Southern Miss Lab, Local Refinery Offer Tide Tables

January 27, 2005

OCEAN SPRINGS – Tables of Mississippi high and low tides are available for 2005, compliments of The University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory and the ChevronTexaco Pascagoula Refinery.

The tables provide information on tides for Pascagoula, Biloxi and Bay St. Louis as well as times for rising and setting of sun and moon. The three geographic areas are in one 36-page booklet. Tide information for Horn Island Pass, Ship Island Pass and Cat Island and other areas along the Mississippi Gulf Coast is on-line at www.usm.edu/gcrl/MStide.

Single copies are available free at the GCRL in Ocean Springs and at the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center & Aquarium in Biloxi. Copies may also be requested by contacting (228) 872-4200 or beth.bosarge@usm.edu.