mean low water
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The National Weather Service in Charleston reports that a tide of 8.8 feet above mean low water early Saturday tied the third-highest on record.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 8, 2016
According to this we were a good mile from the shore and the only shoal is that one and it's marked six feet at mean low water.
From The Adventure Club Afloat by Ralph Henry Barbour
The wooden structure was removed to a level 1 ft. below mean low water and on it a concrete footing approximately 2 ft. thick was constructed for the prism proper.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
By the same tables, from capes at entrance of Chesapeake bay to Hampton, at mean low water, 30 feet; spring tides, high water, 32.8.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
The chart shows three feet near shore at mean low water.
From The Flying Stingaree by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
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