Tufts Point-Smoking Point tidal current predictions

Now

Flood 0.1 ktToward ESE (109°)

Next slack

11:00 AMEDT

Next max flood

1.7 kt7:45 AM

Next max ebb

1.6 kt12:53 PM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward ESE (109°); below it the ebb, running out toward W (267°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: ebb 1.6 kt 12:41 AM, slack 5:32 AM, flood 1.7 kt 7:45 AM, slack 11:00 AM, ebb 1.6 kt 12:53 PM, slack 6:13 PM, flood 1.3 kt 8:20 PM, slack 11:22 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. 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.

• Tremley PointHarmonic current station2.4 mi
• Tottenville, Arthur Kill RiverSubordinate current station3.4 mi
• Seguine PointSubordinate current station4.2 mi
• Ward Point BendHarmonic current station4.6 mi
• Ward Point, ESESubordinate current station4.7 mi
• Raritan River Entrance, Victory BridgeHarmonic current station4.8 mi
• Gulfport, Arthur KillHarmonic current station5.1 mi
• Red Bank, 1.4 miles south ofSubordinate current station5.2 mi

• Tide times at Rossville 0.0 mi
• Tide times at Port Reading, Arthur Kill 1.1 mi
• Tide times at Carteret 2.2 mi
• Forecast for Rossville, NY
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Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station ACT3936, bin 1: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.