Tides in Florida

Long Point, West Bay tidal current predictions

FloridaNear Pretty Bayou, Bay CountyNOAA SAB0812Harmonic current station4 ft deep

Flooding 0.2 kt now, toward N (5°), easing. Slack at 2:56 AM, then ebb to 0.1 kt at 4:54 AM.

Now

Today, Sat, Sep 26, at 4 ft deep.

Now
Flood 0.2 ktToward N (5°)
Next slack
2:56 AMEDT
Next max flood
0.1 kt10:11 AM
Next max ebb
0.1 kt4:54 AM
-0.2-0.10.00.10.212 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM12 AMSlackNow

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward N (5°); below it the ebb, running out toward S (173°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: flood 0.3 kt 12:02 AM, slack 2:56 AM, ebb 0.1 kt 4:54 AM, slack 7:31 AM, flood 0.1 kt 10:11 AM, slack 1:11 PM, ebb 0.3 kt 4:47 PM, slack 8:41 PM, flood 0.2 kt 11:15 PM.

Alerts in force

National Weather Service marine and coastal products at this station’s position.

None right now. The National Weather Service issues small craft advisories, gale and storm warnings, special marine warnings, dense fog advisories and coastal flood products for water like this.

7-day current table

Strongest flood this week 0.5 kt, Thu, Oct 1 at 11:48 PM. Strongest ebb 0.6 kt, Thu, Oct 1 at 8:02 AM.

Slack water and maximum currents at Long Point, West Bay, Eastern Daylight Time; knots, and the direction the water runs toward.
TimeEventSpeedToward
Sat, Sep 26
12:02 AMMaximum flood0.3 ktN (5°)
2:56 AMSlack water
4:54 AMMaximum ebb0.1 ktS (173°)
7:31 AMSlack water
10:11 AMMaximum flood0.1 ktN (5°)
1:11 PMSlack water
4:47 PMMaximum ebb0.3 ktS (173°)
8:41 PMSlack water
11:15 PMMaximum flood0.2 ktN (5°)
Sun, Sep 27
2:47 AMSlack water
5:25 AMMaximum ebb0.3 ktS (173°)
8:47 AMSlack water
10:51 AMMaximum flood0.1 ktN (5°)
2:56 PMSlack water
5:20 PMMaximum ebb0.1 ktS (173°)
8:02 PMSlack water
10:54 PMMaximum flood0.2 ktN (5°)
Mon, Sep 28
2:37 AMSlack water
6:02 AMMaximum ebb0.4 ktS (173°)
9:49 AMSlack water
12:58 PMSlack water
2:46 PMMaximum flood0.1 ktN (5°)
4:42 PMSlack water
7:20 PMSlack water
10:44 PMMaximum flood0.3 ktN (5°)
Tue, Sep 29
2:25 AMSlack water
6:43 AMMaximum ebb0.5 ktS (173°)
12:19 PMSlack water
4:03 PMMaximum flood0.1 ktN (5°)
6:42 PMSlack water
10:51 PMMaximum flood0.4 ktN (5°)
Wed, Sep 30
2:44 AMSlack water
7:23 AMMaximum ebb0.6 ktS (173°)
2:49 PMSlack water
5:19 PMMaximum flood0.2 ktN (5°)
7:18 PMMaximum flood0.1 ktN (5°)
11:14 PMMaximum flood0.5 ktN (5°)
Thu, Oct 1
3:25 AMSlack water
8:02 AMMaximum ebb0.6 ktS (173°)
3:59 PMSlack water
6:19 PMMaximum flood0.2 ktN (5°)
7:47 PMMaximum flood0.2 ktN (5°)
11:48 PMMaximum flood0.5 ktN (5°)
Fri, Oct 2
4:15 AMSlack water
8:40 AMMaximum ebb0.6 ktS (173°)
4:55 PMSlack water

What this means

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.

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The closest other NOAA current stations, nearest first.

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Sources

Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station SAB0812, bin 1: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.