High tide is the point when the sea has risen as far as it will. Wait for high tide.
It comes about fifty minutes later each day, following the moon rather than the clock. A boat leaves on high tide in a shallow harbour or it does not leave at all.
1nounhigh tideThe point when the sea has risen as far as it will.
“High tide was at ten past four in the morning.”
high tide is a time.
Practised in Sea & Sailing