Section 5: Tides, tidal height and tidal streams
Tidal work is revised with some additional more advanced material and more complex worked examples.
Theory of tides, tidal levels, calculation of depth and overhead clearance
Heights of high and low water at standard and secondary ports
The rule of twelfths
Use of the tidal rise curve including Solent ports procedure
Tidal streams, tidal diamonds and tidal stream charts and interpolation table.
Weather effects on tides.