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Current Sub Tab, To select the Current Station nearest to your location

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Main Menu > Tide Tab Current Sub Tab The Current sub tab contains shows information for currents in a 24-hour span, starting at midnight. You can choose from different dates and more than 3,000 Current Stations around the U.S.A. coastline, Alaska, Hawaii, western Canada, and several of the Caribbean islands. The top of the Current sub tab shows the Current Station and the date. The bottom of the tab shows the distance and bearing from your location. The bottom of each chart shows a 24-hour block of local time for your location. Day (yellow bar) and night (blue bar) at the Current Station appear across the time scale, with the time progressing from left to right (sunrise and sunset information may not be available for some stations). The solid, light vertical lines are in 4-hour increments, and the light, dotted vertical lines are in 1-hour increments. A solid, vertical line (with the local time at the top) indicates the strength of the current that corresponds to the time shown in the local time box. To select the Current Station nearest to your location: 1. Highlight the For field, and press ENTER to open the Find Currents Page. 2. Highlight Current Position, and press ENTER to open the Find Near Current Position Page. Main Menu The Current sub tab contains two charts: one for speed and one for direction. The top chart is the speed chart, which shows the speed of a given current at any point during the day. The shaded area is blue (Flood Current) when the current is heading toward shore; the shaded area is red (Ebb Current) when the current is heading away from shore. The bottom chart is the direction chart, which shows the direction of the current at any given point during the day (based on the north reference, not true north). 48 3. Select a Current Station from the list, and press ENTER. As you move the highlight over each Current Station in the list, the station is highlighted on the map window. The distance and bearing from your location to the highlighted station are shown at the bottom of the list. GPSMAP 3206/3210 Owner's Manual

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GPSMAP 3206/3210 Owner’s Manual
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Current Sub Tab
The Current sub tab contains shows information for currents in a 24-hour span,
starting at midnight. You can choose from different dates and more than 3,000
Current Stations around the U.S.A. coastline, Alaska, Hawaii, western Canada,
and several of the Caribbean islands. The top of the Current sub tab shows the
Current Station and the date. The bottom of the tab shows the distance and
bearing from your location.
The Current sub tab contains two charts: one for speed and one for direction.
The top chart is the speed chart, which shows the speed of a given current at any
point during the day. The shaded area is blue (Flood Current) when the current is
heading toward shore; the shaded area is red (Ebb Current) when the current is
heading away from shore.
The bottom chart is the direction chart, which shows the direction of the current
at any given point during the day (based on the north reference, not true north).
The bottom of each chart shows a 24-hour block of local time for your location.
Day (yellow bar) and night (blue bar) at the Current Station appear across the
time scale, with the time progressing from left to right (sunrise and sunset
information may not be available for some stations). The solid, light vertical
lines are in 4-hour increments, and the light, dotted vertical lines are in 1-hour
increments. A solid, vertical line (with the local time at the top) indicates the
strength of the current that corresponds to the time shown in the local time box.
To select the Current Station nearest to your location:
1. Highlight the
For
field, and press
ENTER
to open the Find Currents Page.
2. Highlight
Current Position
, and press
ENTER
to open the Find Near
Current Position Page.
3. Select a Current Station from the list, and press
ENTER
. As you move
the highlight over each Current Station in the list, the station is highlighted
on the map window. The distance and bearing from your location to the
highlighted station are shown at the bottom of the list.