PassageMaker

Mastering the Ups and Downs of Tides

et’s make an example of an early June passage from Anacortes, Washington, to Juneau, Alaska, via the Inside Passage. The idiosyncrasies of all the tides and tidal currents for a passage such as this would fill a book (or several). In this case we’ll focus only on the departure and arrival.

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