SBEP Announces King Tide Photo Contest

BRADENTON – Attention any and all photographers and nature-lovers. You are welcome to participate in the nationwide king tide photo initiative.
 
During the last week of October, Sarasota Bay area is anticipating high, or "King," tides of over two feet. King tides occur when the moon and sun align on one side of the Earth and their gravitational forces combine to create extraordinarily high tides. While these tides are completely natural occurrences, they provide us with a sneak-peak of what our landscape will have to contend with in the coming years as the sea level rises.

The Sarasota Bay Estuary Program is looking for participants to photograph our coastline, flooded roads, full pipes and ponds and anything under the sun that will be affected by the rising waters this October and potentially in the future.  

October 2011 King Tide Best Photographing Opportunities:  

October 25th 1:17 pm with a high tide of 2.08 ft
 
October 26th 2:15 pm with a high tide of 2.01 ft
 
October 27th 3:13 pm with a high tide of 1.89 ft
 

Tips:

• Try to capture areas inundated with water

• Be sure to record the exact time and location of your photos

• If possible, photograph the same site at low tide for comparison

• Be creative and HAVE FUN!

Sarasota Bay, Tampa Bay, and Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Programs will be compiling your pictures of the high seas on our Florida Tide Watch Flickr webpage. Please email pictures to info@sarasotabay.org and we will upload them to our Facebook page and the Florida Tide Watch Flickr webpage. Make sure you check out the photo pages to see everyone's photos from around the gulf coast and email info@sarasotabay.org with any questions. Thanks and happy snapping!