current flow graphic

[gettinthere]

Is there a resource that graphically shows the direction of currents? I think I've seen this somewhere but cannot remember where and can't find it.
Thnx

 

[JoyRide28]

Current info is typically shown on most (if not all) nautical charts. Additional current charts are available for specific areas.

 

[gettinthere]

I'm looking at my charts & don't see currents marked. Many currents shift, reverse or move depending on various issues.

 

[Ross]

There are several tide and current charts available online and in print. This site will provide hours of good reading. http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/
And for more specific data try this site: http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/

 

[gettinthere]

Thanks ross
The first site seems too large scale to show the smaller coastal currents I'm looking for
The second seems spotty in coverage, or it doesn't work well with m droid

 

[Ross]

On the home page on the right hand side are three boxes the blue center one is marked currents follow that one.

 

[sailaway78]

Pilot Charts

I have the pilot charts. They show current and prevailing winds, month to month, for all areas. Pretty neat, and easy to use.

 

[Ross]

http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/cpdownload.htm
All of the pilot charts.

 

[Ken Cross]

I noticed in our area we no longer have current information published on my charts where 10 or 12 years ago it was there.

 

[RobertLangdirect]

Where we cruise in the Potomac, the current indicators are also called crab pots.

 

[Ross]

Reeds nautical almanac publishes tide and current charts and tables.

 

[Chuckbear]

Reeds nautical almanac publishes tide and current charts and tables.

Reeds is no longer published in the U.S. It now only covers the UK and part of Europe. Chuck

 

[John T1594]

You may be looking for the annually published yellow softcover book: Eldridge Tide and Pilot Book. It gives tidal flow directions, speed etc for many locations. Don't know if there is a digital versions. Google it!

 

[RonRelyea]

Part of East Coast Currents

http://hudson.dl.stevens-tech.edu/maritimeforecast/maincontrol.shtml

 

[Tim C350 April IV]

For Pacific Northwest (Puget Sound and Canadian Gulf Islands) we have Washburns Tables - a set of tables published yearly which work together with an atlas of pictorial views of the current direction and strength. You look up the date and time in the table and then turn to the appropriate page in the atlas to see the visual. Pretty cool.

Good Luck!
Tim Brogan
April IV C350 #68
Seattle

 

[FourPoints]

http://hudson.dl.stevens-tech.edu/maritimeforecast/maincontrol.shtml

Someone posted a youtube link on my blog a year or two ago with these current charts shown in the video, and I've been trying to figure out where they got them from ever since, thank you!