Tidal Currents of Puget Sound

Author: NOAA, University of WA Dept. of Oceanography, WA Sea Grant
ISBN 9780914025160
Paperback, 92 pages, 8.25" x 11"
Starpath Publications

Tide Prints show the flow patterns and how they evolve throughout the current cycle. There is one print for every 3 hours throughout the cycle. They are indexed to the tide height in Seattle.
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Current Charts show the values of the currents at each reference station. There is one chart for every hour throughout the cycle. They are indexed to the tidal current at Admiralty Inlet.
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Comparing Tide Prints and Current Charts shows the locations of eddies and bands of current, and how these bands and eddies move and interact as the current cycle evolves.

• These are both perpetual publications, good for any year.
• Tide data at Seattle and current data at Admiralty Inlet (off Bush Pt) and at Tacoma Narrows (north end), are needed to assign specific times to each page of these charts and prints.

The tide and current data needed to use this publication can be found at
Admiralty Inlet Currents
Tacoma Narrows Currents
Seattle Tides

All reference tables needed for 2019, 2020, and 2021 can be downloaded here: Tides_and_Current_Data_2019-2021.pdf