Module No. 3586

Tide Function

You can look up tide information (Tide Graph) of a port you specified.

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Important!

Displayed information is intended for reference only. Do not use it for maritime navigation, etc.

To look up tide information, use the CASIO WATCHES phone app or watch operations to specify the port whose information you want to view.

Specifying a Port

Use the CASIO WATCHES phone app or watch operations to specify the port whose tide information you want to view.

To use the CASIO WATCHES phone app to specify a port

Check the connection

Make sure the BLE_mark symbol is shown on the watch display when you perform the procedure below. If BLE_mark is not displayed, refer to the information at the link below.

Connecting with a Phone Paired With the Watch

Note

You can use CASIO WATCHES to specify any one of 3,300 points around the world as the port.

You can use the CASIO WATCHES phone app to specify any location you want as a port. A user-specified port is indicated by an underline character (“_”) at the beginning of its displayed port name.

  1. phone-s Tap the “CASIO WATCHES” icon.

  2. phone-s Tap the “My Watch” tab.

  3. phone-s Select “GBX-H5600” and tap it.

  4. phone-s Select the setting you want to change and then perform the operation shown on the screen.

To use phone operations to specify a port

You can use watch operations to register any location you want (custom point).

Important!

You can select any one of three port specification methods: [APP], [PRESET], and [USER]. If you plan to select [APP] as the port specification method, you need to use CASIO WATCHES to specify the port you want before performing the procedure below.

  1. Display the current time screen.

    2. Watch Mode

  2. Use (C) to select [TIDE GRAPH].

  3. Press (A).

    4. This displays a Tide Graph.

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  4. Hold down (C) for at least two seconds.

    5. This displays the Tide Graph setting screen.

    While the setting is being configured, the watch will exit the setting operation automatically after about two or three minutes of non-operation.

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  5. Press (A).

  6. Use (C) to select a port specification method.

    7. [APP]

    Port specification using CASIO WATCHES.

    [PRESET]

    Specification of a port from the list of presets in watch memory.

    [USER]

    Specification of a port defined by you.

  7. Press (A).

    8. If you selected [APP] above, this will complete the port specification operation. A check mark will appear for a few seconds, and then the port specification method setting screen will re-appear.

    If you selected [PRESET] above, continue with port selection.

    If you selected [USER] above, specify the details of the custom point you want to use.

  8. Press (D) to exit the setting screen.

    9. If you selected [PRESET]

    50 ports selected from among the total of approximately 3,300 ports available using CASIO WATCHES are preset in watch memory.

    Selecting [PRESET] and pressing (B) in the above procedure will display a list of watch preset ports.

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    1. Use (C) to move the pointer to the port you want to specify.

    2. Press (A).

      3. After the setting operation is complete, a check mark appears for a few seconds, and then the setting screen re-appears.

    If you selected [USER]

    You can configure settings for up to three custom points.

    1. Use (C) to move the pointer to [CUSTOM].

      2. If you want to use a custom point you previously configured, move the pointer to [SELECT].

    2. Press (A).

    3. Use (C) to move the pointer to the custom point you want to set.

      4. If you selected [SELECT] in step 1

      1. Select a custom point you previously configured.

      2. Press (A).

        3. After the setting operation is complete, a check mark appears for a few seconds, and then the [USER] setting screen re-appears. Go to step 8 under “Specifying a Port”.

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    4. Press (A).

      5. This displays the custom point item selection screen.

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      [HIGH TIDE]

      High tide time

      [LAT./LON.]

      Latitude and longitude

      [TIME DIFF]

      Time offset

      [DST]

      Summer time

    5. Use (C) to move the pointer to the item whose setting you want to change.

    6. Press (A).

    7. Specify the high tide time of the custom point.

      8. On the custom point item selection screen, select [HIGH TIDE].

      1. Use (C) to change the high tide time hour setting.

      2. Press (A).

      3. Use (C) to change the high tide time minute setting.

      4. Press (A) to complete the high tide time setting operation.

        5. After registration of the information is complete, a checkmark appears for a few seconds and then the custom point item selection screen re-appears.

        Note

        Pressing (D) during the above procedure will go back one screen.

    8. Specify the latitude and longitude of the custom point.

      9. On the custom point item selection screen, move the pointer to [LAT./LON.].

      1. Use (C) to specify [N] (North) or [S] (South) as the latitude direction.

      2. Press (A).

      3. Use (C) to specify a latitude value.

      4. Press (A).

      5. Use (C) to specify [E] (east) or [W] (west) as the longitude direction.

      6. Press (A).

      7. Use (C) to specify a longitude value.

      8. Press (A) to complete the latitude and longitude setting operation.

        9. After registration of the information is complete, a checkmark appears for a few seconds and then the custom point item selection screen re-appears.

        Note

        Pressing (D) during the above procedure will go back one screen.

    9. Specify the UTC time offset of the custom point.

      10. On the custom point item selection screen, move the pointer to [TIME DIFF].

      1. Use (C) to change the UTC time offset.

      2. Press (A) to complete the time offset setting operation.

        3. After registration of the information is complete, a checkmark appears for a few seconds and then the custom point item selection screen re-appears.

        Note

        Pressing (D) during the above procedure will go back one screen.

    10. Specify the DST on/off setting for the custom point.

      11. On the custom point item selection screen, move the pointer to [DST].

      1. Use (C) to specify [OFF] (standard time display) or [ON] (summer time display).

      2. Press (A) to complete the DST on/off setting operation.

        3. After registration of the information is complete, a checkmark appears for a few seconds and then the custom point item selection screen re-appears.

Viewing the Tide Information for the Specified Port

  1. Display the current time screen.

    2. Watch Mode

  2. Use (C) to select [TIDE GRAPH].

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  3. Press (A).

    4. This displays a Tide Graph.

    This causes the display to change in accordance with your settings.

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  1. Port name

    2. Shows the name of the port specified with the CASIO WATCHES phone app.
    The name of a port specified using watch operations is not displayed.

  2. Tide Graph (24 hours)

    3. Interpreting Tide Graph Information

  3. Sunshine hours

  4. Tide level/tide cycle

    5. High tide and low tide levels are displayed while [APP] or [PRESET] is selected as the port specification method.

    Tide cycles are displayed while [USER] is selected as the port specification method.

    Tide cycle:

    [L] (Large)

    Spring tide

    [M] (Medium)

    Half tide

    [S] (Small)

    Neap tide

  5. Day

    6. Date at the specified port

Interpreting Tide Graph Information

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The graph shows tide information from 0:00 to 23:30 (24 hours).

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