M Shafieefar - Civil Engineering Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
A Rezaee Mazyak - Civil Engineering Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
S Mosayebi - Marine Structures Group, Pars Geometry Consultant, Tehran, Iran

Information on tidal circulation in coastal waters is essential for planning and monitoring of coastal construction activities and resource exploration, etc.Several researchers have studied and modelled tidal flows in the Persian Gulf over the years, but this studies have not focused on the tidal circulation in the strait ofKhuran [1, 2, 3]. Several ports such as Shahid Rajaee and desalination plants and other infrastructures is located between Qeshm Island and the southern Iranian coast inHormozgan Province (Khuran Strait), But only some studies are carried out about the circulation in this area [4, 5]. In the summer of 2015 for calibration the numericalmodel and understanding the tidal circulation pattern in the khuran strait, an extensive 60 days field measurement was conducted. The measurement data include time series of currents and surface elevation. This paper describes the development of a highresolution hydrodynamic model of tidal flows in the Khuran strait, and its application for the assessment of tidal circulation pattern.