There are several ways in which you can obtain tidal data, depending upon your requirement.
Information on SOLAS compliant Tidal Products can be found at www.admiralty.co.uk/
Information on additional Tidal Products can be found at https://datahub.admiralty.co.uk/portal/apps/sites/#/marine-data-portal
- EASYTIDE
- TIDAL PREDICTION SERVICE
- TIDAL API
If none of these services are appropriate the following search term can be used: "Tide Times, #location", #date required (where #location is customised to suit location required)
For requirements outside of that provided by EasyTide (current+6 days, British Isles-only) and TPS (current+2 years, calendar year purchase, UK-only) contact customerservices@ukho.gov.uk
Bespoke TPS requests are subject to a handling fee calculated according to time taken to provide the product output. This is variable.
In order to reproduce any data from an ADMIRALTY Product you should contact our Intellectual Property Section direct for advice. Details are available from: http://www.ukho.gov.uk/copyright/
ADMIRALTY EasyTide
ADMIRALTY EasyTide service provides free access to 7-day (current + 6) tidal predictions for over 600 port locations around the British Isles, displayed as a tide table and tidal curve.
Leisure users can access tidal predictions, including lunar phases, for safer use of the sea in activities such as water sports, beach going and coastal walking.
Features include:
- Tide times displayed as a tide table and tidal curve
- Abnormal tide behaviours highlighted in ‘footnotes’ displayed on the Predictions Dashboard
- Export feature, enabling users to print tidal predictions
- Lunar phases outlined within the tide table
- Responsive across desktop, mobile and tablet
https://easytide.admiralty.co.uk/
Tidal Prediction Service
ADMIRALTY Tidal Prediction Service allows you to:
- Choose from over 500 primary and secondary tidal stations around the UK. These include over 40 stations in the Environment Agency's UK National Tidal Network, and many more managed by port authorities
- Purchase the current year plus the next two years' worth of tidal predictions for up to 25 tidal stations at a time
- Choose the data format that suits your requirements, with the ability to highlight where British Summer Time should be applied
Tidal API
The Tidal API offers different subscription options depending on your requirements:
Foundation - provides a 1-year subscription to access the current plus 13 days’ worth of tidal heights for a wide range of tidal height stations around the British Isles and Ireland.
£144.00 (inc. VAT), access the ADMIRALTY API Developer Portal to find out more.
Premium - provides access to historical and the current plus 1 years’ worth of tidal events and interval predictions for a wide range of tidal height stations and stream locations around the British Isles and Ireland.
£360 (inc. VAT) access the ADMIRALTY API Developer Portal to find out more.
Access ADMIRALTY APIs through the ADMIRALTY API Developer Portal. This portal also contains documentation and code snippets to help you get the best out of the UK Tidal API.
https://developer.admiralty.co.uk/
ADMIRALTY Tide Tables
Tidal predictions are also contained in ADMIRALTY Tide Tables:
Volume 1A, NP201A - United Kingdom - English Channel to River Humber, including Isles of Scilly, Channel Islands and European Channel Ports
Volume 1B, NP201B - United Kingdom and Ireland, excluding Isles of Scilly, Channel Islands and European Channel Ports
Volume 2, NP202 - North Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Regions
Volume 3, NP203 - Indian Ocean
Volume 4, NP204 - South Pacific Ocean
Volume 5, NP205 - South China Sea and Indonesian Region
Volume 6, NP206 - North Pacific Ocean
Volume 7, NP207 - South West Atlantic and South America
Volume 8, NP208 - South East Atlantic, West Africa and Mediterranean
Each volume has an introductory section which briefly describes methods of prediction, the effect of meteorological conditions on tides, and comments on any special tidal problems of the areas covered by the volume.
ADMIRALTY Tide Tables are available for purchase from an ADMIRALTY Distributor, a list is available from:
https://www.admiralty.co.uk/how-to-buy
ADMIRALTY TotalTide
The ADMIRALTY Tide Tables are also available in a Digital Format as ADMIRALTY TotalTide (ATT) - part of the ADMIRALTY Digital Publications (ADP) software suite. More information about ATT is available at:
https://www.admiralty.co.uk/publications/admiralty-digital-publications/admiralty-totaltide
