How Far??

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How Far??

#1 Post by Kraken »

Quick question for ye guys.

What does the term "inshore" mean?? I mean how far out does inshore go before it becomes...outshore??? deep sea?? - sorry but I dont know the exact term :oops:

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Inshore/Offshore

#2 Post by JimC »

An interesting question.

Down this neck of the woods I would class anything 10 to 15miles (within good sight of land) to be inshore, beyond sight of land I would class as offshore. That is my personal classification and it may not be technically correct.

Technically I reckon that where the bottom has an effect on wave motion is inshore. Consequentially where the bottom no longer has effect on wave motion is offshore.
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#3 Post by bazz »

inshore for insurance purposes is within 11 miles of the shore
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#4 Post by Mohawk »

For commercial fishing / shipping it is officially 12 nm! Offshore is up to 200 nm, and greater than 200 nm becomes international waters ( there are some exceptions to the INT waters law where there is not 200 nm between nations etc )

But for sea angling purposes in Ireland it is no more than 3 nm "to sea".

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