17th Street Bridge tidal current predictions

Now

Ebb 0.4 ktToward S (184°)

Next slack

Sat 3:20 AMEDT

Next max flood

1.0 ktSat 6:10 AM

Next max ebb

0.8 kt11:45 PM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward NNE (22°); below it the ebb, running out toward S (184°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: slack 2:43 AM, flood 0.9 kt 5:42 AM, slack 8:49 AM, ebb 0.8 kt 11:35 AM, slack 3:06 PM, flood 0.8 kt 5:53 PM, slack 9:02 PM, ebb 0.8 kt 11:45 PM.

• Small Craft Advisory Small Craft Advisory issued September 25 at 5:04PM EDT until September 26 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Miami FLUntil Sat 8:00 PM
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  * WHAT...North winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt and seas 5 to 8 ft expected. * WHERE...Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL out 20 NM and Waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL from 20 to 60 NM excluding the territorial waters of Bahamas. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

  Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in 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.

• Turning BasinHarmonic current station0.4 mi
• Fort Lauderdale, New RiverSubordinate current station0.9 mi
• South Entrance (ICW)Harmonic current station0.9 mi
• Port Everglades EntranceHarmonic current station1.0 mi
• South Port, at the terminalsHarmonic current station1.8 mi
• Bakers Haulover CutSubordinate current station14 mi
• Dodge Island, NW Turning BasinHarmonic current station22 mi
• Dodge Island, SE Turning BasinHarmonic current station22 mi

• Tide times at Port Everglades, Turning Basin 0.6 mi
• Tide times at Mayan Lake 0.7 mi
• Tide times at Bahia Mar Yacht Club 1.2 mi
• Forecast for Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Open the live map with tidal currents
• All tidal current stations in Florida

Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station PEV0903, bin 3: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.