Sentences with phrase «at slack tide»

At slack tide, daily time is essentially arrested, creating a brief window of time in which the normally turbulent waters are calm.

As the blue holes are tidal, for safety, they can only be visited at a slack tide, as the tidal pull is very strong.

The dive site «Tatawa Besar» was a particular favourite for all our guests, and they chose to do two dives here — at slack tide this is one of the most peaceful and beautiful sites in the park.

At slack tide, when there is no current at all, you can stop to see the smaller creatures such as Blue ribbon eels, Orangutan crabs and some nudibranchs.

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Failing to get shoreward enough on the slack water can mean disaster, for the ebb tide may sweep him down the coast, and he will not land at all.

Police inspectors soon realize that the epicenter of these mysterious disappearances must be Slack Bay, where the Slack River and the sea join at high tide and a small community of fishermen and oyster farmers live — among them, the Bréfort ferrymen, led by a patriarch nicknamed «The Eternal.»

At exactly slack tide, the A30s & A23s made their move, travelling swiftly north through Blackney Pass and (one might imagine) into the arms of the G3s, I11s, A34s, A36s and A12.

The tide was ebbing at the time, with slack a couple of hours away, so we didn't expect the new arrivals to come into our view soon.

When planning a paddling excursion in the Rock Islands, seek local knowledge to determine the best times and routes, as some tunnels and caves can be negotiated only at low tide, and passes and channels are best done at slack or outgoing water.

To carry the dive activity at this point is a must to pick up the slack high tide where the water condition is full and calmness contrary will unable and unsafe to dive at it.

Slack Tide is on view through April 22nd 2012 at Rachel Uffner Gallery, 47 Orchard Street, New York.

This period is signaled by a series of bells that sound at the beginning and end of slack tide.