Tide Information - Lowrance GlobalMap 5500C Operation Instructions Manual

Slack water, the period of little or no current, is represented by the
Slack Water Line (SWL). The flood appears above the SWL and the ebb
appears below the SWL.
You can look up tidal current data for other dates by changing the
month, day and year selection boxes. To select another date:
→ ←
1. Use and
↑ ↓
2. Use and
To clear the information screen, press

Tide Information

Navionics charts
represented at large zoom ranges by a box icon with
the letter "T." The icon stands for a Tidal Station
location. An example is displayed at right.
When you zoom in to a sufficiently small zoom range, the icon itself be-
comes an animated gauge showing a rising or falling tidal height for the
selected station at the present time. At larger zoom ranges, you can se-
lect the boxed "T" icon and it becomes an animated gauge with a pop-up
name box. An example is displayed in the following figure.
To view tide information:
1. Move the cursor over to a Tide Station icon. When it is selected, a
pop-up name box appears.
2. After selecting the Tide Station icon, press
Information screen.
Cursor line
Tide Station
icon
Navionics chart showing Tide Station icon selected by cursor.
In the example above, the tide is at 2.8 feet and falling,
as shown by the down arrow at the top of the icon.
to highlight month, day or year, then press
to select the desired month, day or year, then press
contain
.
EXIT
Tidal Information,
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to display the Tide
WPT
Pop-up
name box
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