George Washington Bridge tidal current predictions

Now

Flood 1.4 ktToward N (10°)

Next slack

1:09 PMEDT

Next max flood

2.5 kt9:35 AM

Next max ebb

3.2 kt4:34 PM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward N (10°); below it the ebb, running out toward SSW (203°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: slack 12:51 AM, ebb 2.9 kt 4:06 AM, slack 6:56 AM, flood 2.5 kt 9:35 AM, slack 1:09 PM, ebb 3.2 kt 4:34 PM, slack 7:37 PM, flood 2.0 kt 10:16 PM.

• Coastal Flood Advisory Coastal Flood Advisory issued September 28 at 5:01AM EDT until September 28 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Upton NYUntil 2:00 PM
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  * WHAT...Up to one foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. * WHERE...In New Jersey, Hudson, Eastern Bergen, Eastern Essex and Eastern Union Counties. In New York, New York (Manhattan), Richmond (Staten Island) and Kings (Brooklyn) Counties. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. Some roads and low lying properties including parking lots, parks, lawns, and homes and businesses with basements near the waterfront will experience minor flooding.

  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.

• High BridgeSubordinate current station1.1 mi
• Macombs Dam BridgeSubordinate current station1.7 mi
• West 207th Street BridgeSubordinate current station2.1 mi
• Spuyten DuyvilHarmonic current station2.2 mi
• Henry Hudson Bridge, 0.7 nmi. SE ofSubordinate current station2.4 mi
• Broadway BridgeSubordinate current station2.6 mi
• Madison Ave. BridgeSubordinate current station2.6 mi
• Grants TombSubordinate current station3.0 mi

• Tide times at Dyckman Street, Ferry Slip 1.6 mi
• Tide times at Spuyten Duyvil Creek ent 2.4 mi
• Tide times at Edgewater 2.9 mi
• Forecast for Washington Heights, NY
• Open the live map with tidal currents
• All tidal current stations in New York

Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station HUR0611, bin 16: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.