Advice on Currents at San Pablo/Atlantic Boulevard Bridge, AICW Statute Mile 744.5, 9/26/2013
Our thanks to Skipper Burnham for this helpful information and advice. Go to /?p=130877 for the referenced posting. With a fixed vertical clearance of 65ft, San Pablo/Atlantic Boulevard Bridge crosses the Waterway at Statute Mile 744.5.
If you go to the http://www.deepzoom.com website you can easily see that the Atlantic Avenue Bridge has the strongest daily currents on the entire US East Coast. Use caution and timing and enjoy the push, but wait out the adverse current if you cannot maintain over 7 kts.
David Burnham
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Atlantic Blvd Bridge
Comments from Cruisers (1)
Excellent note… caution needed. Completely agree with Skipper Burnham.
Passed by here many times… slack or close to slack current is the preferred strategy for me.