Jump tides

[bokofinn]

hello lads , i was reading a page on the internet site , Go Fishing , about jump tides they explained they occour a few days before spring tides . could anyone show me an example from the wee tide books what to look for , cause at the mintue i`m lost . cant for the world of me work it out . thanks for looking , bokofinn .

[donal domeney]

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[Mohawk]

A "jump tide" tide is where the size increase / decrease for a particular tide is slightly larger than the usual increase / decrease, jump tides are usually found about half way between neaps and springs...in the tide table look for something like the following made up example for Cobh on Wednesday where the size increase is .2 of a meter while it's only .1 of a meter for the other days... same goes for decreases in the size of low waters hope this makes sence to you!

Cobh HW

Mon 3.6m
Tue 3.7m
Wed 3.9m
Thurs 4.0m
Fri 4.1