68ReferenceMain Menu:Tide TabTide Tab— shows a graphical chart which displays tide station information in a 24 hour span startingat midnight station time. You can choose from different dates and over 3000 tide stations around theUSA coastline, Alaska, Hawaii, western Canada and several of the Caribbean islands.The top of the page displays the tide station being referenced, to the right, the date. The top of thechart shows a 24-hour block of local time (LCL) for your position, with the reported station time (STA)appearing at the bottom. Daylight (light bar) and nighttime (dark bar) show across the time scale,with the time progressing from left to right (Local time scales may not be available for a few stations).The solid, light vertical lines are in 4-hour increments, and the light, dotted vertical lines are in 1-hourincrements. A dark, vertical line (with arrows at the ends of the line) will indicate the time of day whenusing the current date and will intersect the tide graph to show their relation.The tide curve shows as a shaded area, with higher tides being taller and lower tides shorter. Thedark, horizontal line (with arrows at the ends of the line) indicates the current tide height. The figureto the left of the line will show the current tide level in feet. The Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW)appears as a solid, horizontal line near the bottom of the chart (This line will only appear if the tideranges to the zero value or below). The numbers directly below/above ‘LCL’ and ‘STA’ indicate themaximum/minimum levels, respectively. The four data fields below the chart, indicate event timesand levels at which the tide changes starting in the upper left field, going downward, then to theupper right and down again.Tide Tab Menu OptionsYou can select from a list of neareststations or from the map.Local TimeStation TimeDateNightMLLWCurrent TimeMax. LevelMin. LevelCurrent Tide HeightEvent TimesHigh Tide CurveLow Tide Curve