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Going to take the young bloke and brother in law for a fish tomorrow. I'm pretty keen on shady but have never launched my boat there. will Saturdays tides be suitable for a day trip or should I consider somewhere else?

also is Point Stuart the best tidal reference to use for this area?

any advice (useful or otherwise) is appreciated!

as a general rule, its opposite to darwin tides

What do you mean by opposite nomad? When darwin is high shady is low? Does it change about the same time

Hi at the moment you can add 3/12hrs to dwn time on sat about 1pm is put in time and leaving is 12.30am on sunday at barrage
good luck

Add 4 1/2 hours to Darwin tides for shady. When it is low in Darwin say 8am it will be low at shady at 1230 hours. I think 3 1/2 is a bit lean.

what is the lowest (safe) tide for launch/retrieve?

as nomad said ...i allways go by 6hrs after Darwin tides at the crossing its about 4.5 at the mouth, but it can change a bit if the wind is pushing towards the mouth..

Cheers guys

This weekend I would assume early in early out, no fresh coming over from the reports going around.
http://tides.willyweather.com.au/nt/kak ... rrage.html

i work on 2 and a half hours at the mouth as do a couple of guides i know and 4.5 hours at the barrage give or take but with the lack of water will struggle to lanuch anywhere before a couple of hours before high and after.

I didnt realise there was a willyweather site for shady
5 1/2 hrs today

Darwin
9:47am
6.5 m

Shady
2:17pm
6.5 m

just use the site

Deigs wrote:i work on 2 and a half hours at the mouth as do a couple of guides i know and 4.5 hours at the barrage give or take but with the lack of water will struggle to lanuch anywhere before a couple of hours before high and after.

This is the rules i have always played by as well.

Good reports evryone

thanks for the info guys. It will make planning a trip down there much easier. based on yesterdays tides times and the time I had available I decided not to go to shady. We hit the harbor instead. got a couple of sharks, powertails and a small Spanish flag.