Wakema, Mattaponi River tidal current predictions

Now

SlackTurning

Next slack

1:46 PMEDT

Next max flood

1.7 kt10:45 PM

Next max ebb

2.1 kt4:55 PM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward W (260°); below it the ebb, running out toward W (280°). Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Today: slack 1:10 AM, ebb 2.1 kt 4:24 AM, slack 7:52 AM, flood 2.0 kt 10:29 AM, slack 1:46 PM, ebb 2.1 kt 4:55 PM, slack 8:30 PM, flood 1.7 kt 10:45 PM.

• Coastal Flood Warning Coastal Flood Warning issued September 26 at 6:09AM EDT until September 27 at 12:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VAUntil Sun 12:00 PM
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  * WHAT...One to two feet of inundation above ground level in low- lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. * WHERE...New Kent, Gloucester, Eastern King William, Eastern King and Queen and York Counties. * WHEN...Until noon 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.

• Powells Bluff, 2.2 nmi NW ofSubordinate current station5.7 mi
• Lester Manor, Pamunkey RiverSubordinate current station7.0 mi
• Walkerton, Mattaponi RiverSubordinate current station8.4 mi
• Eltham Bridge, 100 yds. north ofSubordinate current station9.6 mi
• Lord Delaware Bridge, 100 yds. S ofSubordinate current station10 mi
• West Point, 0.8 mile belowSubordinate current station11 mi
• Northbury, Pamunkey RiverSubordinate current station12 mi
• Goff Point, 0.8 mile SSW ofSubordinate current station12 mi

• Tide times at Wakema (Fraziers Ferry), Mattaponi River 0.2 mi
• Tide times at Lester Manor 6.9 mi
• Tide times at West Point 10 mi
• Forecast for King and Queen Court House, 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 ACT5491, bin 1: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.