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Overview: Cook Inlet Oceanography Susan Saupe “Not a Physical Oceanographer” Cook Inlet RCAC
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If it weren’t for the
currents, Cook Inlet
would become a
gigantic mud flat.
If it weren’t for the mud,
Cook Inlet would
become current-swept
sand and gravel
beaches.
Instead, it’s both….
MHHW
Zero
Katchemak BayKamishak Bay
1 mile
Rock ramp
Rock wall
26 ft
Slide by Mandy Lindeberg (NMFS)
Highest Observed
Mean Higher High Water
Mean High Water
Mean Tide Level
Mean Low Water
Mean Lower Low Water
Lowest Observed
Tidal Datums
MHHW
MHW
MTL
MLW
MLLW “0”