Canal Tide / Current Help

[Moses]

Been doing alot of research these past two years on fishing the Canal. Feel like I've learned alot but have a long way to go. One area in particular relates to tides / currents. I read Mike P's "how to" post which was great. But I still have some questions that I'm sure some of you die hard ditch fans can hopefully answer.

Lets say a "current" table states the following;

Location - RR Bridge
Date - May 27
Slack - 0353, 1007, 1656, 2241
Flood - 0035, 1314
Ebb - 0705, 1942

I understand the term slack, but what exactly does Flood & Ebb define? Dumb question but I just can't figure it out and how this relates to the "tide" chart for same location?

Anyone? Please & thanks.