Manahawkin Drawbridge tidal current predictions

Now

Flood 0.6 ktToward NNE (30°)

Next slack

12:54 PMEDT

Next max flood

1.1 kt9:54 AM

Next max ebb

0.9 kt5:18 PM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward NNE (30°); below it the ebb, running out toward SSW (210°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: slack 12:21 AM, ebb 0.9 kt 4:45 AM, slack 6:41 AM, flood 1.1 kt 9:54 AM, slack 12:54 PM, ebb 0.9 kt 5:18 PM, slack 7:02 PM, flood 1.2 kt 10:13 PM.

• Coastal Flood Warning Coastal Flood Warning issued September 26 at 4:20AM EDT until September 27 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJUntil Sun 2:00 PM
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  * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Warning, two to three feet of inundation above ground level in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of up to to 11 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Ocean. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Warning, until 2 PM EDT Sunday. For the High Surf Advisory, until 8 PM EDT Sunday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...At this level, flooding may become severe enough to cause structural damage along with widespread roadway flooding in coastal and bayside communities, and near inland tidal waterways. Some locations may become isolated by the flood waters. Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Significant beach erosion is expected. Breaching of sand dunes is possible.

  A Coastal Flood Warning means that moderate or major tidal flooding is occurring or imminent. Be prepared for rising water levels and take appropriate action to protect life and property. Follow the recommendations of local emergency management officials. Do not drive your vehicle through flood waters. The water may be deeper than you think it is. You will be putting yourself in danger and your vehicle may be damaged, leading to costly repairs. Visit the National Water Prediction Service at https://water.noaa.gov/wfo/phi for additional water level and flood impact information for your local tide gauge. Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Always obey posted Beach Flags. If you enter the surf zone, always have a floatation device with you and swim near a lifeguard if possible. If caught in a rip current, relax and float and do not swim against the current. If able, swim parallel to the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.

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.

• Barnegat InletSubordinate current station8.8 mi
• Absecon InletSubordinate current station23 mi

• Tide times at Manahawkin Drawbridge 0.2 mi
• Tide times at Manahawkin Creek 2.0 mi
• Tide times at North Beach 2.1 mi
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Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station ACT4006, bin 1: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.