NorthStar 961 Reference Manual page 263

Selecting a tide
station on the chart
screen
961/962 Operations and Reference Manual, Rev. A
Chapter 12 - Alarms, TideTrack, Currents, and Echo Sounding
Choosing vessel-location tide stations
To select the tide station nearest to your vessel and view its
tide data graphically:
1. At the CHART screen, press the OVERLAY key, then press
the SHOW TIDES key.
2. Press the GRAPH ON key.
The nearest station is automatically selected.
Chart screen with tide graph and tide station bar
Understanding the tides overlay
The tide graph and TIDE STATION bar displays the following
information:
•
name of the tide station
•
present tide level (for today's date
•
tide level at flashing red cursor (can be changed)
•
today's day and date (can be changed)
•
present time (daily, hourly, and 5-minute increments can
be changed, but be sure the time zone is correct)
• time of sunrise and sunset
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