Newport News Channel, west end Currents

Currents 0.7 mi James River Entrance 1.8 mi Channel, middle 2.2 mi Middle Ground, 1 mile south of 2.3 mi 0.15nm WSW of Pier No.2 2.3 mi Pig Point, 1.8 miles northeast of 2.5 mi Newport News Shipbuilding 2.6 mi 0.8 mile SW of shipbuilding plant 3.2 mi 1.5 miles SW of shipbuilding plant 4.2 mi Norfolk Harbor Reach (Buoy R '8') 4.4 mi Sewells Point, pierhead 4.5 mi Sewells Point (Naval Station Norfolk) 5.4 mi 0.9 mile southwest of 6.0 mi Town Point Bridge, 0.5 mile east of 6.1 mi Craney Island 6.1 mi Willoughby Spit, 0.8 mile northwest of 6.2 mi 0.2 mile south of 6.3 mi Craney Island Reach 6.4 mi Willoughby Bay entrance 6.6 mi Hampton Roads entrance, midchannel 7.2 mi Lamberts Point 7.3 mi 0.55 n.mi. east of 7.8 mi West Norfolk Bridge, Western Branch 8.6 mi Seaboard Coast Line RR, Pinner Point 9.9 mi Thimble Shoal Channel, 2.4 n.mi east of Ft. Monroe 10.7 mi Berkley, Southern Branch 10.7 mi Berkley Bridge, Eastern Branch 10.9 mi Thimble Shoal Channel (west end) 12.2 mi South end 12.3 mi Chesapeake, Southern Branch Tides 1.6 mi Newport News, James River 2.9 mi Pig Point, Nansemond River 4.6 mi Huntington Park, James River 4.8 mi Sewells Point, Hampton Roads 6.1 mi Craney Island Light, Elizabeth River 6.4 mi Old Point Comfort, Hampton Roads 7.2 mi Town Point, Nansemond River 9.1 mi Lafayette River 9.2 mi Western Branch, Elizabeth River 9.7 mi Norfolk, Elizabeth River 10.6 mi Menchville, James River 11.1 mi Hollidays Point (Kings Highway bridge), Nansemond River 11.5 mi Portsmouth, Naval Shipyard, Elizabeth River 11.8 mi Messick Point, Back River, Chesapeake Bay 12.1 mi Smithfield, Pagan River, James River