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Tidal Currents of Puget Sound by NOAA, University of WA Dept. of Oceanography, and WA Sea Grant 8.25" x 11", 92 pages, Starpath Publications, 2009. This book, when purchased here, includes a free ebook copy. Click the elibra icon below for details. $19.95   ...item# 1986

Also available as an elibra ebook for $9.95 To view free sample, install free reader, then click link to sample. If your browser tries to open the code instead of the book, then right click and save elibra file (9.6Mb), then click it from your computer. The reader includes a perfectly clean uninstall if you do not wish to use it further. View Free sample of several pages. 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. View Sample 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. View Sample 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 here: For The Tidal Current Charts: Current Predictions for 2009 at Admiralty Inlet Current Predictions for 2009 at Tacoma Narrows (north end) For the Tide Prints: Tide Predictions for 2009 at Seattle, WA Use of current charts underway