The Somme tourist board

Life around the Baie de Somme follws the rhythm of the tides. The landscape is constantly changing with the rise and fall of the waters High tides happen when the moon is full or new, when the moon is full or new, when the Sun and Moon are aligned with the Earth. At low tide, you have unlimited space to play with, the horizon stretches as far as the eye can see, but at high tide, the water reaches right up to the dikes and, at these times, it washes the salt marshes where the sheep normally graze ! The Baie de Somme has the largest tidal range in the Channel. There can be up to 10 metres between high and low water at the spring and autumn equinoxes

2012 calendar of the tides schedule at Cayeux-sur-Mer

Predictions for Cayeux-sur-Mer

With the autorisation n°E 47/2004 of the "service hydrographique et océanographique de la marine" France © SHOM.
www.shom.fr

Safety advise in the Bay of Somme

For your safety, it is highly recommended to leave the Bay 3 hours before the high tide. Please do not go alone in the Bay.
Excursions are organised by professionnal guides.
For the tides of Le Crotoy or Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, make the corrections indicated below, from the informations of Cayeux-sur-Mer :

The high tides 2012 at Cayeux-sur-Mer :

• from 9 to 11 february

• from 9 to 12 march

• from 6 to 10 april

• from 6 to 9 may

• from 5 to 7 june

• from 17 to 19 september

• from 16 to 19 october

• from 13 to 17 november

• from 13 to 16 december

Beware ! when you go out walking, the tide comes in very fast.They say it comes in a swiftly as a galloping horse !