Hudson River Paddling Conditions Near Beacon, NY
Other launches Cold Spring
Conditions at
Now
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What to expect speeds assume a 3 mph base pace
Heading north
— expected speed
Heading south
— expected speed
River Current
NOAA HUR0506_7 Newburgh-Beacon
Flood — north, upriver
Ebb — south, downriver
Tide
NOAA 8518934 Beacon
Unless you plan on landing on a beach or poking into a shallow creek, tide is likely not very important to you.
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Sun & Moon
computed for 41.50°N 73.99°W
Important note
Tides and currents are predictions, not observations. Wind, waves, runoff, storm surge and other factors can affect actual conditions. Weather is sourced from the National Weather Service. Use your own judgment and paddle at your own risk.
Current from NOAA station HUR0506_7 (Newburgh Beacon Bridge), less than a mile from the launch, at the 4 ft bin nearest the surface. Tide from NOAA station 8518934, which is Beacon itself, so it is used unshifted. Both are predictions, baked into this page and good through 31 Dec 2028; values between NOAA’s published points are interpolated. Weather and alerts come live from the National Weather Service grid covering Beacon. Water temperature has no nearby sensor — it is estimated between NOAA Turkey Point, upriver, and The Battery, down. Sun and moon are computed rather than fetched, and agree with the US Naval Observatory to within a couple of minutes.
NOAA currents ↗ NOAA tides ↗