New Bedford Hurricane Barrier tidal current predictions

Now

Flood 0.1 ktToward NW (320°)

Next slack

7:58 AMEDT

Next max flood

0.3 kt5:31 AM

Next max ebb

1.3 kt10:59 AM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward NW (320°); below it the ebb, running out toward SE (134°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: slack 2:14 AM, flood 0.3 kt 5:31 AM, slack 7:58 AM, ebb 1.3 kt 10:59 AM, slack 2:31 PM, flood 0.3 kt 5:57 PM, slack 8:13 PM, ebb 1.3 kt 11:18 PM.

• Storm Warning Storm Warning issued September 26 at 1:58AM EDT until September 26 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MAUntil 8:00 PM
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  * WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 55 kt and seas 5 to 8 feet. * WHERE...Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Storm force winds and hazardous seas will capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.

  Mariners should remain in port, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe 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.

• Dumpling Rocks, 0.2 mile southeast ofSubordinate current station6.3 mi
• West Island, 1 mile Southeast ofHarmonic current station6.3 mi
• Cleveland LedgeHarmonic current station11 mi
• Penikese Island, 0.8 mile northwest ofSubordinate current station11 mi
• Weepecket Island, south ofSubordinate current station12 mi
• North endSubordinate current station12 mi
• Wareham River, off Long Beach PointSubordinate current station12 mi
• Westport River entranceSubordinate current station12 mi

• Tide times at New Bedford Harbor 0.5 mi
• Tide times at Clarks Point 2.1 mi
• Tide times at Mattapoisett, Mattapoisett Harbor 5.3 mi
• Forecast for Fairhaven, MA
• Open the live map with tidal currents
• All tidal current stations in Massachusetts

Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station COD0909, bin 7: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.