Hudson River Paddling Conditions Near Lower Manhattan, NY

Conditions at

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What to expect speeds assume a 3 mph base pace
Heading north
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    Heading south
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      Weather & Water

      NWS OKX ↗ · NOAA water temp
      Wind
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      Air
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      River Current

      NOAA NYH1927_13 Hudson River Entrance
      —knots
      Flood — north, upriver Ebb — south, downriver

      Tide

      NOAA 8518750 The Battery
      —ft above MLLW

      Unless you plan on landing on a beach or poking into a shallow creek, tide is likely not very important to you.

      Dan Blumberg in a life jacket and cap, grinning in the rain on the Hudson, towing a second kayak behind his own

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      Sun & Moon

      computed for 40.73°N 74.01°W
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