33 CFR 2.34
§ 2.34 Waters subject to tidal influence; waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide; mean high water.
United States · 33 CFR — Navigation and Navigable Waters · Status: effective
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- 33 CFR 2.34, § 2.34 Waters subject to tidal influence; waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide; mean high water, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/149169
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(a) Waters subject to tidal influence and waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide are waters below mean high water. These terms do not include waters above mean high water caused by flood flows, storms, high winds, seismic waves, or other non-lunar phenomena.
(b) Mean high water is the average of the height of the diurnal high water at a particular location measured over a lunar cycle of 19 years.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.