Sentences with phrase «water at high tide»

Tidal Power — traps water at high tide and releases at low tide

2 - Dimensional Information (Contour Lines) Transferred from Point A to Location B Lines scribed on swamp grid with sickle - mower Cuts filled with aluminum filings (residue from aluminum borings) Piece completely submerged in water at high tide 12:00 noon Size: 175» X 200» Photo: Infrared, 1969

If you are entering or exiting the water at high tide, watch out for backwash and try to get in and out of the water as quickly as possible.

This area, where children often play, is dry during low tide but covered in water at high tide.

Ocean babies can enjoy the aquamarine waters at high tide, and sunbathers can lie beneath the many loungers and umbrellas that line the sandy beach.

Not exact matches

At high tide the bar carries five feet of water.

A low - tide elevation is a naturally formed area of land which is surrounded by and above water at low tide but submerged at high tide.

Hudson River water levels at Poughkeepsie are expected to rise above normal tide levels during periods of high tide.

Even when there has been no rain, the fields seem dry when tides at the coast are low, yet at high tides, the water seems to rise and make the fields wet.

Grant's study this past spring noted that pollution levels at Huntington Beach were consistently higher at high tide, and rain has long been considered a good predictor of troubled ocean waters.

At high tide, the operator opens valves to admit water, which generates energy as it flows through the turbine to fill the tank.

At high tide, gates in the upper tanks open and water rushes in.

At high tide, this region is accessible to predators found in the nearby deeper waters.

Water levels in Charleston Harbor reached more than 9.5 feet at high tide early Saturday morning, the third highest level on record.

At 1:06 a.m. local time, the tide gauge observed a water level 6.07 feet higher than predicted astronomical tides.

If you're visiting a beach with a high tidal range never attempt to reach the water at low tide and always check the tide times before you go.

Fundy, in fact, has the world's highest tides and at Hopewell Rocks, which also has a visitor centre to explain the phenomenon, you can walk on the ocean floor at low tide and gaze up at the extraordinary shapes sculpted over the millennia by the rise and fall of billions of tonnes of water.

It's best to swim here at high tide and calm days since the low tide and wind can stir up the water.

The water was deep enough for a swim when we visited at high tide, and apart from one family and one couple, we had the whole beach to ourselves.

The journey must take place when wind conditions are calm and at high tide to ensure ample depth of water in the river to prevent the possibility of the ship scraping its multi-million-dollar paintwork.

But visitors must pay careful attention to the day's tide tables; when the water is at its highest, the hot spring flow has little impact on the ocean's natural temperature (and the shape of the rock barrier can occasionally lead to dangerously rough waves).

[17][22] Species at higher elevations can benefit from a greater chance of inundation at the highest tides when increased water depths and marsh surface flows can penetrate into the marsh interior.

You can really only surf it on medium to high tide, at low tide it sticks out of the water and unless you like reef cuts stay away!

At high tide it is separated from the mainland by a shallow stretch of water and at low tide it is possible to walk out to explore the islanAt high tide it is separated from the mainland by a shallow stretch of water and at low tide it is possible to walk out to explore the islanat low tide it is possible to walk out to explore the island.

When the tide drops, it can expose previously hidden reef, rocks, sand, etc., and when the tide is high, it can cover up the surf spot with so much water that it ceases to have any waves at all.

The water here is very shallow, so swimming is only possible at high tide, but you can literally walk for miles along the sand or follow dirt tracks inland or along the coastline through small fishing hamlets if you want to explore.

Waves at high tide are said to be fat and slow, or lumpy due to the large amount or volume of water that is sitting over the sand banks or reef on that particular beach.

At high tide this sandy beach is a great place to relax in the warm water but at low tide an old coral reef is exposeAt high tide this sandy beach is a great place to relax in the warm water but at low tide an old coral reef is exposeat low tide an old coral reef is exposed.

Walk around the resort (at Low tide) or through the restaurant (at High tide) and you come to the beach at White Sand Beach Resort, 500 metres of quiet, perfect sand with clear water.

This property right on the Knysna Lagoon, and the water comes all the way up to the new deck at high tide.

Smugglers Cave: Water washed sandy floored caverns, accessible at low tide, flooded at high tide (make sure you are aware of tide movements).

This secluded tidal pool offers protection from the often stormy Atlantic Ocean and this is where you will find the Boat House where you can swim in the Atlantic Ocean at high tide in lukewarm water, or stroll down to the beach, a mere 50m away and sit and wait for low tide to catch fresh crayfish to be enjoyed with a glass of white wine from the area.

I didn't see any surfers in the water at the time, but with a clean off shore wind coming out of the SE @ 4 - 8knt and the promise of a 2.1 mtr High Tide @ midday there's going to be!

To carry the dive activity at this point is a must to pick up the slack high tide where the water condition is full and calmness contrary will unable and unsafe to dive at it.

G - Land Surf Camp 23rd August 2012 After a couple of small days the swell pulsed some today, the morning hi tide showed waves to be in the head high plus range and the odd double overhead coming through at Kongs and some nice ones hitting The Ledge and Moneytrees.Some very long rides were had by the new crew of surfers that arrived this morning.Still a good mellow vibe in the water and plenty of waves for all.The afternoon low tide session was again in good condition and a good days surfing was had by all and everyone anticipating a further rise in swell.Was also nice to see a visiting crew of Balinese surfers from Uluwatu enjoying the fruits of G - Land and all surfing at a very high level.

Point Lodge is ideally situated at the edge of the Knysna lagoon where tranquil water laps at the garden wall during high tide.

The tide was still a touch too low for Kuta Reef and Airport Left at the time, but Middle Reef was reeling off some nice looking head to well over head high waves for the 3 surfers in the water.

The new intertidal and shallow water — formerly coastline property — is (in the US, at least) going to become public land (as defined by the high tide line).

Re # 173 (Dan Allan): Large - scale reasons for the chaos include planetary tilt (= seasons), a high rate of rotation (= major Coriolis effect), much more solar heat applied at the equator than at the poles, unevenly distributed land, air and water, a molten core resulting in tectonic activity including continental drift and volcanos, the occasional hammer from space, a really large satellite creating major tides in addition to minor ones from the sun, plus some stuff I'm probably forgetting.

The reason is that when I look at the water here in NYC and I think, «well, here's high tide.

To this point, the City of Miami began a combined program of installing pumps to rid streets of flooding at times of high tide and has assessed a property tax to begin its efforts to fight the surge of waters set off by human caused climate change.

These are two series of tide heights, that is, water levels at low tide and high tide.

Examining the graphic on storm surge (below) posted by one of Trenberth's colleagues at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, we clearly see how extreme high water events since 1900 are broken down into contributions from storm surge, high tides and a century of sea level rise.

Projected flooding at Kennedy International Airport in New York if water levels were to reach 10 feet above the current high tide line.

If water is raised 2 ft (61 cm) by pumping on a high tide of 10 ft (3 m), this will have been raised by 12 ft (3.7 m) at low tide.

Let a low pressure system be centered over the islands at an extreme high tide, and seawater will flood the islands and salt up the fresh water supply.

That's a spectacular rate of a couple of inches a year, and the docks in the water I'm looking at would be underwater at high tide within no more than three or four years.

The tide must be high, and ferocious winds must pile up the water to unusual heights at the same time: this is the storm surge.

For instance, walls and sluice gates had to be built to let water into the tanks while keeping fish from escaping at high tide.

Sea level rise due to global warming has already doubled the annual risk of coastal flooding of historic proportions across widespread areas of the United States... By 2030, many locations are likely to see storm surges combining with sea level rise to raise waters at least 4 feet above the local high - tide line.