ADMIRALTY TIDE

TABLE
• Admiralty tide tables, sometimes called tide charts, are used for tidal
prediction and show the daily times and levels of high and low tides, usually
for a particular location. Tide heights at intermediate times (between high
and low water) can be approximated by using the rule of twelfths or more
accurately calculated by using a published tidal curve for the location. Tide
levels are typically given relative to a low-water vertical datum, e.g., the
mean lower low water (MLLW) datum in the US.

• Admiralty Tide Tables contain an easy-to-use height, timing and tidal

stream information to support the planning of departure and arrival times.
The coverage includes 500 standard ports and 5,700 secondary ports in the
UK and Ireland, Europe, the Indian Ocean, South China Sea and Pacific
Ocean.
THE RULE OF TWELFTHS

• The Rule of Twelfths is a rule of thumb for estimating the height of the
tide at any given time. The rate of flow in a tide increases smoothly to a
maximum halfway point between high and low tide, before smoothly
decreasing to zero again
• The rule states that over the first period the quantity increases by
1/12. Then in the second period by 2/12, in the third by 3/12, in the
fourth by 3/12, fifth by 2/12 and at the end of the sixth period reaches its
maximum with an increase of 1/12. The steps are 1:2:3:3:2:1 giving a
total change of 12/12.
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MEAN LOWER LOW WATER (MLLW)

is the average height of the lowest tide recorded at a tide

station each day during a 19-year recording period, known
as the National Tidal Datum Epoch as used by the United
States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.