Weather going tide - what does it mean?

[STATUE]

As title.

 

[Alan ashore]

The tide is flowing (at least to an extent) against the wind.

p.s. the term "weather" in this sense just means "upwind", and is the opposite of "lee" or "leeward". As in "lee rail", "weather rail" etc.

 

[prv]

...which is the same thing as wind-over-tide, and if both are strong then it will probably be bouncy

Pete

 

[Ceirwan]

Its a fancy way of saying 'wind against tide'. Which is itself a fancy way of saying 'it's going to be f****n rough!'

 

[Habebty]

Although logically read, you would expect the tide to be going with the weather/wind, i.e. in the same direction.

 

[Alan ashore]

and then again we might revisit the paradox that a West wind is opposed to a West tide.

 

[theoldsalt]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weather–going tide

 

[LadyInBed]

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[prv]

Although logically read, you would expect the tide to be going with the weather/wind, i.e. in the same direction.

Not really. "Weather" is a particular direction (at the moment it happens to be southeast here), the tide is going in that direction, ergo it's a weather-going tide. How could it be anything else?

Pete

 

[Habebty]

Not really. "Weather" is a particular direction (at the moment it happens to be southeast here), the tide is going in that direction, ergo it's a weather-going tide. How could it be anything else?

Pete

Yes, isn't that what I said? as oppose to the earlier posts that said it was weather/wind going the opposite direction to the tide - wind over tide.
But then, I'm happy to accept my interpretation of grammar might not be all all it should!



Pete

 

[alan_d]

"Weather" in this context is nothing to do with meteorology. Weather is used as a synonym for windward, the opposite to lee or leeward - as in weather helm, weather bow, weather shore, going to weather etc. So a weather-going tide is one going (flowing) to windward i.e. upwind i.e. wind-against-tide.