Railroad drawbridge, above tidal current predictions

Now

Ebb 1.0 ktToward S (185°)

Next slack

7:04 PMEDT

Next max flood

1.1 kt9:20 PM

Next max ebb

1.4 ktSun 2:07 AM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward N (350°); below it the ebb, running out toward S (185°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: slack 12:06 AM, ebb 1.3 kt 1:24 AM, slack 6:35 AM, flood 1.1 kt 8:57 AM, slack 12:25 PM, ebb 1.5 kt 1:48 PM, slack 7:04 PM, flood 1.1 kt 9:20 PM.

• Coastal Flood Warning Coastal Flood Warning issued September 26 at 5:14AM EDT until September 27 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Upton NYUntil Sun 6:00 PM
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  * WHAT...Two to three feet of inundation above ground level in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...In Connecticut, Southern Fairfield and Southern New Haven Counties. In New York, Southern Westchester County. * WHEN...Until 6 PM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Widespread flooding of vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline, including roads, parking lots, parks, lawns, and homes and businesses with basements near the waterfront. Numerous road closures are likely, and vehicles parked in vulnerable areas near the waterfront will likely become flooded. Flooding will also extend inland from the waterfront along tidal rivers and bays.

  Take the necessary actions to protect flood prone property. If travel is required, do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth.

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. This is a subordinate station: NOAA predicts it from a nearby harmonic station by fixed corrections to the times and speeds of its slack waters and maxima, so the curve between them is less exact.

• Fowler Island, 0.1 mile NNW ofSubordinate current station2.2 mi
• Milford Point, 0.2 mile west ofSubordinate current station2.5 mi
• Charles Island, 0.8 mile SSE ofSubordinate current station4.0 mi
• Bridgeport Harbor, Tongue PointHarmonic current station4.4 mi
• Wooster Island, 0.1 mile southwest ofSubordinate current station4.9 mi
• Point No Point, 2.1 miles south ofSubordinate current station6.7 mi
• Bridgeport Harbor EntranceHarmonic current station7.3 mi
• Stratford Point, 3.5 miles south ofHarmonic current station8.2 mi

• Tide times at Stratford, I-95 bridge 0.4 mi
• Tide times at Sniffens Point 1.5 mi
• Tide times at Milford Harbor 3.0 mi
• Forecast for Stratford, CT
• Open the live map with tidal currents
• All tidal current stations in Connecticut

Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station ACT2956, bin 1: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.