Is there any way to block incoming tide water?

[Wanderlust]

I'm trying to build a boathouse and I've love to be able to lay down some Core wood poles at a particular location that's currently underwater. I have a rectangular space I'm working with, and one side of the rectangle is water facing. The tide keeps raising and lowering the water level and I'd like to be able to block it from coming in so that I can dig deep, plant my poles, and then let the water come in after I'm done.

Is this possible, or any reasonably related way to achieve this?

Thanks for any insights or suggestions.

[Cougarific]

Harsh words - the ocean is very sensitive.

[Myrkana]

No. anythign below a certain level will fill with water. You cant just block the water like in say minecraft.

[Frieren]

concrete walls - i used them on my boat dock. blocks the incoming tide especially during a storm.

[Cougarific]

The vikings used concrete?

[Wanderlust]

So I have conflicting answers (what else is new)? I'm aware that if I dig deep enough I will eventually get water, I'm not concerned about that. My question relates to the ebb and flow of the TIDE.

If I stand next to the ocean and start digging a sea wall, the water will rise and fall as I work, making it tricky to dig deep. That's not what I'm talking about however. What I'm asking is if I can put up a wall (concrete or otherwise lol) at the seawall location, and then, a few feet inward, dig deep enough to be able to walk around in shallow water that will NOT rise and fall with the tide, so I can lay down some poles. I would then later tear down the wall and let the water rush in where I laid down my poles. I hope that clarifies.

@KarmicRequiem, does your answer apply to my situation? I assume you mean stone walls, heh.

Thanks all, appreciate any further insights or suggestions.

[Ebyl]

I'm guessing there is no way to do what you're talking about. I built a lodge on an island and didn't raise the lodge itself (so it was relatively close to sea level). I did raise pretty thick earthen walls around it, though. When it stormed, the waves would sometimes get high enough that they would "flood" my lodge, briefly extinguishing my fires, etc. It was funny to see, but they in no way respected my earthen and wooden walls, so I doubt they'll respect any other kind of wall.

[Wanderlust]

I keep seeing this question answered in the negative, and then there's KarmicRequiem up above, who posted message #3, who says that they were able to accomplish this with "concrete walls" that they used on their boat dock, keeping the tide out. Is this one player making this up, or what? I can't message the player since we're not friends and their profile is private.

Guess I'll give it a try and see how tight I can make my wall.

[Weaver]

No. They go right through whatever. I have a room with stone on all sides probably 15-20m inkand and during the highest waves of a storm it gets just the slightest amount of water showing in the floor because I built it like a half cm to low.... It bugs the crap out of me, but by the time I noticed I had an entire 4 story building above it so it's not getting moved.
(and with freefly cam you can can go under the terrain and see for yourself water level is universal and there are waves under the ground).

[N0ma13]

The concrete walls post was a lul. He's talking about his 'actual' dock..
Nothing blocks 'tide' currently that I'm aware of.

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by N0ma13:

Nothing blocks 'tide' currently that I'm aware of.

This is correct. There is no way to stop it regardless what you build it will go right through it.

[Lenny Rat]

I’m not sure of the mechanic involved, but once you get a certain distance from the larger body of water, say in a river or even with a dug channel, the swells are very controlled.

I have a full boat house on the large body of water that still gets big swells and causes my mast to hit the roof on occasion (during storms), but not enough to cause serious damage. I was able to set the poles into the bottom in chest high water. It sometimes is tricky waiting for the surf to drop enough that your toes hit the bottom, but it is doable.

I considered digging a channel to behind my base, but after all the work on the boathouse there is no way I’m doing that!

[angriff]

Originally posted by Cougarific:

The vikings used concrete?

Well seeing how the Vikings lived 700 AD to 1100 AD and the concrete floors have been found in royal palaces in Greece dating back to 1400 BC. It is plausible.

[woodsguide]

easiest solution ive come up with is dig a trench inland so the waves/swells are not so high

[Wanderlust]

Originally posted by woods:

easiest solution ive come up with is dig a trench inland so the waves/swells are not so high

Not sure I'm following you but I'm very interested, could you elaborate? How does digging a trench inland lessen the impact of tides near the water's edge?

[Ebyl]

Originally posted by Regnor:

Originally posted by woods:

easiest solution ive come up with is dig a trench inland so the waves/swells are not so high

Not sure I'm following you but I'm very interested, could you elaborate? How does digging a trench inland lessen the impact of tides near the water's edge?

I think they're saying to build an artificial waterway into the terrain, because once you get a certain distance from a large body of water, the wave action dies off. You'd build your boathouse inland on the artificial waterway.