Latouche Pass tidal current predictions

Now

Flood 1.0 ktToward NNE (33°)

Next slack

Sat 12:15 AMAKDT

Next max flood

1.2 ktSat 9:40 AM

Next max ebb

1.9 ktSat 3:58 AM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward NNE (33°); below it the ebb, running out toward SW (217°). Times are Alaska Daylight Time. Today: ebb 1.8 kt 3:26 AM, slack 6:34 AM, flood 1.2 kt 9:05 AM, slack 12:06 PM, ebb 2.1 kt 3:49 PM, slack 7:04 PM, flood 1.1 kt 9:22 PM.

• Small Craft Advisory Small Craft Advisory issued September 25 at 2:47PM AKDT until September 27 at 5:00AM AKDT by NWS Anchorage AKUntil Sun 5:00 AM
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  Coastal Waters Forecast for the Northern Gulf of Alaska Coast up to 100 nm out including Kodiak Island and Cook Inlet. Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest one-third of the combined wind wave and swell height. .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain. .SAT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 4 ft building to 6 ft in the afternoon. Rain. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 30 kt diminishing to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 6 ft subsiding to 2 ft after midnight. Widespread rain showers. .SUN...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .MON...N wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE THROUGH WED...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.

• Small Craft Advisory Small Craft Advisory issued September 25 at 4:55AM AKDT until September 26 at 5:00PM AKDT by NWS Anchorage AKUntil Sat 5:00 PM
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  Coastal Waters Forecast for the Northern Gulf of Alaska Coast up to 100 nm out including Kodiak Island and Cook Inlet. Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest one-third of the combined wind wave and swell height. .TODAY...E wind 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain. .SAT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 4 ft building to 6 ft in the afternoon. Rain. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SUN...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.

• Small Craft Advisory Small Craft Advisory issued September 24 at 3:45PM AKDT until September 26 at 5:00AM AKDT by NWS Anchorage AKUntil Sat 5:00 AM
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  Coastal Waters Forecast for the Northern Gulf of Alaska Coast up to 100 nm out including Kodiak Island and Cook Inlet. Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest one-third of the combined wind wave and swell height. .TONIGHT...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain. .FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Rain. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain showers. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SUN...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.

The flood is the tidal current running in from the sea, the ebb the current running back out. Slack water is the short turn between them, when the current is weakest: the time to cross a strong channel, anchor, or dive. Slack in a channel is not the time of high or low tide; it can come hours after.

Speeds are knots along the channel's main axis, and directions are degrees true toward which the water flows, as NOAA prints its tables. A current against the wind stands the waves up steep and close together.

Predictions are astronomical: the moon and the sun, not the weather. Strong wind, river flow after heavy rain and storm surge all change the real current.

• Elrington PassageHarmonic current station2.4 mi
• Prince of Wales PassHarmonic current station5.1 mi
• Montague StraitHarmonic current station5.2 mi
• Sawmill Bay Entr., Evans IslandHarmonic current station6.2 mi
• Montague Strait, NW of Pt. WoodcockSubordinate current station6.7 mi
• Bainbridge Passage (mid-passage)Subordinate current station12 mi
• Bainbridge PassHarmonic current station12 mi

• Tide times at Sawmill Bay, Evans Island 5.2 mi
• Tide times at Point Elrington, Elrington Island 6.8 mi
• Tide times at Latouche, Latouche Island 7.2 mi
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Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station PWS0717, bin 14: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.