LOW WATER WARNING for 7/19 - 24

dogfishboy · 07-16-2001, 08:07 PM

How low can she go ... pretty darn low!
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With lots of "low" posts lately I didn't want this to get lost amongst them.
Watchout there this weekend everyone, especially those of you on the lower Columbia. Starting Thursday there will be a series of minus tides. Saturday and Sunday are the worst with -2.0 low tides both days. They'll be mid-morning on the coast and mid-afternoon up around St. Helens. You might want to plan your launch and pull-out time around the tides. Thursday, Friday, Monday and Tuesday tides are -1.4, -1.8, -1.7, -1.2 respectively.

I wouldn't be surprised if the ramp at St Helens - and other locations- will be unusable for a couple hours before and after low tides on these days. When we got back to the moorage last night, and it was only a 2.3 tide, The water was 6'-8' below the pavement at the ramp and there were lots of boats hard aground. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
On a positive note, the am high tide this weekend at St. Helens is at first light. [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

good fishin' and watch out for sand bars and deadheads [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

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HOGTIDE · 07-16-2001, 10:05 PM

Low tide at Rainer a couple of days ago, the boats on the inside moorage slips were sitting on the mud. Looked like a picture from Alaska. Can't see how they could get out this season, even with a flood tide.