Low Tide Event Finder

A script for parsing a location's tide data from www.tide-forecast.com to find upcoming daylight low tide events for tide pool exploration

Requirements

The following development environment is recommended:

• Python 3.11
• A Python virtual environment with the dependencies listed in requirements.txt

Installation

NOTE: These installation steps are for Unix systems, Windows install steps are slightly different (e.g. "\" instead of "/" in paths, slight differences in Python paths, etc.) Please let me know if steps for Windows are needed.

Install Python 3.11

Follow the instructions from python.org based on your system.

Clone this project

• Change directory (cd) into the directory where you want to clone this project. This example will clone the directory into the /home/pi (~) directory.

    cd ~
    git clone https://github.com/jhthompson12/low-tide-finder.git
  

• Then cd into the project directory

    cd low-tide-finder
  

Create a Python Virtual Environment for this project

• Use your base Python 3.11 executable to create a virtual environment names .venv

    python3.11 -m venv .venv
  

• Install the required packages

    ./.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
  

Run the Script

From the low-tide-finder directory run the script using the previously configured virtual environment:

    ./.venv/bin/python low_tide_grabber.py