lets see if anyone can answer this tide question
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lagrimas85
AKA Carnac
A big fat goose egg, where ever the water is is your shoreline......0:gradea:
azfish
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You are right. Now try this one. (revised)
Not sure I understand your question about offshore, but the water does indeed rise and fall with the tide. How do I know this? GPS - that also shows elevation. There have been times I've seen it read minus numbers. In essence, you are below sea level while you're at sea level. Figure THAT one out! :rofl:
How about this? As long as I'm in the water or sitting in front of it who cares?:rofl:
jerry
Guest
[How]Scariest Japan Tsunami Video Ever! - YouTube about this? As long as I'm in the water or sitting in front of it who cares?:rofl:[/QUOTE]
azfish
Guest
Im going to have to make it a little simpler for you all.
You are under your beach umbrella on a beach some where, the tide is at its highest. put a marker at water line this is (A). When tide is at its lowest that day put a second marker there, this is point (B).
What you are trying to figure out is how much (distance from A to B) of sand is revealed when water goes from high to low point.
This being said figure out the question. I dont think your GPS will help you. Find the math formula and figure it out.
Or just say its over my head.:duh:
azfish
Guest
About the same chance of anyone being able to answer my question.:lobster::rofl:
joester
2 salty dawgs
seems to me that the horizontal distance will vary with the percent of grade (slope) of the shoreline. the vertical distance of the high water elevation compared to the low water elevation at the waters edge can be 20', plus or minus.
this probably does not answer your question - but I gave it a shot.
this probably does not answer your question - but I gave it a shot.
It all depends where you are under your umbrella. Some parts of Playa Encanto you can walk out a 1/2 mile others parts a 1/4 mile at low tide. Cholla Bay empties out almost all the way so you have a mile + - you can walk across depending if your going N-S or E-W. Sand is revealed buy how far you can walk at Low tide. So in essence if you have a rolling measuring tape you could do the distance.
bringitbig
Guest
Okay azfish, a little clarification is in order. Are we talking linear feet or vertical feet of distance? I work as a land surveyor and I know NO formulas, (based on the information given), that I could use to give you an answer. There's too
many variables. In most mathematical equations there is X,Y and Z available in order to solve for the answer. In my opinion your missing either X or Y, and possibly Z depending on how the equation is worded or the answer needed. In either
case, the forum will need more information in order to achieve a proper and mathematically proven answer. I say Z is the missing variable.
many variables. In most mathematical equations there is X,Y and Z available in order to solve for the answer. In my opinion your missing either X or Y, and possibly Z depending on how the equation is worded or the answer needed. In either
case, the forum will need more information in order to achieve a proper and mathematically proven answer. I say Z is the missing variable.
azfish
Guest
You are real close. Vertical = Z
Kenny
Guest
Exactly as you and Terry say, there is no formula for this question without knowing the angle of the slope and then it would be a fairly simple Trigonometry exercise.
Maybe it was supposed to be like the quize we had in the 3th grade about the boat with the ladder over the side with the steps one foot apart and bla bla bla and when the tide went down 3 feet, what rung would the water it be on? The same one of course.
azfish
Guest
Comon Kenny, what you didnt get it right in 3rd grade? (3th grade) HA HA HA HA
Kenny
Guest
What you don't seem to understand is that your question is complete nonsense, and if you weren't a supposedly educated adult that would be funny, but it's not.
bringitbig
Guest
Kenny you are so close with the correct formula equation. In fact trigonometry will give you the answer, but you're just a pinch off with your thoughts. Trig'n it will work, but we need to know how far away, horizontally speaking
with a 90 degree angle of measurement, the tide is so we can determine vertical height increase, (or decrease), the ground we stand on is different from one another. This height variation will tell us if we need to add or subtract when we get
further into our equation. Then there comes in the max high and max low tide level-the difference, which such would need to be multiplied by the tangent of, and then added to the height variation of 90 degree angle. It's actually way
more simple to do in person than explain.