OFFSHORE ROTARY TIDAL CURRENTS
hours 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.00
after maximum flood at POLLOCK RIP CHANNEL, p. 560
Nantucket Shoals, 40°37’N, 69°37’W
knots 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7
degrees 323 355 015 038 055 085 125 162 192 212 232 257
Davis Bank, Nantucket Shoals, 15 mi SE of Nantucket Island, 41°07’N, 69°41’W
knots 1.5 2.1 2.4 2.1 1.1 0.4 1.2 1.9 2.2 2.2 1.6 0.7
degrees 015 028 032 035 037 128 197 204 205 206 213 307
Davis Bank, Nantucket Shoals (west), 15 mi SE of Nantucket Island, 41°03’N, 69°47’W
knots 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.7
degrees 346 028 047 073 103 132 182 215 240 251 267 302
Davis Bank, Nantucket Shoals (middle), 17.5 mi SE of Nantucket Island, 41°02’N, 69°43’W
knots 0.8 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.1 0.4 1.2 1.9 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.2
degrees 023 027 028 029 046 115 191 202 215 225 233 270
Davis Bank, Nantucket Shoals (east), 18.5 mi SE of Nantucket Island, 41°02’N, 69°41’W
knots 0.6 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.1 0.8 0.6 1.3 1.7 1.4 1.0 0.3
degrees 030 036 038 050 080 105 178 230 235 238 241 265
Nantucket Island, 28 mi east of, 41°20’N, 69°21’W
knots 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.1
degrees 019 007 359 351 334 221 198 185 184 184 183 060
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Monomoy Point , 23 mi east of, 41°35’N, 69°30’W
knots 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.1
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degrees 320 324 326 330 334 144 145 146 147 148 150 230
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Nauset Beach Light, 5 mi northeast of, 41°56’N, 69°54’W
knots 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2
degrees 315 327 340 357 016 124 132 135 139 145 269 297
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Great Round Shoal Channel entrance, Nantucket Sound entrance, 41°26’N, 69°44’W
knots 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.8 1.2
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degrees 032 045 -68 095 140 192 210 220 235 264 303 350 re
Great Round Shoal Channel, Buoy 9, 0.3 mi northeast of, 41°24’N, 69°55’W
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knots 1.0 .13 1.3 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.3 0.4
degrees 047 060 070 091 153 211 234 247 252 260 305 035
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Great Round Shoal Channel, 4 mi NE of Great Point, Nantucket Sound, 41°26’N, 69°59’W
knots 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.4 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.4
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degrees 080 088 096 104 129 213 267 275 280 284 328 042
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Cuttyhunk Island, 3.25 mi southwest of, 41°23’N, 71°00’W
knots 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4
degrees 356 015 080 123 146 158 173 208 267 306 322 335
Gooseberry Neck, 2 mi south-southeast of, Buzzards Bay entrance, 41°21’N, 71°01’W
knots 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5
degrees 052 065 108 168 210 223 232 249 274 321 016 038
1049 Currents
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