![]() It covers the basics of how to read a chart, compass and GPS through how to paddle in currents. Not to overly push Starpath, but David Burch the owner does have some great tools to help us out on the water! His book Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation is an invaluable resource I’ve had for years. Starpath School of Navigation is an example of a place to learn about the marine environment, navigation, weather and the like. Check the Rivers section of my SUP book to learn how tidal rapids work and how to read them – learn about eddies, eddy lines and the like. Open water may have weird sections of glassy water winding through. Fast flowing current may appear like a smooth section of water or bumpy if it’s bucking (going against) wind. Height of tide is the vertical distance between the surface of the sea and chart datum. The tide is currently rising in Deception Pass (Narrows). It is also frequently used by tows of logs from the northward, bound. – Learn to read current when looking at the water. Active Pass Adams Harbour Addenbroke Isl. Deception Pass (Narrows) tide charts for today, tomorrow and this week. Deception Pass connects the northern end of. Since the current velocity in the pass at times makes it prohibitive for some craft, the Coast Pilot and the Tidal Current Tables both advise negotiating the pass at slack water, which lasts approximately 20 minutes. For the Washington San Juan Islands, BC’s Gulf Island the similar areas check out Current Atlas Juan de Fuca Strait & Strait of Georgia. The data and charts above provide the tide time predictions for Cornet Bay, Deception Pass, Washington for August 2023, with extra details provided for today, Friday August 18, 2023. There are direct daily predictions on Deception Pass in the Tidal Current Tables. Although once you see the samples from the book below, you can figure out how current (or water) moves and flows when it rounds a point, bumps into a headland or bay, etc. This gives me a visual guide to how currents move in my area. – Check if you area has a book like this one Currents of Puget Sound. I also use Captain Jack’s, a small spiral booklet when scheduling my classes, and I keep one in the car. Some like a visual graph instead of a list. I like Mobile Graphics and NOAA as they give me an easy to read list of flows. A variety of options will appear giving you the info needed. Type in your location with something like “Deception Pass currents”. The question is, how do know how to look for currents? Here’s a few tips. If you want to get somewhere in a timely manner, learning how to work with rather than against the currents is essential. Here on Puget Sound near Seattle, tidal currents are a big part of paddling.
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