The Narrows, North end - midstream tidal current predictions

Now

Ebb 2.7 ktToward NNW (337°)

Next slack

12:10 PMPDT

Next max flood

3.7 kt2:43 PM

Next max ebb

3.6 kt10:02 PM

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward SE (145°); below it the ebb, running out toward NNW (337°). Times are Pacific Daylight Time. Today: slack 12:31 AM, flood 3.0 kt 2:39 AM, slack 5:59 AM, ebb 3.0 kt 9:11 AM, slack 12:10 PM, flood 3.7 kt 2:43 PM, slack 6:23 PM, ebb 3.6 kt 10:02 PM.

None right now. The National Weather Service issues small craft advisories, gale and storm warnings, special marine warnings, dense fog advisories and coastal flood products for water like this.

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.

• The Narrows, North End (west side)Harmonic current station0.3 mi
• Gig Harbor EntranceHarmonic current station1.6 mi
• Dalco PassageHarmonic current station1.8 mi
• The Narrows, 0.3 miles North of BridgeHarmonic current station2.2 mi
• The Narrows, South end (midstream)Harmonic current station3.1 mi
• Hale Passage, East endHarmonic current station4.5 mi
• Browns Point, 1.6 miles North ofHarmonic current station4.8 mi
• Point Richmond, East of, Colvos PassageHarmonic current station5.0 mi

• Tide times at Tacoma Narrows Bridge 2.4 mi
• Tide times at Tahlequah, Neil Pt., Dalco Passage, Vashon I 2.8 mi
• Tide times at Gig Harbor 2.9 mi
• Forecast for Gig Harbor, WA
• Open the live map with tidal currents
• All tidal current stations in Washington

Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station PUG1524, bin 16: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.