Cape May, New Jersey Tide & Time Clock Carved Birch Coastal Wall Clock

  
A tide and time clock for Cape May: a 16.5 inch carved birch face with the southern tip of New Jersey etched in, Cape May Harbor, the point, and the bay side, one movement keeping the hour and another tracking the pull of the moon. Cape May sits where the Atlantic meets Delaware Bay, and the tide moves between them around the point and through the harbor and canal. It sets the current for the fishing fleet, the water over the shoals, and the sunset beach on the bay side. The tide hand rotates once every 12 hours and 25 minutes to match the lunar cycle, so after one setting against local high water it keeps the rhythm, while the time hands cover everything the water does not decide. Right for a Victorian cottage in town, a Cape May Point porch, or anyone who has watched the sun set over the bay.

The cape is carved in relief on the Cape May 3D chart. Wood charts of real waters, cut from survey data. 16.5 in diameter, tide and time movements. Set the tide hand once at local high tide. Laser-etched birch face, AA battery, ready to hang.

Every contour follows real bathymetric survey data. Each water is cut from its own chart to its own shape, so the shoreline, shoals and channels are the real ones.

The pale land is the bare wood. The water is stained by hand and darkens as the bottom falls away. Grain and tone vary slightly from piece to piece, so no two are exactly alike. Questions about a specific water, a size or a frame are welcome.

Real people read every message. More waters from Nautical Lake Art.