Narrow Strait, off Ouzinkie Point tidal current predictions

Now

Ebb 0.3 ktToward ESE (121°)

Next slack

11:17 PMAKDT

Next max flood

0.9 ktSat 2:06 AM

Next max ebb

0.7 ktSat 8:09 AM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward NW (310°); below it the ebb, running out toward ESE (121°). Times are Alaska Daylight Time. Today: flood 1.1 kt 1:14 AM, slack 4:36 AM, ebb 0.9 kt 7:01 AM, slack 10:59 AM, flood 0.9 kt 1:40 PM, slack 4:24 PM, ebb 1.2 kt 7:18 PM, slack 11:17 PM.

• Gale Warning Gale Warning issued October 2 at 3:25PM AKDT until October 3 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. .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt increasing to 40 kt after midnight. Seas 15 ft. Rain. .SAT...NE wind 40 kt diminishing to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 15 ft. Widespread rain showers. .SAT NIGHT...N wind 15 kt becoming NW 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 ft subsiding to 2 ft after midnight. Rain. .SUN...W wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...W wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.

• Gale Warning Gale Warning issued October 2 at 3:29AM AKDT until October 3 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...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft building to 7 ft in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt increasing to 40 kt after midnight. Seas 15 ft. Rain. .SAT...NE wind 40 kt diminishing to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 15 ft. Widespread rain showers. .SAT NIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN THROUGH TUE...W wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.

• Small Craft Advisory Small Craft Advisory issued October 1 at 3:38PM AKDT until October 3 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...E wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI...NE wind 15 kt increasing to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 ft building to 7 ft in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Rain. .SAT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...S wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...W 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.

• Afognak Strait, East EntranceHarmonic current station8.2 mi
• Shag RocksHarmonic current station9.3 mi
• Kodiak Harbor NarrowsHarmonic current station9.7 mi
• Whale Passage, off Bird PointHarmonic current station10.0 mi
• Woody Island, north ofHarmonic current station10 mi
• Woody ChannelHarmonic current station11 mi
• Whale Passage, Northwest EntranceHarmonic current station13 mi
• Cliff Point, 1.8miles NE ofHarmonic current station13 mi

• Tide times at Ouzinkie, Spruce Island 1.2 mi
• Tide times at Spruce Island (north side) 4.3 mi
• Tide times at Kizhuyak Point 4.7 mi
• Forecast for Kodiak, AK
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Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station KOD0933, bin 12: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.