Our Current and Tide Tables for Dive Planning is an essential resource for scuba divers. It walks you though each step in the dive planning process, from understanding the current patterns around the dive site to deciding exactly what time to hit the water. Ten regional maps show not only the location of dive sites, but the location of NOAA current stations as well. The time of slack water, and speed of current is listed for over 100 dive sites in the Northwest Region. Also included:
Two advanced dive planning tables: "Speed of Current at Anytime" and "Duration of Slack" as well as instructions for use
An explantion on how the shoreline, channels, headlands, tides, and river run-off affects local current patterns.
Tide tables for Seattle and Port Townsend.
"Height of Tide at Anytime" table to calculate the exact depth of objects underwater.
Dive planning worksheets.
This book is accompanying resource for the Tide & Current and Advanced Tide & Current workshop. It is available in print version for $13.95 plus shipping costs.