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If you stay at "Had Yao" you might notice a significant change in sea-level during a day - it can be up to 3 meters. You might have swum in lots of crystal clear water just before noon and plan to go snorkeling late afternoon but after a delicious lunch and a relaxing nap you may find, that most of the water has disappeared in the meantime. On other days you will not notice any obvious change in sea-level. This is not black magic - all these major and minor changes are caused by the tides.


To change the tide please move the mouse-cursor over the images above.

Where has all the water gone ?

Tides are primarily caused by the gravitational forces of the moon and the sun. In addition to that there are some other minor factors which influence the tides. In general, tidal changes in sea-level are largest on days around full-moon and new-moon with very high tides around noon and midnight and very low tides around sunrise and sunset. On days around half-moon (ascending or descending half-moon) there are only minor or hardly noticeable changes in sea-level.
Take care where you put your belongings on the beach during rising sealevel (i.e. during the time between low tide and high tide) to prevent the Andaman Sea of swallowing it !

As a special service to our guests Phi Phi Hill Resort will provide information on the daily tides. This will help you in planing your time at the sea. Please check the tidetables or ask at the reception.

Tidetables 2004: [January 2004] - [February 2004] - [March 2004] - [April 2004] - [May 2004] - [June 2004]
[July 2004] - [August 2004] - [September 2004]- [October 2004] - [November 2004] - [December 2004]
Tidetables 2005: [January 2005] - [February 2005] - [March 2005] - [April 2005] - [May 2005] - [June 2005]
[July 2005] - [August 2005] - [September 2005]- [October 2005] - [November 2005] - [December 2005]
Tidetables 2006: [January 2006] - [February 2006] - [March 2006] - [April 2006] - [May 2006] - [June 2006]
[July 2006] - [August 2006] - [September 2006]- [October 2006] - [November 2006] - [December 2006]

created: 13.12.2003 - updated: 30.12.2005 - © photos: Th.Gramanitsch