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fishfeeder01 · Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 10:18 am Post subject: High Tide Question?

While driving in from portland, Noticed the nueces bay and sunset lakes were really high, water almost up to the road around the Hotel ?
What is driving it, Offshore system ? Just wondering what is causing it.
thanks

Oil Field Trash II · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 1560

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blackhawk78418 · Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 3:02 pm Post subject:

Usually this time of year the "Bull" tides start to come in.

The MATTador · Pony Mullet Joined: 07 Sep 2013 Posts: 52

cant speak for the cause of recent high seas, but I can say that either way we are blessed with gift of God's creations and our friends and family.

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magadorm · Horse Mullet Joined: 25 Jul 2012 Posts: 131

We have a little bit of a special situation here. We have a tidal fluctuation that is low, when compared to other places around the world, plus the bays here only have a couple of inlets. So, in reality, the most important factor for our tides is the wind. But, when you add a strong wind with a higher tide out in the Gulf, you end up with higher tides in the bays as the water in the bays is not able to leave during low tide and then more water comes in the passes during high tide. If you want a prime example of this in smaller scale just go look at Oso Bay, a strong northern wind will cause a very high tide in there whereas a strong southern wind will cause a very low tide. Kind of the same thing happening in our bays, but not as pronounced.