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How many slack tidal currents usually occur each day on the east coast of the United States?

Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation

Correct Answer: Option D — Four

Along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, semi-diurnal tides produce two flood and two ebb currents daily, resulting in four distinct slack water periods every 24 hours.

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