Isabel Holmes Bridge tidal current predictions

Now

Ebb 0.4 ktToward SW (215°)

Next slack

5:34 AMEDT

Next max flood

1.3 kt8:05 AM

Next max ebb

1.6 kt1:44 PM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward NE (36°); below it the ebb, running out toward SW (215°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: ebb 1.3 kt 1:25 AM, slack 5:34 AM, flood 1.3 kt 8:05 AM, slack 11:04 AM, ebb 1.6 kt 1:44 PM, slack 6:00 PM, flood 1.5 kt 8:43 PM, slack 11:51 PM.

• Coastal Flood Advisory Coastal Flood Advisory issued September 26 at 1:45AM EDT until September 26 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington NCUntil 11:00 AM
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  * WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. * WHERE...The lower Cape Fear River including downtown Wilmington. * WHEN...From 8 AM to 11 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Portions of Battleship Road and USS North Carolina Road observe minor coastal flooding up to one half foot in depth. In downtown Wilmington, a block of Water Street observes minor flooding up to one quarter foot in depth.

  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.

• Hilton RR Bridge, 0.1 nm N ofHarmonic current station0.5 mi
• Wilmington, Northeast RiverHarmonic current station0.8 mi
• Point PeterHarmonic current station0.8 mi
• Wilmington, USS North CarolinaHarmonic current station1.3 mi
• State Pier, N end, sidelookingHarmonic current station3.1 mi
• 1.8 miles north of mouthSubordinate current station3.5 mi
• Dram Tree PointHarmonic current station4.3 mi
• 0.4 mile north ofSubordinate current station5.0 mi

• Tide times at Wilmington 1.8 mi
• Tide times at Castle Hayne, Northeast River 6.8 mi
• Tide times at Shinn Point, ICWW 8.2 mi
• Forecast for Wilmington, NC
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• All tidal current stations in North Carolina

Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station CFR1602, bin 8: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.