After nightfall a strong flood tide would be setting up along shore to the Spanish anchorage.
And the next morning the cutter was, with the assistance of the flood tide, making quick progress to the southward.
It was a boisterous day, half a gale of wind against the flood tide.
So the hours of flood tide passed, and then the ship began to swing idly as the slack came.
When the flood tide rippled about the wreck it was obvious the pump was getting the water down.
Flood tide and ebb tide, late dawns and early nights—these will occur whether the closing time is 36, 42, or 48 hours.
Flood tides occur when the tide exceeds a peak of 7.9 metres.
A pronounced tidal asymmetry with an ebb tide lasting twice as long as the flood tide is characteristic of the area.
