Bland Point, Piankatank River tidal current predictions

Now

Flood 0.2 ktToward WNW (300°)

Next slack

11:10 PMEDT

Next max flood

0.6 ktSat 8:49 AM

Next max ebb

0.3 ktSat 2:44 AM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward WNW (300°); below it the ebb, running out toward SE (125°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: ebb 0.2 kt 2:12 AM, slack 5:24 AM, flood 0.5 kt 8:12 AM, slack 11:04 AM, ebb 0.3 kt 2:37 PM, slack 5:47 PM, flood 0.5 kt 8:27 PM, slack 11:10 PM.

• Coastal Flood Warning Coastal Flood Warning issued September 25 at 7:36PM EDT until September 27 at 5:00AM EDT by NWS Wakefield VAUntil Sun 5:00 AM
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  * WHAT...Two to three feet of inundation above ground level in low- lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. * WHERE...Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland, Lancaster, Middlesex, Mathews, Western Essex and Eastern Essex Counties. * WHEN...Until 5 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Widespread flooding of vulnerable areas will result in an elevated threat of property damage to homes and businesses near the waterfront and shoreline. Water will be 2 to 3 feet above ground level in some areas resulting in a sufficient depth to close numerous roads and threaten homes and businesses. Flooding will extend inland from the waterfront along tidal rivers and bays resulting in some road closures and flooding of vehicles.

  Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. If travel is required, do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth.

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.

• Mosquito Point, 0.9 mile SSE ofSubordinate current station4.6 mi
• Doctor Point, 0.4 mile west ofSubordinate current station4.7 mi
• Stingray Point, 1.2 nmi NE ofSubordinate current station5.4 mi
• Windmill Point, 1.0 n.mi SSW ofSubordinate current station6.3 mi
• Gwynn Island, 1.5 nmi east ofSubordinate current station6.9 mi
• Orchard Point, 1.0 mile south ofSubordinate current station8.7 mi
• Windmill Point Light, 2.2 nmi ESE ofSubordinate current station10 mi
• Towles PointSubordinate current station10 mi

• Tide times at Jackson Creek, Deltaville 2.2 mi
• Tide times at Dixie 3.3 mi
• Tide times at Mill Creek (Grey Point) 4.7 mi
• Forecast for Deltaville, VA
• Open the live map with tidal currents
• All tidal current stations in Virginia

Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station ACT5521, bin 1: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.