What do I do if my Tideclock readings don’t match the actual tides?
For the most balances reading, set your Tide Timer on the day of a full or new moon. For you to fully use & enjoy the Tide Timer you need to know that the precision quartz movement is accurate to 10 seconds per year, but the tides are not. The tides will constantly swing back and forth, sometimes later than the Tide Timer. The Tide Timer will always give you a practical and useful guide to the general condition of your tides. It is vital that you don’t keep changing the settings. Please know that the tide clock counts 6 hours and 12 1/2 minutes between high & low tide because 6 hours and 12 1/2 minutes is the precise AVERAGE over a lunar month. The moon’s average transit overhead is 24 hours and 50 1/2 minutes, but because the north and south angle of the moon’s trajectory, apogee, and perigee (distance from the earth) constantly changes, and with the affects of the sun constantly changing, the moon and tides will not be in perfect synch all the time. As a general rule, through the lun
