High and Low tides?

Question

I live in North Cyprus and the ebb and flow of the tide here seems really small (almost non-existent in fact). Does anyone out there live somewhere similar or somewhere totally opposite where tidal change is really noticeable.

Answer 1

Yes, the Mediterranean is too small to allow big tides,

Combine a coast open to the ocean and a shallow sea and the effect can be quite spectacular.
Off Morecambe sands in England up to 300 sq kilometres of flat sand appear and disappear each tide.

A few places in the world have extreme tide ranges:
"The largest tides occur in the Bay of Fundy in Canada. At Burncoat Head the range reaches nearly 16 metres. However, the Bristol Channel has the second highest tidal range in the world with ranges in excess of 15 metres, just above Avonmouth."

Answer 2

You live in Cyprus and situated far into the Mediterranean sea the outlet and inlet in the sea is via the opening from Gibraltar. the size of the opening from the Atlantic ocean is only 14 miles wide the time between high tide and low tide is six hours in and 6 hours out a total cycle time of 12 hours i.e. 4 tides in one day 2 x high and 2 x low so the tidal range in the Mediterranean is very low ,by the time the water floods in 6 hours, it then starts to ebb and the tide flow is not great enough to cause significant level changes in the area you live.

Answer 3

Although I don`t live there, I used to keep a boat in the old harbour in Exmouth Devon. ( England ) To get onto the boat, in the water I had to climb down a 20` ladder, However this measurement varies according to the tides, sometimes I may have to climb down only 15` etc. On the Spring tide, I don`t have to climb down at all, the tide brings the level of the boat up to `ground` level. There is a big difference in the levels.

Answer 4

I used to spend a lot of time at my grandmother's house. She lived just outside Cardiff in Wales, and the beach in her town was on the Bristol Channel which has the second largest tides on Earth. The spring tide had a vertical drop of about 50 feet - it meant at high tide the waves washed over the see wall at the entrance to the pier and at low tide you could walk the beach to the end of the pier.

Answer 5

I live in England (Plymouth) and the tide change here is very noticeable, especially when it is spring tides. In some places it actually floods. My dad lives in Thailand and he says the same as you, it is as though the tide never goes out.

Answer 6

Yes,

Scotland. Spring tides can range 5m in places. This really makes a difference when loading/unloading a boat from a harbour.

Answer 7

i lived in Turkey and Wales and Maldives. in wales there were very high tides. but in Turkey it was same like in North Cyprus very low.. i think high tides mostly in oceans..in Wales you can notice tidal changes were really noticeable. in Maldives there were still high tides but not as much as n wales

Answer 8

I understand that the size of the Mediterranean and the way it is enclosed is why its tides are very slight compared to a larger body of water.

Answer 9

where im from the difference is about 6 feet but 20 km away its 20 feet