12m high tide today in Jersey is higher than predicted
12m high tide by our house
High water (17/10/2012) at 0814 was predicted at 11.67m.
With low pressure of 998mb and a Force 6 SW wind the actual height of the tide was pushed up to 12m.
The National Oceanography centre tidal gauge for St Helier shows the increase as around .5m.
Previmer surface sea levels data also shows how the wind and low pressure led to the storm surge.
Sea levels remained higher well after the high tide had passed.
Downside is that the low tides are not likely to pull down so far as a result.
Sea levels remaining above average due to storm surge
Tide gauge at St Helier above predictions by .5m
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Derek Hairon is a British Canoeing level 5 coach (sea) and sea kayak leader guide and assessor.
Derek is the first nationally endorsed British Canoeing accredited guide in Jersey. The British Canoeing kayak guide endorsement supports and recognises the additional skills required when fulfilling a guiding role on sea kayak tours and expeditions worldwide.
Over 49 years of sea kayaking experience. Expeditions to circumnavigate Ireland by kayak, Outer Hebrides, Aland Islands, Faeroe Islands and Alaska. Plus, lots of sea and surf kayaking in the UK. White water-kayaking expeditions in Nepal to paddle the Tamur and Marsyandi Rivers.
Derek wrote Sit-on-top Kayak. A Beginner’s Manual (Pesda Press). It is now in its second reprint and is also translated into French. He is the author of the Channel Island and South East Coast Sea Kayaking guidebook (Pesda Press).
