USCG Exam PracticeTides and currents — predictions and corrections
The term 'flood current' refers to which condition?
- ✓ The incoming horizontal flow of water associated with a rising tideCorrect
- B. The brief period of zero horizontal flow at the turn of the tide
- C. The outgoing horizontal flow of water as the tide falls
- D. The maximum vertical height reached at high water
Why A is correct
Bowditch Ch. 9 §903 states that tidal currents are the horizontal flow of water associated with the rise and fall of the tide, and that flood is incoming. Ebb is outgoing and slack water is the period of zero flow.
Cited:Bowditch Ch. 9 §903