low water

[beerbelly]

hi guys i have a question, has anyone in pt pleasant experinced extremely low water at there marinas this winter, i keep a boat in belmar municipal marina and a few times the boats r sitting in the mud, they just dreaded the inlet and channles and was wondering if that had anything to do with it,

[kurtisb]

Originally Posted by beerbelly

hi guys i have a question, has anyone in pt pleasant experinced extremely low water at there marinas this winter, i keep a boat in belmar municipal marina and a few times the boats r sitting in the mud, they just dreaded the inlet and channles and was wondering if that had anything to do with it,

I read the Delaware river was 6' lower than normal the other day. They said the strong west wind was pushing the water out of bay.

[Capt Joe]

Originally Posted by beerbelly

hi guys i have a question, has anyone in pt pleasant experinced extremely low water at there marinas this winter, i keep a boat in belmar municipal marina and a few times the boats r sitting in the mud, they just dreaded the inlet and channles and was wondering if that had anything to do with it,

Damn Army Corps of Engineers 'dreaded"
' too much from the inlet and 'channles' and now there's not enough water in there on low tides...sonuvabitch...whaddawegonnadonow!!!!!: D
Oh well when its flounder time we won't have to drop down so far!!! :-0

[bassnbucks]

I am on the north channel in S.R. I experienced the same thing this winter.Tides were so low we had to pull the boat into the slip.

[Reel Class]

a lot of these blowout tides occur around moons and HARD W or NW winds...

[bigal427]

Have the same thing in Waretown. After days of blowing hard out of the west you get the blow out tides. As soon as the wind switches it rises. We get them every year but seems to be happing more often this year

[Billfish715]

Most of the water was turned into ice. Once it all melts, water levels will rise. Lol! The last new moon tide produced some really low water in the Manasquan. I agree with the fact that strong NW wind and the full or new moon combined, really push the water out.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Yes, combinations of new or full moons and West winds make for abnormally low tides. Opposite is true with E and new or full moons, high tides are abnormally high.

The dredging should have nothing to do with it at all. Water seeks it's own level no matter how deep or shallow the channels are.

[CCMPmonmouth]

Due to the declination of the sun, pulling more water towards the southern hemisphere. Combine that with west wind being the prevailing wind direction in the winter( less southerly winds) and less freshette because of ice you tend to get exaggerated low tides between the autumnal and spring solstices.

[Joey Dah Fish]

Oh come on now guys. It's Fox News fault !!!