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1 – Devin might have more knowledge and I dont want to step on his toes but I will tell you how I do it. Firstly you will never be able to 100% figure out what the tide is doing to a T. I like to look at all the available buoy data in the area and try to gain an idea of what the tide did the 2 days before. The tide is either gonna be ahead or behind whatever happened on those days. So lets look at lake lery. I will go to USGS and find buoy data for the nearest buoys. In this case it is at 4 horse lake. The tide for today is predicted to be high at 1022am and low at 1003pm. Looking at actual data you see that the low tide was at 1015pm last night and high tide peaked at about 1015am. SO the predicted is pretty close. You can see the day before to see what direction time wise the tide is moving. It is in the process of going through a cycle right now so its a little harder to use this example but still works. I will do this right before I go, and I will also look at all the buoys near it (shell beach, ms river, wherever). As a general rule of thumb tides run about an hour behind for every 10 miles you go north in the marsh. Thats a very general rule and varies greatly by the shape of the marsh.
Part 2 of this first question is very very important. Windfinder isn’t worth shit on a shingle 4-5 days out. I mean the confidence I have in it that far out is very very low, and I will watch that forecast up until the last minute because it can change the tide, and how everything you do is done. Wind strength and direction are everything.
