Tidal variance in Florida

[sflsweeper]

Hello, Can anyone explain the tidal variance in Florida? I am looking at the tides for this month in a few areas on the east coast of Florida and in some areas the tide changes by a few feet and in others it only changes a few inches between H and L tide. This on the east coast of Florida between jax and miami, if you check tides down the coast there are spots that change a lot and some that do not change much so this makes no sense to me. Or the site I use has errors which I highly doubt because there dead on in my local area with normal variance between H and L tide (normal to me is a few feet change in H and L).
I hope you understand the question and someone can answer for me how this happens.
Thx

 

[briley59]

The week is starting a new moon perod and it is directly related to the tides. In Savannah they have 6-9 ft tides and here in Florida they have 2-4 tides. It is geographical in relation to the moon the sun season as earth rotates on the axis. Other than these i cannot help you any further.

 

[thinkin2]

Not really sure how this might affect the tide range but the farther south you go the closer the continental shelf is to the coast. Here in SC it's about 60 or so miles offshore but in south Florida it runs in very close. I have surfaced a submarine well in sight of land down there having to be very careful of pleasure boats running all over the place. Some of the girls on the boats used to really give us a show, if you know what I mean. Anway, just food for thought but maybe someone here will know if this is relevant or not. --Jerry

 

[treasuresalvor]

I also have a question about this, I've been checking the tide charts for late February on the east coast of Florida and being an Iowa boy have no real experience with them. I'm not too concerned about the height but was wondering why there is such a difference in high and low tide times within such a small area, like 2-4 hours on a 20 mile stretch of beach? This just seems strange too me.

 

[Sandpiper]

There can be a difference in the tide height on given days in different areas as you say, I think what may be happening is the lat. and long. of the spot and the time it take between tide change, in other words if the area is further inland then the tide change would be less. Don't know as I have not checked the locations but maybe that would explain it. But what's more important is the area your hunting. Say on some coasts your have only 4 to 8' of wet sand to hunt at low tide while others you may have 8 to 100' of wet sand to hunt at low.