In looking at the www.nycswim.org website, it seems that they have changed both the start time and location for this year's LRL swim (13 September 2008). Originally it was listed as starting at 4:45 pm and going south-to-north with the incoming tide. However, it is now listed as starting at 2:15 pm and going north-to-south. But the tidal charts say that this means that you would be swimming against the current, which is brutal in the Hudson.
Anyone have any info on this? Thanks.
-LBJ
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NOAA's website has some good info on currents, tides, and the relationship. Click on the link and the drop-down called "education". If you can identify a NOAA buoy near the swim course (I haven't searched), you can see how strong, and in which direction (for the hudson, ebb would be south, and flood would be north, I think), the currents will be during the swim.
tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/index.shtml
hope this helps.
NOAA's website has some good info on currents, tides, and the relationship. Click on the link and the drop-down called "education". If you can identify a NOAA buoy near the swim course (I haven't searched), you can see how strong, and in which direction (for the hudson, ebb would be south, and flood would be north, I think), the currents will be during the swim.
tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/index.shtml
hope this helps.
