A note to Snowy Owlers: Damon Point tides

If you’re “going out owl-ing” and are not familiar with Damon Point, you should know that it’s a potentially dangerous place to be. Sure, at low tide it’s beautiful and alluring, you can just keep walking and walking out on that mile-long “spit” of land – with the ocean on one side and bay on the other as you look for those superstar Snowy Owls . . . But when the tide comes in, if you’re way out there, you can get trapped, as the ocean waves rush over the narrow parts of the beach. This usually happens a few times a year, with unsuspecting visitors trapped by the incoming waters – and either having to wait for the tide to go back out, or (more often) desperately calling 911 and launching a surf rescue. So, beware of the tides, birders:

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

F    3      Low   2:30 AM     4.8   7:39 AM     Set  4:29 AM      74
     3     High   8:56 AM     9.4   5:22 PM    Rise  1:20 PM
     3      Low   3:58 PM     1.1
     3     High  10:46 PM     7.3

Sa   4      Low   3:35 AM     4.6   7:38 AM     Set  5:16 AM      82
     4     High   9:51 AM     9.8   5:23 PM    Rise  2:19 PM
     4      Low   4:44 PM     0.5
     4     High  11:30 PM     7.8

Su   5      Low   4:30 AM     4.1   7:36 AM     Set  5:57 AM      89
     5     High  10:41 AM    10.1   5:25 PM    Rise  3:25 PM
     5      Low   5:24 PM    -0.1

M    6     High  12:08 AM     8.4   7:35 AM     Set  6:32 AM      95
     6      Low   5:18 AM     3.5   5:27 PM    Rise  4:36 PM
     6     High  11:27 AM    10.4
     6      Low   6:03 PM    -0.5