King high tides create impression on Pt Chevalier Coastline
The many boat ramps and jetties surrounding the Pt Chevalier coastline were almost swamped by this morning’s king high tide as you will see in the following photos. Any higher and the kayak would have floated off the jetty!
The Oliver St boat ramp would have been very easy to launch at this morning around 9.25am and there would have been a good opportunity to get out on the water for about one hour either side of that time.
With no exposed sand or mudflats left to wade on the Grey Herons took to the Pohutukawas waiting for the tide to drop – at least he had a great view!
The king tides started on February 28 and peak on March 2nd or 3rd. High tide on those days will be 3.6 metres at around 10 in the morning and again at night. That is only about 10 to 20 centimetres higher than average, but weather experts say if they coincide with rough weather there could be some flooding.
Auckland climate scientist Jim Salinger says if the tides coincide with low pressure weather systems we could experience flooding, but the latest long range forecast suggests there will be no issues.
However the New Zealand Transport Agency has warned bike riders to be aware of the situation if they plan to use the low-lying cycleway alongside the north-western motorway 90 minutes either side of high tide in the affected week
March 02 2010 08:24 pm | Uncategorized
Ross Brader AREINZ
