"Shaun Van Poecke" wrote in message
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I saw a tide clock on ebay today, had a single hand with a 'high' at the
top, a 'low' at the bottom and that was pretty much it. All this for the
bargan price of AU$70.

It occured to me that all it was, is a standard analogue clock with the
second and minute hand removed. open tha face and glue on a bit of paper,
right high at 12 and low at 6 and you have your very own homebuilt
version. set it to high or low when you know the tide is there and you'll
always have the tide at a glance. a lot cheaper than the rip curl tide
master watch i bought a few years ago and lost somewhere in asia

Shaun


Like someone else said... lunar clock runs on a slightly different cycle.
When I retired from work, the executive of the local union I served on
presented me with a nice tide clock from the Downeaster people.
http://www.downeaster.com/content/tides.aspx
Mine would be similar to the Medallion series but mounted in a nice base.