Benedict, highway bridge tidal current predictions

Now

Flood 0.3 ktToward NNE (25°)

Next slack

Sat 4:32 AMEDT

Next max flood

0.8 ktSat 1:05 AM

Next max ebb

0.5 ktSat 7:09 AM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward NNE (25°); below it the ebb, running out toward S (190°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: flood 0.8 kt 12:21 AM, slack 3:55 AM, ebb 0.5 kt 6:35 AM, slack 9:30 AM, flood 0.8 kt 12:45 PM, slack 4:21 PM, ebb 0.5 kt 7:01 PM, slack 10:00 PM.

• Coastal Flood Advisory Coastal Flood Advisory issued September 25 at 7:05PM EDT until September 27 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DCUntil Sun 5:00 PM
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  * WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level in low lying areas due to tidal flooding. * WHERE...Shoreline in St. Marys County. * WHEN...Until 5 PM EDT Sunday, especially around the time of high tide. * IMPACTS...At 3.5 feet, water covers roads on Saint George Island, is in yards, and is approaching structures. To the east, inundation is occurring at multiple marinas off St. Mary's River, Smith Creek, and Jutland Creek. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Tides two to two and a half feet above normal. The next high tide at Point Lookout is at 1:17 AM and 1:53 PM. The next high tide at Coltons Point is at 3:05 AM and 3:19 PM. The next high tide at Piney Point is at 2:29 AM and 2:43 PM.

  If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property.

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. This is a subordinate station: NOAA predicts it from a nearby harmonic station by fixed corrections to the times and speeds of its slack waters and maxima, so the curve between them is less exact.

• Sheridan Point, 0.1 mile southwest ofSubordinate current station3.4 mi
• Broomes Island, 0.4 mile south ofSubordinate current station10 mi
• Kenwood Beach, 1.5 miles northeast ofSubordinate current station10 mi
• Plum Point, 1.4 miles ESE ofSubordinate current station13 mi
• Plum Point, 2.1 nmi NNE ofSubordinate current station14 mi
• James Island, 3.4 miles west ofSubordinate current station14 mi
• James Island, 2.5 miles WNW ofSubordinate current station15 mi
• Sharp Island Lt., 3.4 nmi west ofSubordinate current station15 mi

• Tide times at Benedict 0.2 mi
• Tide times at Broomes Island 9.6 mi
• Tide times at Lower Marlboro 9.9 mi
• Forecast for Golden Beach, MD
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Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station ACT5961, bin 1: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.