Thames River Approach tidal current predictions

Now

Flood 0.2 ktToward W (268°)

Next slack

10:33 PMEDT

Next max flood

0.9 ktSat 7:24 AM

Next max ebb

0.7 ktSat 12:38 AM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward W (268°); below it the ebb, running out toward ENE (71°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: slack 2:12 AM, flood 0.8 kt 6:37 AM, slack 9:23 AM, ebb 0.8 kt 12:08 PM, slack 2:56 PM, flood 0.9 kt 7:14 PM, slack 10:33 PM.

• Gale Warning Gale Warning issued September 25 at 2:50PM EDT until September 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Upton NYUntil Sun 6:00 AM
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  * WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 50 kt and seas 5 to 8 feet. * WHERE...Long Island Sound east of Port Jefferson and New Haven, Peconic and Gardiners Bays, and South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay. * WHEN...Until 6 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.

  Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for 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.

• New London Harbor entranceHarmonic current station1.7 mi
• Goshen Point, 1.9 miles SSE ofSubordinate current station2.3 mi
• North Hill Point, 1.1 miles NNW ofSubordinate current station2.6 mi
• Twotree Island ChannelSubordinate current station3.3 mi
• Bartlett Reef, 0.2 mile south ofSubordinate current station3.4 mi
• Fort Trumbull State ParkHarmonic current station3.6 mi
• Race Point, 0.4 mile southwest ofSubordinate current station3.8 mi
• New London State PierHarmonic current station4.4 mi

• Tide times at Silver Eel Pond, Fishers Island 3.6 mi
• Tide times at New London 5.4 mi
• Tide times at Niantic, Niantic River 6.0 mi
• Forecast for Groton, CT
• 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 LIS1003, bin 10: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.