Tide charts
If you are launching your message bottle from the shore, it's best to launch during an outgoing tide.
For best results you should launch your message bottle during an outgoing tide. This is the time between a high tide and the next low tide. You should try to time your launch just after the outgoing tide starts. This will give your message bottle more time to move offshore. There are many online tide charts that will tell you when these times are. An outgoing tide is the same thing as an ebb tide.
This online tide service is very simple to use. SaltWaterTides
This online tide service is very simple to use. SaltWaterTides
- First select your region. This will display different regions that have tide predictions.
- Next select a site. Select a site that will be closest to your launch.
- Then select the date of your launch. After you select your site, scroll to the bottom of the page and select your planned launch date.
- Then click the "Get Tides" button to view the tide information for the area.
