River Dee Tidal Bore at Queensferry and Chester Feb 2022

[@pauljones401]

I watch a lot of your films and this one is very impressive! Superb capture!!

[@robbridges5975]

Well thank you Paul; much appreciated.

[@jpolton]

I wanted to know the bore timing at Saltney Ferry on this day. Your carefully made and reported observations allowed me to calculate that. They also allowed me to calculate the speed. Double thanks.

[@nigelrussel6542]

Great Video, thank you so much, when is the River Dee Tidal Bore this year (2023)? Can it also be viewed from the Wirral, including Thurstaton?

[@robbridges5975]

The bores most likely occur on high spring tides, so the next ones will be on 21-23 Feb and 22-24 March 2023. The Dee bore forms out in the estuary on the approach to Flint, so unfortunately can’t be seen from Thurstaston. It can be viewed from Connah’s Quay to Chester though.

[@braddavidson7830]

Hi Rob..I really want to go and surf this bore...whens the best time? Please let me know....

[@robbridges5975]

Hi Brad. You need a high tide at Liverpool Gladstone Dock of 9.5m or more. The bore will pass under the blue bridge at Queensferry about 1 hour 50 mins before high tide at Liv Glad Dock. This month’s highest tides are this coming w/e - Sat 13th August (1pm) and Sun 14th August (1:43pm). Even though the tides will only be about 9.4m, because the river level is low at the moment, a reasonable bore may be produced (though not guaranteed). So, the bore will pass under the blue bridge at about 11:10am on Saturday and 11:53am on Sunday. The best surfing can be had on the straight section of the river between the A494 road bridge and the footbridge at Saltney Ferry. The bore can be earlier or later than predicted, So would recommend being ready 20-30 mins before the times I’ve given. Good luck.