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Originally Posted by CanalGuy
Easy explanation: If your standing at the Sagamore Bridge on the Cape side, The incoming tide is running left to right till High Slack then will run right to left until Low Slack.  |
The flood
current runs that way, and the ebb
current runs the other way.
The incoming
tide rises, and the outgoing falls, right at your feet.
The current and tide aren't synonymous. If high tide and high slack happened exactly at the same time, there would be no current--it would always be slack tide
The same is true in every inlet and breachway in the world. The water continues to rise and fall for a period of time after slack current in the inlet. Inshore currents can only result from differing times of water levels in different bodies of water.
Keep Bob's barrel and pipe in mind.