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Tides and Currents


Tides and currents are notoriously tricky in the Puget Sound, especially in concert with beaufort-wind-scale.jpg. Good sea kayakers learn as much as possible about the tide and current conditions of the area they choose to paddle.

WAKE’s local tide/current expert, Ed Alm, has written two useful resource documents:


Tides and Currents: guidelines-rules-of-thumb1.pdf