Mersea Island Web Portal

1. Not sure I like this format as it can be difficult to find out what is wanted because of the dark appearance.
2. Tide tables - you give the height of water when the Strood is flooded but do not say for how long. I know something about tides but it took me a long time to find out (from other sources) that the Strood is seldom covered for longer than an hour and then only at HW Springs. It would help to allay the fears of those unfamiliar with such matters concerned that they may be trapped on the island if you made this clearer. I know that published tide tables are but predictions and not writ in stone but you could say against your red blobs that this is for the period HW + or - half an hour/hour or what ever it is.
3. As ever, registering for these sites is a bore/laborious - I nearly gave up!!!!

Mac,
Thanks for taking the time to post your comments regarding the tide time tables. We will endevour to implement your suggestions over the Christmas period, some of which have been on our back-log for a long while.

Regards

Graham
admin@west-mersea.co.uk

It's probably not worth the bother (the above reply took 4 months to appear) but the site has no tide tables for 2011 (the last is November 2010).

Has the tide stopped at Mersea?

www.west-mersea.co.uk/mersea-island-tide-tables