Lake Worth Inlet
Palm Beach / Riviera Beach · Atlantic coast
Check Lake Worth Inlet nowNWS advisories, tides and ebb, sun and moon. Free, no sign-up.Current in the inlet
NOAA publishes current predictions for this inlet (Lake Worth Inlet Entrance, station LWI0901). The ebb sets toward 92° (east); typical peak ebb 1.2 kn, up to 1.5 kn at spring tides.
Ebb against swell on the bar
Swell and wind from the east meet the ebb head on: waves get shorter and steeper and can break on the bar. The same swell on the flood is usually far easier. The app compares the hour-by-hour current with the forecast waves and wind to rate each hour.
Bar depth used to estimate wave steepening: about 11 m (36 ft). Sandbars move: this is not a chart and never says where to cross.
Local notes
- Port of Palm Beach commercial traffic.
Hour by hour, 48 hours ahead
The app rates every hour of the next 48 for Lake Worth Inlet: Lower risk, Caution, Hazardous or Extreme, with waves on the bar, wind, current and the inlet map. Free trial of Pro for 7 days.
Data for this inlet
- NWS marine forecast, zone AMZ650
- NOAA tide predictions: Lake Worth Pier, Atlantic Ocean
- NOAA tide predictions: Port of West Palm Beach
- NOAA current predictions: Lake Worth Inlet Entrance
- NDBC buoy 41114 (waves, 90 km away)
- Wind observations: station LKWF1
- Airport weather: KPBI