ICW Intersection tidal current predictions

Now

Ebb 1.1 ktToward ESE (102°)

Next slack

Sat 5:18 AMEDT

Next max flood

1.4 ktSat 7:50 AM

Next max ebb

2.3 ktSat 2:04 AM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward WNW (292°); below it the ebb, running out toward ESE (102°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: ebb 2.1 kt 1:44 AM, slack 4:45 AM, flood 1.1 kt 8:14 AM, slack 10:22 AM, ebb 2.5 kt 1:47 PM, slack 5:13 PM, flood 1.4 kt 8:47 PM, slack 10:58 PM.

• Small Craft Advisory Small Craft Advisory issued September 25 at 1:46PM EDT until September 26 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FLUntil Sat 11:00 AM
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  * WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 7 to 10 ft. * WHERE...Northeast Florida coastal waters from Fernandina Beach FL to Flagler Beach FL out to 20 NM. * WHEN...Until 11 AM 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.

• Sisters Creek entrance (bridge)Subordinate current station0.6 mi
• Mile Point, LB 22Current meter (NOAA PORTS)0.8 mi
• Mile Point LB 20Harmonic current station0.8 mi
• MayportSubordinate current station1.5 mi
• St. Johns BluffCurrent meter (NOAA PORTS)2.5 mi
• Blount Island, East ofHarmonic current station3.2 mi
• St. Johns Bar Cut, 0.7 nmi east of jettiesHarmonic current station3.6 mi
• Mayport Basin EntranceHarmonic current station3.8 mi

• Tide times at Pablo Creek entrance 0.6 mi
• Tide times at Mayport (Ferry Depot) 1.6 mi
• Tide times at Mayport (Bar Pilots Dock) 2.0 mi
• Forecast for Atlantic Beach, FL
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Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station jx0301, bin 1: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.