James River Entrance Currents

Currents 0.7 mi Newport News Channel, west end 1.6 mi 0.15nm WSW of Pier No.2 1.8 mi Newport News Shipbuilding 1.9 mi 0.8 mile SW of shipbuilding plant 2.4 mi Channel, middle 2.6 mi 1.5 miles SW of shipbuilding plant 2.7 mi Pig Point, 1.8 miles northeast of 2.9 mi Middle Ground, 1 mile south of 4.8 mi Norfolk Harbor Reach (Buoy R '8') 5.0 mi Sewells Point (Naval Station Norfolk) 5.0 mi Sewells Point, pierhead 5.7 mi 0.9 mile southwest of 6.1 mi Town Point Bridge, 0.5 mile east of 6.5 mi 0.2 mile south of 6.6 mi Willoughby Spit, 0.8 mile northwest of 6.8 mi Craney Island 6.9 mi Hampton Roads entrance, midchannel 7.0 mi Willoughby Bay entrance 7.0 mi Craney Island Reach 7.6 mi 0.55 n.mi. east of 7.9 mi Lamberts Point 8.5 mi West Norfolk Bridge, Western Branch 9.2 mi Seaboard Coast Line RR, Pinner Point 10.2 mi Thimble Shoal Channel, 2.4 n.mi east of Ft. Monroe 11.3 mi Thimble Shoal Channel (west end) 11.4 mi Berkley, Southern Branch 11.4 mi Berkley Bridge, Eastern Branch 11.5 mi South end Tides 0.9 mi Newport News, James River 3.2 mi Pig Point, Nansemond River 4.0 mi Huntington Park, James River 5.5 mi Sewells Point, Hampton Roads 6.7 mi Old Point Comfort, Hampton Roads 6.8 mi Craney Island Light, Elizabeth River 7.2 mi Town Point, Nansemond River 9.7 mi Western Branch, Elizabeth River 9.8 mi Lafayette River 10.0 mi Menchville, James River 10.3 mi Norfolk, Elizabeth River 11.0 mi Hollidays Point (Kings Highway bridge), Nansemond River 11.5 mi Smithfield, Pagan River, James River 11.7 mi Messick Point, Back River, Chesapeake Bay 12.1 mi Portsmouth, Naval Shipyard, Elizabeth River