diff --git a/Environment/environment.xml b/Environment/environment.xml
index e3f0426f8..4aa28b2e9 100644
--- a/Environment/environment.xml
+++ b/Environment/environment.xml
@@ -432,7 +432,9 @@
     <color_g type="double" userarchive="n">0.27</color_g>
     <color_b type="double" userarchive="n">0.3</color_b>
    <surface>
-    <ice-cover> 0.0</ice-cover>
+    <ice-cover type="double" userarchive="n">0.0</ice-cover>
+    <tide-factor type="double" userarchive="n">0.6</tide-factor>
+    <delta-T-tide type="double" userarchive="n">0.0</delta-T-tide>
    </surface>
   </sea>
 
diff --git a/Environment/metarinterpolator.xml b/Environment/metarinterpolator.xml
index dfb4200bf..ee2ff6614 100644
--- a/Environment/metarinterpolator.xml
+++ b/Environment/metarinterpolator.xml
@@ -534,6 +534,17 @@
     </input>
     <output>/sim/environment/windsock-light</output>
   </filter>
+  <!--
+   Tides
+  -->
+  <filter>
+    <name>MetarController:layer:tide-level</name>
+    <type>gain</type>
+    <scale>0.5</scale>
+    <offset>0.5</offset>
+    <input>/sim/time/tide-level-norm</input>
+    <output>/environment/sea/surface/delta-T-tide</output>
+  </filter>
   <min>0.0</min>
   <max>1.0</max>
 </PropertyList> 
diff --git a/Materials/default/global-summer.xml b/Materials/default/global-summer.xml
index ee1bb0ae6..cce38c3c1 100644
--- a/Materials/default/global-summer.xml
+++ b/Materials/default/global-summer.xml
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@
 <material>
   <name>Littoral</name>
   <texture>Terrain/tidal.png</texture>
-  <xsize>2000</xsize>
-  <ysize>2000</ysize>
+  <xsize>1000</xsize>
+  <ysize>1000</ysize>
   <solid>1</solid>
   <light-coverage>40000000.0</light-coverage>
   <friction-factor>0.8</friction-factor>
diff --git a/Materials/default/global-winter.xml b/Materials/default/global-winter.xml
index 1eebfa2ce..7c6216108 100644
--- a/Materials/default/global-winter.xml
+++ b/Materials/default/global-winter.xml
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@
 <material>
   <name>Littoral</name>
   <texture>Terrain/tidal.png</texture>
-  <xsize>2000</xsize>
-  <ysize>2000</ysize>
+  <xsize>1000</xsize>
+  <ysize>1000</ysize>
   <solid>1</solid>
   <light-coverage>40000000.0</light-coverage>
   <friction-factor>0.8</friction-factor>
diff --git a/Materials/regions/azores.xml b/Materials/regions/azores.xml
index dd6ff9408..611b8aeaf 100755
--- a/Materials/regions/azores.xml
+++ b/Materials/regions/azores.xml
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@
     <name>Littoral</name>
     <effect>Effects/water</effect>
     <texture>Terrain/tidal.png</texture>
-    <xsize>2000</xsize>
-    <ysize>2000</ysize>
+    <xsize>1000</xsize>
+    <ysize>1000</ysize>
     <solid>1</solid>
     <light-coverage>40000000.0</light-coverage>
     <friction-factor>0.8</friction-factor>
diff --git a/Materials/regions/europe.xml b/Materials/regions/europe.xml
index 18eda105b..74fdb000a 100644
--- a/Materials/regions/europe.xml
+++ b/Materials/regions/europe.xml
@@ -244,13 +244,31 @@
   <material>
     <name>Littoral</name>
     <effect>Effects/water</effect>
-    <texture>Terrain/tidal.png</texture>
-    <xsize>2000</xsize>
-    <ysize>2000</ysize>
-    <solid>1</solid>
+    <texture-set>
+      <texture>Terrain/tidal.png</texture>
+      <texture n="10">Terrain/mud.png</texture>
+      <texture n="14">Terrain/sand_overlay.png</texture>
+      <texture n="20">Terrain/sand6_hires.png</texture>
+    </texture-set>
+    <parameters>
+      <ice_cover><use>/environment/sea/surface/delta-T-tide</use></ice_cover>
+      <grit_alpha>0.4</grit_alpha>
+      <base_layer_magnification>1.0</base_layer_magnification>
+      <use_overlay>1</use_overlay>
+      <overlay_bias>0.5</overlay_bias>
+      <use_color_overlay>0</use_color_overlay>
+      <overlay_layer_magnification>60.0</overlay_layer_magnification>
+      <overlay_alpha>1.21</overlay_alpha>
+      <use_grain>0</use_grain>
+      <grain_layer_magnification>4.0</grain_layer_magnification>
+    </parameters>
+    <xsize>1000</xsize>
+    <ysize>1000</ysize>
     <light-coverage>40000000.0</light-coverage>
+    <shininess>1.2</shininess>
+    <solid>1</solid>
     <friction-factor>0.8</friction-factor>
-    <rolling-friction>0.3</rolling-friction>
+    <rolling-friction>0.4</rolling-friction>
     <bumpiness>0.2</bumpiness>
     <load-resistance>1e30</load-resistance>
   </material>
diff --git a/Materials/regions/global-summer.xml b/Materials/regions/global-summer.xml
index 632678d26..be3246715 100644
--- a/Materials/regions/global-summer.xml
+++ b/Materials/regions/global-summer.xml
@@ -489,8 +489,8 @@
   <material>
     <name>Littoral</name>
     <texture>Terrain/tidal.png</texture>
-    <xsize>2000</xsize>
-    <ysize>2000</ysize>
+    <xsize>1000</xsize>
+    <ysize>1000</ysize>
     <solid>1</solid>
     <light-coverage>40000000.0</light-coverage>
     <friction-factor>0.8</friction-factor>
diff --git a/Textures/Terrain/tidal.png b/Textures/Terrain/tidal.png
index 03ebd75ef..cb354f366 100644
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diff --git a/Textures/Terrain/water-inland.dds b/Textures/Terrain/water-inland.dds
index ccbe99e21..28193c1e8 100644
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diff --git a/Textures/Terrain/water-inland.png b/Textures/Terrain/water-inland.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da4fff16f
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diff --git a/Textures/Terrain/water.dds b/Textures/Terrain/water.dds
index 22c687ea9..b4525181f 100644
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diff --git a/Textures/Terrain/water.png b/Textures/Terrain/water.png
index 74eaba2d8..7e6bb4c0f 100644
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