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From: E Sullivan <sullied33_at_hotmail.com>
subject: [Paddlewise] Slack Tide
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:21:56 -0700
Pardon my ignorance. How would I determine when slack tide is between Orcas and Sucia? 
 
I've been tossed pretty thoroughly making that crossing. It was fun the first 5 or 6 times, but I'm getting old...
 
Dullard that I am, I never really tracked where I was in the cycle. The speed of flow was never an issue; just the mixing. Expanses of violent chop. There's a dull roar to it at it's best.
 
 
 
Thanks,
 
Ed
 		 	   		  
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From: Robert Livingston <bearboat2_at_comcast.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Slack Tide
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 20:48:14 -0700
NOAA has current table for Parker Reef which is between Sucia and Orcas so you can look that up on line. If the link does not work, Goggle it.







http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/get_predc.shtml?year=2012&stn=6645+Rosario%20Strait&secstn=Parker+Reef+Light,+0.5+mile+north+of&sbfh=%2B1&sbfm=31&fldh=%2B1&fldm=02&sbeh=%2B1&sbem=14&ebbh=%2B1&ebbm=02&fldr=1.0&ebbr=0.8&fldavgd=067&ebbavgd=278&footnote


On Jun 11, 2014, at 4:21 PM, E Sullivan <sullied33_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

> Pardon my ignorance. How would I determine when slack tide is between Orcas and Sucia? 
>  
> I've been tossed pretty thoroughly making that crossing. It was fun the first 5 or 6 times, but I'm getting old...
>  
> Dullard that I am, I never really tracked where I was in the cycle. The speed of flow was never an issue; just the mixing. Expanses of violent chop. There's a dull roar to it at it's best.
>  
>  
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Ed


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