Slack Water Definition

noun
The period between tides when the water is neither in ebb nor flood.
Webster's New World
Any stretch of water having little or no current.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • slack
  • slack tide

Slack Water Sentence Examples

  • The Federal government has much improved the navigation of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers and is committed to a project for slack-water navigation on the Ohio which is expected to give Pittsburg communication with the sea by vessels drawing 9 ft.

  • The area is swept by strong tidal currents making this site a slack water dive.

  • Even heading through at slack water there is always a sense of menace !

  • Very tidal, slack water only and in exposed position so calm conditions needed.

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