South Bend, Willapa River tidal current predictions

Now

Flood 1.1 ktToward E (90°)

Next slack

Sat 1:55 AMPDT

Next max flood

1.3 kt10:58 PM

Next max ebb

1.6 ktSat 4:43 AM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward E (90°); below it the ebb, running out toward W (270°). Times are Pacific Daylight Time. Today: slack 1:10 AM, ebb 1.5 kt 4:06 AM, slack 7:35 AM, flood 1.4 kt 10:47 AM, slack 1:43 PM, ebb 1.5 kt 4:31 PM, slack 7:59 PM, flood 1.3 kt 10:58 PM.

• Small Craft Advisory Small Craft Advisory issued September 25 at 5:48PM PDT until September 25 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS Portland ORUntil 11:00 PM
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  * WHAT...For the first Small Craft Advisory, seas 7 to 11 ft at 9 seconds and northwest winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. For the second Small Craft Advisory, seas 4 to 7 ft at 8 seconds and north winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt expected. * WHERE...Coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR out 10 NM and Waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR from 10 to 60 NM. * WHEN...Small Craft Advisory, until 11 PM PDT this evening. Small Craft Advisory, from 5 PM Saturday to 5 AM PDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

  Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

• Small Craft Advisory Small Craft Advisory issued September 25 at 5:48PM PDT until September 27 at 5:00AM PDT by NWS Portland ORUntil Sun 5:00 AM
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  * WHAT...For the first Small Craft Advisory, seas 7 to 11 ft at 9 seconds and northwest winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. For the second Small Craft Advisory, seas 4 to 7 ft at 8 seconds and north winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt expected. * WHERE...Coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR out 10 NM and Waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR from 10 to 60 NM. * WHEN...Small Craft Advisory, until 11 PM PDT this evening. Small Craft Advisory, from 5 PM Saturday to 5 AM PDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

  Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

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.

• Westport, channel 0.4 mile NE ofSubordinate current station23 mi
• Channel, 2.1 miles NNE of WestportSubordinate current station23 mi
• Entrance, 0.6 mile WNW of WestportSubordinate current station23 mi
• Channel, 1.5 miles north of WestportSubordinate current station23 mi
• Entrance, 1.1 miles NW of WestportSubordinate current station23 mi
• Grays Harbor EntranceHarmonic current station24 mi
• Entrance, Point Chehalis RangeSubordinate current station24 mi
• Entrance, 0.2 mile south of north jettySubordinate current station25 mi

• Tide times at South Bend, Willapa River 0.2 mi
• Tide times at Mailboat Slough, Willapa River 1.8 mi
• Tide times at Raymond, Willapa River 2.5 mi
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Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station PCT1271, bin 1: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.