Reedy Point tidal current predictions

Now

Flood 0.8 ktToward N (354°)

Next slack

Sat 12:37 AMEDT

Next max flood

1.9 ktSat 9:39 AM

Next max ebb

2.2 ktSat 4:54 AM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward N (354°); below it the ebb, running out toward SSE (160°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: ebb 2.1 kt 4:09 AM, slack 6:47 AM, flood 1.7 kt 8:59 AM, slack 12:11 PM, ebb 2.2 kt 4:30 PM, slack 7:04 PM, flood 2.0 kt 9:19 PM.

• Gale Warning Gale Warning issued September 25 at 6:58PM EDT until September 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJUntil Sun 6:00 AM
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  * WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and very rough waters. * WHERE...Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE. * WHEN...Until 6 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.

  Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.

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.

• Chesapeake and Delaware Canal EntranceHarmonic current station0.4 mi
• Reedy Point Radio Tower, south ofSubordinate current station1.0 mi
• Reedy Island WreckHarmonic current station1.5 mi
• Bulkhead Shoal Channel, SE, Del. CitySubordinate current station1.8 mi
• Pea Patch IslandHarmonic current station2.4 mi
• Bulkhead Shoal Channel, off Del. CitySubordinate current station2.5 mi
• Salem River Entrance, east of marker 11Harmonic current station2.8 mi
• Salem River entranceSubordinate current station2.8 mi

• Tide times at Reedy Point 1.1 mi
• Tide times at Pea Patch Island, Bulkhead Shoal Channel 2.1 mi
• Tide times at Delaware City Branch Channel bridge 2.2 mi
• Forecast for Delaware City, DE
• Open the live map with tidal currents
• All tidal current stations in Delaware

Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station db0201, bin 10: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.