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The specs for the Garmin GPSMAP 62 series list "tide tables" as one of the features. Can anyone tell me where to find these? The manual doesn't say anything about this, and I can't seem to find any mention of tide-related information anywhere on the unit. Is there some specific map/s I have to use to see tides, and if so, which one/s offer this info?

 

Thanks,

 

Larry

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Wel on the 60/76 models its ,press find then marine points then tide stations then select the one you want,you also have some options available once in the tides listing by pressing menu.The 62/78 may be different though,but try the above.And you dont need to be near any water for it to work :lol: The new owners manuals seem very poor to me,especially if you were are a first time gps buyer

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Wel on the 60/76 models its ,press find then marine points then tide stations then select the one you want,you also have some options available once in the tides listing by pressing menu.The 62/78 may be different though,but try the above.And you dont need to be near any water for it to work :lol:

 

thanks, i have no idea what the tide table are or how to use them, but when i do the above (as i described), it says "NO RESULTS FOUND" "TRY ADJUSTING SEARCH PARAMATERS"

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The specs for the Garmin GPSMAP 62 series list "tide tables" as one of the features. Can anyone tell me where to find these? The manual doesn't say anything about this, and I can't seem to find any mention of tide-related information anywhere on the unit. Is there some specific map/s I have to use to see tides, and if so, which one/s offer this info?

 

Thanks,

 

Larry

 

On the 78s (the 62 should be the same), go FIND -> TIDE this will give you the tides tables for the locations closest to you or go to find by name by pressing MENU. Once the proper location appears hit MENU again and press REVIEW POINT where details of the tide station appears. MENU again lets you look at the graph or you can change the date for when the kids show up at the island next week.

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The specs for the Garmin GPSMAP 62 series list "tide tables" as one of the features. Can anyone tell me where to find these? The manual doesn't say anything about this, and I can't seem to find any mention of tide-related information anywhere on the unit. Is there some specific map/s I have to use to see tides, and if so, which one/s offer this info?

 

Thanks,

 

Larry

 

On the 78s (the 62 should be the same), go FIND -> TIDE this will give you the tides tables for the locations closest to you or go to find by name by pressing MENU. Once the proper location appears hit MENU again and press REVIEW POINT where details of the tide station appears. MENU again lets you look at the graph or you can change the date for when the kids show up at the island next week.

 

Thanks for posting this. Coming from a 60csx there is a lot of hoops to jump through just to see the chart!

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The specs for the Garmin GPSMAP 62 series list "tide tables" as one of the features. Can anyone tell me where to find these? The manual doesn't say anything about this, and I can't seem to find any mention of tide-related information anywhere on the unit. Is there some specific map/s I have to use to see tides, and if so, which one/s offer this info?

 

Thanks,

 

Larry

 

On the 78s (the 62 should be the same), go FIND -> TIDE this will give you the tides tables for the locations closest to you or go to find by name by pressing MENU. Once the proper location appears hit MENU again and press REVIEW POINT where details of the tide station appears. MENU again lets you look at the graph or you can change the date for when the kids show up at the island next week.

 

Thanks for posting this. Coming from a 60csx there is a lot of hoops to jump through just to see the chart!

 

I was stumbling, bumbling around on this, too, being a new owner of a 62s. There is good info above, but not the info you need. Someone said, "I am nowhere near the water right now.... so I can't verify." Not so. Here's what I found to work... 1st by accident, then by a whole bunch of frustration to make it work again! *$&%^$*#@!!!

1. Hit FIND

2. Scroll to and highlight TIDES, but DO NOT select it with ENTER

3. With TIDES highlighted, hit MENU

4. This will bring up a sub-menu with SEARCH NEAR and CHANGE ITEM ORDER. Select SEARCH NEAR

5. This will bring up another sub-menu. Select A MAP POINT. This will allow you to scroll near the area where the tides of interest are.

6. Scroll to the area of your tidal intrest on the map. Doesn't have to be anything special, just the arrow pointing at a point on the map near your tidal interest area. Our goal is to bring up a new set of TIDE POINTS to select from near this point.

7. The USE button will be highlighted. Hit ENTER to select this point.

8. The menu with TIDES will reappear with TIDES highlighted. Hit ENTER

9. This will bring up a new list of TIDE POINTS near the map point you selected. You can now select from the list a TIDE POINT of interest near the map point you selected by scrolling with the arrows, highlighting and hitting ENTER.

10. At the next screen GO is highlighted, rather than hitting ENTER to select GO, hit MENU. This will bring up the option to REVIEW POINT.

11. Select REVIEW POINT to see the tides for the TIDE POINT you selected.

 

Wow! Long, round-about way, but you can see the tides for an area you plan to go to instead of the GPS default tidal points based on current location. Sheesh! It works! And I am putting it here for all the other poor newbies who are lost and those non-newbies who don't really know, and ME.... for the next time I need it! Sheesh! And one last thing.... SHEESH! :(:o:mad:

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As a side note I was able to find many additional tide points by loading Garmin GPSMAP 162 US tides 5.13 MB into base camp then select and transfer them to my 62sc and Etrex 30 especially for the west coast of Canada and Puget Sound in Washington State USA so it may be worth checking out for others in Canada and USA and you can of course see them over laid on a crude map in Basecamp

Above download is free

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As a side note I was able to find many additional tide points by loading Garmin GPSMAP 162 US tides 5.13 MB into base camp then select and transfer them to my 62sc and Etrex 30 especially for the west coast of Canada and Puget Sound in Washington State USA so it may be worth checking out for others in Canada and USA and you can of course see them over laid on a crude map in Basecamp

Above download is free

 

Good advice, I just used this to put tide information on my Oregon 600 through mapsource. Although I always check the tides before kayaking tidal zones, it's nice to have that information on the gpsr. Since I do not need bluechart, this works well. Thanks.

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