It also has a lot to do with how much water is coming down the river. But wind pretty much trumps everything out there. If you get a low pressure system that brings a bunch of water inland everything will be out of whack until a front comes through and blows it out. Turners is crazy as well. Sometimes the water flows north on a falling tide towards the ship channel, sometimes it blows in from the ship channel. It took me forever to figure that out but it has to do with the height of the river I am pretty sure. I would say the average time differance on the on the Southeast Side of the lake from the tide prediction at the jetties is about 2 hours. 3 by the time it turns at Connie and 4 by th time you will se it at the Blue camp. It moves faster when approaching the north end of the lake because it narrows. Thats why a hard rising blows through turners like it does. The predictions for Weeks bay is usually close to turners. I really don't have enough experience on the West end of the lake to comment. Just keep in mind any external forces that may be at play and make and educated guess at the effect that they will have on the prediction. Thats what I do. 3 out of 10 times it will do something unexpected and cost me some gas. When in search of moving water move closer to the ship channel, if you can't find any head south.
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