Tide and Currents
October 3, 2024
Consulting tide charts for safe arrival and departure is good practice, but tidal currents need to be considered as well.
Consulting tide charts for safe arrival and departure is good practice, but tidal currents need to be considered as well.
Study shows current speeds increasing by 15 percent per decade. Accelerating winds are the culprit.
he better we intrinsically understand tides and tidal currents in the areas we navigate, the better we can anticipate which charted hazards are actually hazardous to us, and which are merely interesting.
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