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OK, who wants to get even more confused?
East of the Bourne Bridge, the tide continues to rise and fall for 1-2 hours after the current turns. However, at the west end, the time of slack and the time of high and low tides virtually coincide. Maybe 15-20 minutes difference. Buzzards Bay tides are the same time as Newport, Rhody's south shore, and Sandy Hook, with minor variations. Cape Cod Bay's tides coincide with the tides for the Gulf of Maine, places like Boston, P-town, all the way up to the Maritimes.
What amazes me is this---in a place as small as the Vineyard, you will see this 3-hour difference in the tides from one end of the Island to the other. Around Gay Head, Menemsha, even the south facing beaches as far as Katama, you'll have the earlier tides of Buzzards Bay. Places like Vineyard Haven, Chappy, OB, Edgartown, you'll have the later Boston tide. But, you won't see the greater tidal ranges that you'll see at the east end and the outer beaches in those places. Weird thing. The big current you get at Wasque results from that difference in the times of the tides.
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