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Looking north toward Great Peconic Bay from the Shinnecock Canal. The original Shinnecock Canal was dug in 1892. To alleviate tidal differences of 3 feet (0.91 m) and more between Peconic Bay to the north and Shinnecock Bay, construction of "tide gates" and bulkheading (not a canal lock as exists today [further explanation needed]) began in 1918.
Shinnecock Inlet is the easternmost of five major inlets [1] connecting bays to the Atlantic Ocean through the narrow 100-mile-long (160 km) Outer Barrier that stretches from New York City to Southampton, New York on the south shore of Long Island. It splits Westhampton Island from the peninsula extending from Southampton Village.
Tide tables, sometimes called tide charts, are used for tidal prediction and show the daily times and levels of high and low tides, usually for a particular location. [1] Tide heights at intermediate times (between high and low water) can be approximated by using the rule of twelfths or more accurately calculated by using a published tidal ...
A rip tide, or riptide, is a strong offshore current that is caused by the tide pulling water through an inlet along a barrier beach, at a lagoon or inland marina where tide water flows steadily out to sea during ebb tide. It is a strong tidal flow of water within estuaries and other enclosed tidal areas. The riptides become the strongest where ...
Shinnecock Reservation, the tribe's reservation; Mohegan-Pequot language or Shinnecock language, an extinct Algonquian language formerly spoken by the Shinnecock; Shinnecock Canal, a canal that cuts across the South Fork of Long Island at Hampton Bays, New York; Shinnecock Inlet, an inlet connecting Shinnecock Bay and the Atlantic Ocean
A bore in Morecambe Bay, in the United Kingdom Video of the Arnside Bore, in the United Kingdom The tidal bore in Upper Cook Inlet, in Alaska. A tidal bore, [1] often simply given as bore in context, is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that travels up a river or narrow bay, reversing the direction of the river or bay's current.
A tidal creek or tidal channel is a narrow inlet or estuary that is affected by the ebb and flow of ocean tides. [1] Thus, it has variable salinity and electrical conductivity over the tidal cycle, and flushes salts from inland soils. Tidal creeks are characterized by slow water velocity, resulting in buildup of fine, organic sediment in wetlands.
The orientation of Eastern Long Island facing due south, made it extremely exposed to the storm surge and intense winds. The estimated peak storm tide in parts of eastern Long Island was 20 ft (6.1 m). A mean low water storm tide of 8 ft (2.4 m) was recorded at Port Jefferson. [38] About 50 people perished in the storm's wake. [31]