Upper Midnight Channel tidal current predictions

Now

Ebb 0.4 ktToward S (183°)

Next slack

4:51 PMEDT

Next max flood

1.4 kt6:43 PM

Next max ebb

2.3 ktSun 1:51 AM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward NNE (13°); below it the ebb, running out toward S (183°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: ebb 2.2 kt 1:08 AM, slack 4:21 AM, flood 1.5 kt 6:15 AM, slack 9:55 AM, ebb 2.1 kt 1:37 PM, slack 4:51 PM, flood 1.4 kt 6:43 PM, slack 10:18 PM.

• Coastal Flood Advisory Coastal Flood Advisory issued September 26 at 1:27PM EDT until September 26 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NCUntil 10:00 PM
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  * WHAT...Up to one foot of inundation above ground level expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...From 6 PM to 10 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Low-lying roads and locations along the Intracoastal Waterway and adjacent tidal creeks may observe minor coastal flooding. Check with local officials for any road closures or impacts. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Affected areas listed are based on average tide conditions. Additional locations may experience flooding during periods of heavy rainfall, high winds, or other factors.

  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.

• Orton Point, 0.5 NM S ofHarmonic current station1.3 mi
• Reaves Point, 0.9 NM NE ofHarmonic current station1.6 mi
• Reaves Point, 0.4 mile north ofSubordinate current station1.7 mi
• Reaves Point, 0.3 mile east ofSubordinate current station2.2 mi
• Snows Cut, ICWHarmonic current station3.0 mi
• Reaves Point ChannelSubordinate current station3.1 mi
• Doctor Point, 0.6 NM NNW ofHarmonic current station3.5 mi
• Sunny Point, 0.5 nm SE ofHarmonic current station3.6 mi

• Tide times at Sunny Point Army Base, Wharf no.3 0.5 mi
• Tide times at Orton Point 1.9 mi
• Tide times at Reaves Point 2.0 mi
• Forecast for Carolina Beach, NC
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Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station CFR1618, bin 10: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.