For those of you interested in such things. Homer has the fourth largest tides in the world. That means the harbor basin needs to be well built. The first thing we noticed was the very tall pilings when we arrived in. They are comparable in height to several of the masts on the boats at extreme low tides.
The tide yesterday was 26 feet from extreme low to high, and it isn't even a special tide. Equinox tides supposedly get up to 28 feet. That is more than 8.5 meters for the majority of our followers. The floating ramp design (the access from the floating pontoons to the shore) is fairly extreme as one could guess. We tried to catch a few pics. One is two hours before high tide, it still had a meter to go. Another is about an hour before low tide and the last is just after high tide. Not sure how much had dropped as the water does move out rather quickly. Anyway it makes you realize why we keep watching the currents around here.
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| an hour before low tide |
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| 2 hours before high tide |
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| just after high tide |
Very interesting how the rather large difference in tides can be controlled so well. Good photos.
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