slack water

noun

Definition of slack water

: the period at the turn of the tide when there is little or no horizontal motion of tidal water

— called also slack tide

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Sarafin said silvers’ aggressiveness wanes in slack water and sunlight, with fish that would minutes earlier hit a spinner turning up their noses at even the most skillful presentation. — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, "Early birds get the silvers at this roadside fishery near Anchorage," 16 Aug. 2019 To make all this more manageable, ships the size of the T Roosevelt have only been cleared to enter Kill Van Kull within an hour of slack water, when the tidal stream is most calm. — Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, "New York to Welcome Supersize Cargo Ship Into its Waters," 6 Sep. 2017

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