WordNet
n. the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide [syn: slack water]
Usage examples of "slack tide".
And she felt his sudden spasm of fear, knowing what had happened, but now he was in the grip of his own frenzy, moving on her as if despairing, heaving and gasping, crying out as if in unendurable agony, and she felt the magical spell descending on her at the very moment of slack tide, as he cried out and fell heavily on her unresisting body, and she felt the spurting of his seed within her.
The best time to scuttle a boat in close waters is at slack tide, when you can be sure that it will settle exactly where you want it to settle, and slack tide is not until one o'clock this morning.
Even with a navigational map, Hawk knew that he would have difficulty picking his way through the obstacle course of rock and sea in full daylight at slack tide.
Unless the ship were to touch the land, and then only at full or slack tide.
I highly recommend that you dive only during slack tide to avoid a nasty current.
She listened like a child as Austin described his entry through the Mermaid's Gate at slack tide and his journey into the cave network.
The wait for slack tide indicated the steamer they were going to try to reach by diving must lie in or near the gap in the reef where, during the incoming and outgoing tide, there would be strong currents.