Trabic@lemmy.one to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoIs there a name for the mid point between high and low tides?message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareIs there a name for the mid point between high and low tides?Trabic@lemmy.one to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
Half-tide doesn’t sound right to me, slack-tide is something else entirely, my google-fu has failed me.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-22 months ago stand of the tide’, which is when tide levels ‘stand’ at a maximum or minimum Isn’t that when it’s just standing at high or low tide? Some googling leads me to find it’s either “ebb tide” or “flood tide” depending on whether it’s halfway falling or halfway rising, respectively.
minus-squareBlueÆther@no.lastname.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWe use them as just the tide flow here. I wouldn’t be taken aback if someone said half tide, and is probably what I would use if I was asked on the spot
minus-squareTrabic@lemmy.oneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoNever liked the way half-tide sounded, I think I’m liking Mean-Tide, or Median-Tide if I’m feeling fancy.
Isn’t that when it’s just standing at high or low tide?
Some googling leads me to find it’s either “ebb tide” or “flood tide” depending on whether it’s halfway falling or halfway rising, respectively.
We use them as just the tide flow here.
I wouldn’t be taken aback if someone said half tide, and is probably what I would use if I was asked on the spot
Never liked the way half-tide sounded, I think I’m liking Mean-Tide, or Median-Tide if I’m feeling fancy.