Hi all,
I have a technical problem with a Quatix.
I live in Cabo Verde (specifically on the island of Santiago, in Tarrafal); I just bought a Garmin Quatix 7 Sapphire to keep an eye on tides and barometric pressure (necessary parameters for my fishing activity).
While configuring the watch I noticed some discrepancies that I can't solve; the first one is about the tide gauging station which, as far as it appears on the watch, seems to be in "Cidade Velha" when in fact, on the island of Santiago, there are 2 tide gauging stations: one is in front of the capital (Praia) and the other one is right in front of where I fish, Tarrafal.
I have tried manually configuring the tide detection zone, but Cidade Velha (a small village at the opposite end of the island) always reappears.
I then proceeded with a direct comparison with the web; the reference site I used before, meteopesca.com (where I found precisely the values on tides), exactly at this address:
meteopesca.com/.../santiago
detects one hour more than what the clock detects (+1)
Sites such as "Fishingpoints" and "Seatemperatu," add an additional hour to the variable (+ 2)
The only site I found matching the clock is Tideschart:
it.tideschart.com/.../
If I am not mistaken, all of the above sites indicate a correct time for Cape Verde, with GMT of -1 hour.
That there may be discrepancies in the readings is normal, but not to this degree (just a few minutes...moreover, this is a relatively small island).
For the sake of completeness, I list below the 4 sites I found inherent to the bearing on the same place (Tarrafal, Ilha do Santiago, Cabo Verde):
1) Tideschart
it.tideschart.com/.../ <--- in line with the clock
2) Meteopesca
meteopesca.com/.../santiago <--- + 1 hour relative to the clock
3) Fishingpoints
web.fishingpoints.app/.../tides <--- + 2 hours relative to the clock
4) Seatemperatu
www.seatemperatu.re/.../tides.html <--- + 2 hours compared to the clock
I would need a solution
Thank you very much
