Turning Basin tidal current predictions

Now

Ebb 0.3 ktToward NNE (20°)

Next slack

5:05 AMEDT

Next max flood

0.7 kt7:12 AM

Next max ebb

0.6 kt1:37 PM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward SW (218°); below it the ebb, running out toward NNE (20°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: ebb 0.6 kt 1:19 AM, slack 5:05 AM, flood 0.7 kt 7:12 AM, slack 11:10 AM, ebb 0.6 kt 1:37 PM, slack 5:19 PM, flood 0.7 kt 7:32 PM, slack 11:19 PM.

• Small Craft Advisory Small Craft Advisory issued September 26 at 3:07AM EDT until September 27 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Melbourne FLUntil Sun 4:00 AM
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  * WHAT... North to northeast winds around 15 knots with gusts 20 to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet. * WHERE...Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Flagler Beach to Volusia-Brevard County Line 20-60 nm, Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 20-60 nm and Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 20-60 nm. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT Sunday. * 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.

• South Bridge (ICW)Harmonic current station0.1 mi
• Inner Range, north of USCG stationHarmonic current station0.9 mi
• Fort Pierce Inlet EntranceHarmonic current station1.9 mi

• Tide times at Fort Pierce, South Beach Causeway 0.3 mi
• Tide times at North Beach Causeway 0.8 mi
• Tide times at Fort Pierce Inlet, Binney Dock 1.4 mi
• Forecast for Fort Pierce, FL
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• All tidal current stations in Florida

Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station FPI0904, bin 5: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.