lee tide

American  

Or leeward tide

noun

1. a tidal current running in the direction toward which the wind is blowing.

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Example Sentences

After plying to windward for an hour the weather tide ceased; when the disadvantage of a lee tide was counterbalanced by smoother water and a steadier breeze.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 by King, Phillip Parker

We then anxiously discussed every alternative, and it was sorrowfully decided that nothing more could be done until the lee tide was over, which would be about 10.30 p.m.

From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Treanor, Thomas Stanley