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Weather & Tides
Today - Light Rain
Maximum: 13C, Minimum: 5C
Wind: 10mph westerly, Visibility: Good, Pollution: Low, Sunrise: 07:53 BST, Sunset: 18:27 BST
Friday - Sunny Intervals
Maximum: 13C, Minimum: 4C
Wind: 13mph north-westerly, Visibility: Good, Pollution: Low, Sunrise: 07:55 BST, Sunset: 18:25 BST
Saturday - Sunny Intervals
Maximum: 12C, Minimum: 2C
Wind: 5mph northerly, Visibility: Good, Pollution: Low, Sunrise: 07:57 BST, Sunset: 18:23 BST
Lighter winds are forecast. Still check the latest forecast before you sail. Full BBC forecast
| Date | Event | Time | Height |
|---|
| Thu 15 Oct | Low Tide | 04:24 | 0.67m |
| Thu 15 Oct | High Tide | 10:25 | 2.15m |
| Thu 15 Oct | Low Tide | 16:35 | 0.76m |
| Thu 15 Oct | High Tide | 22:41 | 1.9m |
| Fri 16 Oct | Low Tide | 04:59 | 0.82m |
| Fri 16 Oct | High Tide | 11:07 | 2.02m |
| Fri 16 Oct | Low Tide | 17:22 | 0.97m |
| Fri 16 Oct | High Tide | 23:22 | 1.74m |
| Sat 17 Oct | Low Tide | 05:42 | 0.98m |
| Sat 17 Oct | High Tide | 12:03 | 1.89m |
| Sat 17 Oct | Low Tide | 18:23 | 1.14m |
| Sat 17 Oct | High Tide | 00:36 | 1.61m |
| Sun 18 Oct | Low Tide | 06:42 | 1.11m |
| Sun 18 Oct | High Tide | 14:10 | 1.82m |
| Sun 18 Oct | Low Tide | 19:47 | 1.21m |
| Mon 19 Oct | High Tide | 03:12 | 1.59m |
| Mon 19 Oct | Low Tide | 08:12 | 1.15m |
| Mon 19 Oct | High Tide | 15:28 | 1.86m |
| Mon 19 Oct | Low Tide | 21:38 | 1.1m |
| Tue 20 Oct | High Tide | 04:18 | 1.65m |
| Tue 20 Oct | Low Tide | 09:56 | 1.06m |
| Tue 20 Oct | High Tide | 16:23 | 1.94m |
| Tue 20 Oct | Low Tide | 22:41 | 0.92m |
| Wed 21 Oct | High Tide | 05:10 | 1.73m |
| Wed 21 Oct | Low Tide | 10:54 | 0.91m |
| Wed 21 Oct | High Tide | 17:07 | 2.03m |
| Wed 21 Oct | Low Tide | 23:25 | 0.74m |
Information
Craigavon
Craigavon (population 78,200) is a new town in northeast Armagh beside the southern shores of Lough Neagh. It encompasses Portadown, Lurgan and the central Brownlow area. It boasts several specialist business parks and is connected to Northern Irelands' highly developed STAR communications network.
Ameneties
The southern shores of Lough Neagh are nearby, and situated here are the Oxford Island National Nature Reserve, a marina, and the Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, which is an interprative centre for Lough Neagh.
Craigavon Watersport Centre is situated beside the lake.
Tel: +44 28 38342669.
Craigavon Golf & Ski Centre in Silverwood, Lurgan, has an outdoor artificial ski slope as well as golf and pitch & putt courses.
There are several public parks and leisure centres in the area.
There are three golf clubs: Lurgan Demesne (+44 28 38322087), Portadown (+44 28 38355356) and Silverwood in Lurgan (+44 28 38326606).
Transport
Belfast is 30 miles away on the M1. there are nine Ulsterbus buses a day travelling between Armagh and Belfast that stop in Portadown. The Belfast-Dublin train stops at Portadown and runs eight times a day. There is a more frequent train service serving Belfast from Portadown that also stops at Lurgan.
Useful Contacts
Craigavon Bus Station 028 38342511
Lurgan Train Station 028 38322052
Portadown Bus Station 028 38351422
Ulsterbus www.ulsterbus.co.uk
NIR Travel Shop 028 90230671
Lurgan RUC Station 028 38325144
Craigavon RUC Station 028 38325144
My daughter lives very close to Hartbeespoort Dam just north of Johannesburg , a huge dam , home to Pretoria Sailing club , which suffers constantly from both water hyacinth , and also more recently Green/blue algae blooms which have the same effect as the one you are presently experiencing.
They are in contact with Rhodes University Grahamstown in the EasternCape, South Africa, who have a renowned centre for biological control , and have been having some success recently in relation to problems of this sort .
If this is of help - their email is communications@ru.ac.za
I hope this might be of some help.
Best wishes, Pat Burgess , Donaghadee