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Current Atlas Lookup Tables: Juan de Fuca Strait to Strait of Georgia — 2021
Free download, click on Other years and printable. Thanks Ken Buck for posting this on a local Facebook group.
Current Atlas Lookup Tables: Juan de Fuca Strait to Strait of Georgia — 2021
Free download, click on Other years and printable. Thanks Ken Buck for posting this on a local Facebook group.
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Not a current atlas but I do find this very useful for Puget Sound.
Tidal Currents of Puget Sound: Graphic Current Charts and Flow Patterns
Tidal Currents of Puget Sound: Graphic Current Charts and Flow Patterns
Definitely not the same.
Navionics shows various passes but no detail anywhere else.
The Current Atlas shows currents everywhere in its area.
I haven't looked at mine in a while, but IIRC, the currents are shown for small tidal changes and separately for larger changes, so you can find the size change you are in, then look at the location you are in, wherever in that area. You don't need one that references cates at all, so one issued (like my own) 30 years ago is still useful.
Real handy if you are looking to do a passage where there are known back eddies, like along the shore of Stanley Park while heading towards First Narrows, or along Spanish Banks, while racing small sailboats in the area.
Thanks! I love this book, very easy to use to plan a voyage. Would like to find something this easy to use for Puget Sound
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Are you referring to the Current Atlas I posted at beginning of thread? I love this book, am looking for something as easy to use for Puget Sound
C lectric
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I don't have the chart shown in the first post.
I do have the two that show the Yuculta and Dent rapids and the booklet that shows Burrard Inlet First and Second Narrows.
I have used them for good purpose on my own. I loaned them to a friend who was a Predicted Log racer. He wanted them but of course I still have as I periodically use them.
I should have bought the chart above but at the time I spent very little time in the Gulf Islands.
THey were excellent and helpfull publications that are no longer available.
I do have the two that show the Yuculta and Dent rapids and the booklet that shows Burrard Inlet First and Second Narrows.
I have used them for good purpose on my own. I loaned them to a friend who was a Predicted Log racer. He wanted them but of course I still have as I periodically use them.
I should have bought the chart above but at the time I spent very little time in the Gulf Islands.
THey were excellent and helpfull publications that are no longer available.
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I used to use the Current Atlas book until I found this app IPhone OR Android for the phone. Yes there is an annual fee, well worth it IMO.
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I rely on Deep Zoom for tides and currents in the Puget Sound. Requires an internet connection but very easy to use. https://www.deepzoom.com/
https://www.deep zoom.com
https://www.deep zoom.com
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Captains is no longer in Seattle, but they do have an online presence.
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CHS Current Atlas
CHS publishes extensive atlases of currents on the St Lawrence based on the state of tides. I believe they show currents on a two hour basis and not just at one point on the river’s width. It is amazing how the current varies from Quebec downriver with positive and negative currents from one bank to the other. On the Downeast Loop, the Atlas was of great use in planning with 20’ tides at Quebec. We experienced as much as 7 kts positive assist by being in the right location and not necessarily in the center of the river.
CHS publishes extensive atlases of currents on the St Lawrence based on the state of tides. I believe they show currents on a two hour basis and not just at one point on the river’s width. It is amazing how the current varies from Quebec downriver with positive and negative currents from one bank to the other. On the Downeast Loop, the Atlas was of great use in planning with 20’ tides at Quebec. We experienced as much as 7 kts positive assist by being in the right location and not necessarily in the center of the river.
