

[sunholidaysun1]

The MOON is your answer.

[Harcourt]

The MOON is your answer.

Yeah, probably. The moon, depending on it's phase, is the cause of king and neap tides elsewhere.

[BEENTHEREDONETHAT]

The MOON is your answer.

Yeah, probably. The moon, depending on it's phase, is the cause of king and neap tides elsewhere.

20th Aug is a is a new moon, so does that mean by the end of the month it will be back to a normal one tide a day??

[bkkjames]

The MOON is your answer.

Yeah, probably. The moon, depending on it's phase, is the cause of king and neap tides elsewhere.

20th Aug is a is a new moon, so does that mean by the end of the month it will be back to a normal one tide a day??

you seemed to be really concerned about this. are you launching the QE3 or something?

[steveromagnino]

The MOON is your answer.

Yeah, probably. The moon, depending on it's phase, is the cause of king and neap tides elsewhere.

20th Aug is a is a new moon, so does that mean by the end of the month it will be back to a normal one tide a day??

you can use a link such as this one to see the effects:

http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EASYTIDE/EasyT...dictionLength=7

As I understand it, most of the time the two tides in a country like Thailand which has a single tide per day, is actually still 2 tides but they are so overlapped as to seem like a single high and low point per day, but with a hump or slight distortion on the way in and out. As will occur Monday Tuesday. At certain times the 'sync' of the two means there is actually a short period that we get 2 tides (to ins, to outs) each day but this is not so common.

Around this time of year there are some big tidal flows in the gulf of Thailand; it is similar year in year out, just as in the December period it seems the tide is always in during the day, and out at night; while in May/June it is the exact reverse.

Rather strange, and there was some debate a while back that (someone claimed) everywhere in the world has 2 tides per day, and a single tide per day doens't occur. I suppose it depends how you define single or 2.