GL: Tidal Currents

[Wade Ehlen]

   The highest tides on the Loop are in Georgia and South Carolina.       
   You'll find that as you pass the many large and small inlets on the Atlantic ICW the current will change direction.  It's a rare day that you can plan to go with the current all day.  
   Ebbing and flooding tides, however, are a different matter.  If the moon and the sun and stars are lined up correctly you can spend most if not all of your cruising day on mid to high tides.

Wade Ehlen
Albin 36 Miss Happ
New Bern NC


--- On Mon, 5/26/08, M S <valhalla360 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: M S <valhalla360 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: GL: Tidal Currents
> To: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
> Date: Monday, May 26, 2008, 9:09 AM
> I grew up on the great lakes and while I understand the
> basic principals of tides, I can't seem to get the
> currents right.
>    
>   I check the tides along the route we will be following
> and think the current should be going with me, but more
> often than not, it's the exact opposite.
>    
>   Anyone have some guidance? We are heading north out of
> florida and my understanding is the tides and associated
> currents get stronger as we go north.
>    
>   Thanks 
>    
>   Mike & Tammy
>   Valhalla II
>   Gemini 3400
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