Canal Tide / Current Help

[jettyjockey18]

Originally posted by fishsmith
Who can show what is going on.

Slack - 0353, 1007, 1656, 2241n
Flood - 0035, 1314 (going in direction 070)
Ebb - 0705, 1942 (going in direction 250)


What is happening with the flood at 0035, is it starting or is it at it's peak?
if it starts at 0035, I would assume it runs for a little over 3hours till slack @ 0353, but the next ebb shows 0705, is this the end of the ebb?

I'm sure it's simple but my pea brain can't compute.

lets see...
slack...3:53 am, 10:07 am, 4:56 pm, 10:41 pm...
flood...12:35 am, 1:14 pm
ebb...7:05 am...7:42 pm...

i'm editing my post because the previous information i gave was basically wrong...

flood and ebb tide listings are not high and low tides but rather listings of the stongest current on the incoming stage (flood or east running current) or outgoing stage (ebb or west running current)...the strongest running currents occur around half tide (+/- 3 hours after the turn)...

so anyway, what the listings above tell you is that the current goes slack at 3:53 am and turns west...half tide on the west running current occurs at 7:05 am...the current flows west until slack at 10:07 am, then turns east...half tide on the east running current is at 1:14 pm...the current goes slack again at 4:56 pm, then turns west...etc...