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Hey Gang:
I understand (kinda) what slack tide is... The period when the tide is changing from an ebb to a flood, and vice versa... It seems reasonable to me that it should occur exactly at either the high or low tide point, but also understand that nothing is perfect and the mass of water causes it to occur either prior to or after the high/low tide... However, it seems to me that when I am on the water, it actually occurs quite a bit prior to, or after high/low tide (for example one hour)... Am I making a mistake when reading the tide tables and mis-identifying high/low tide, or do I not really understand "slack" tide? Is there a good website that will not only give me high/low tide, but also when slack tide is predicted to occur?
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated...
I understand (kinda) what slack tide is... The period when the tide is changing from an ebb to a flood, and vice versa... It seems reasonable to me that it should occur exactly at either the high or low tide point, but also understand that nothing is perfect and the mass of water causes it to occur either prior to or after the high/low tide... However, it seems to me that when I am on the water, it actually occurs quite a bit prior to, or after high/low tide (for example one hour)... Am I making a mistake when reading the tide tables and mis-identifying high/low tide, or do I not really understand "slack" tide? Is there a good website that will not only give me high/low tide, but also when slack tide is predicted to occur?
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated...