Navionics, Charts – Lowrance electronic 5300c User Manual

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To view tide information:
1. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor over a tide station icon. When

it is selected, a pop-up name box appears.
2. Press

WPT

to display the Tide Information screen.

Tide Information screen.

The Tide Information screen displays daily tidal data for this station on

this date at the present time. The graph at the top of the screen is an

approximate view of the tidal range pattern for the day, from midnight

(MN) to noon (NN) to midnight (MN). The dotted line across the graph

is the Mean Lower Low Water line (MLLW).
The height scale on the top right side of the graph changes, based upon
the maximum range of the tide for that day. The MLLW line also ad-

justs its position as the height scale changes.
You can look up tidal data for other dates by changing the month, day

and year selection boxes. To select another date:
1. Use

← → to highlight month, day or year, then press

ENT

2. Use

↑ ↓ to select the desired month, day or year and press

ENT

To clear the information screen, press

EXIT

Navionics

Charts

Your unit can also display Navionics electronic charts on MMCs. Like

NauticPath, Navionics charts contain tide and port service information.
NOTE:

The primary operational difference between a NauticPath chart

and a Navionics chart is the way the chart data is set up for dis-

Height
Scale

Tide
Table

MLLW
Line

Current Time Line