Slack water

From Glossary of Meteorology



slack water

The state of a tidal current when its speed is near zero, especially the moment when a reversing (rectilinear) current changes direction and its speed is zero.

For a theoretical standing tidal wave, slack water occurs at the times of high water and low water, while for a theoretical progressive tidal wave, slack water occurs midway between high and low water.


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