The tides have been a little more pronounced than usual in the last week or so. On Sunday morning, the tide was as low as I’ve ever seen it, exposing not just the rocks in front of the diving board in Salthill but the sand beyond that again. This evening, which was as warm and balmy as a late summer evening, the tide had risen to cover the lower tier of the diving board. The white line beside the ladder in the upper picture is a measurement line – it is 3.2 meters high. There is probably another meter below that to the water, and the water had risen to obscure the diving boards which are probably another half meter above the measurement line.