Chart Navigation & Plotting · Tidal Currents
A 'flood' current is one that:
- AFlows away from land or down a river toward the sea
- BFlows toward land or up an estuary, generally accompanying a rising tide✓ Correct
- CIs always stronger than the ebb
- DOnly occurs at spring tides
Explanation
Flood current sets toward land / up an estuary and generally accompanies the rising tide; ebb current sets seaward with the falling tide. The Tidal Current Tables list times and velocities of max flood, max ebb, and slack.
Authority: NOAA Tidal Current Tables
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