Washington
Olympia tides
Tide charts & times for Olympia, Washington · read from NOAA station Olympia, Budd Inlet (#9446969)
Budd Inlet · Washington · NOAA station 9446969 · Tide predictions
47.0600, -122.9030
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48-hour outlook
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Drawn from the high/low predictions — NOAA publishes high/low only for this station.
The next seven days
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H = high tide · L = low tide · highs & lows in local time
On the water nearby
Grays Harbor, WA (036) buoy · 65 mi W · Station 46211
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Nearby tide stations
- Budd Inlet, Olympia Shoal · 2.7 mi N
- Dofflemeyer Point, Boston Hbr., Budd Inlet · 5.6 mi N
- Henderson Inlet · 7.2 mi NE
- Barron Point, Little Skookum Inlet Entrance · 8.3 mi NW
- Arcadia, Totten Inlet · 9.6 mi N
Plan ahead
2027 tide extremes for this station
Highest predicted high tide: 16.9 ft — Mon Jan 25 · 8:01 AM
Lowest predicted low tide: -4.2 ft — Sun Jul 4 · 12:33 PM
Biggest single-day swing: 20.0 ft on Sun Jun 6
Best daytime minus tides of 2027
| Date | Low tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Jul 4 | 12:33 PM | -4.2 ft |
| Sun Jun 6 | 1:35 PM | -4.2 ft |
| Sat Jun 5 | 12:48 PM | -4.1 ft |
| Mon Jul 5 | 1:21 PM | -4.0 ft |
| Sat Jul 3 | 11:45 AM | -3.9 ft |
| Mon Jun 7 | 2:24 PM | -3.8 ft |
| Fri Jun 4 | 12:04 PM | -3.6 ft |
| Sat May 8 | 1:52 PM | -3.4 ft |
| Sun Aug 1 | 11:30 AM | -3.4 ft |
| Mon Aug 2 | 12:18 PM | -3.4 ft |
193 minus tides (below 0 ft) are predicted here in 2027. The table shows up to the 10 lowest that fall between 7 AM and 7 PM — the ones worth planning a clam dig or tidepool walk around.
About this station
NOAA builds the predictions for Olympia, Budd Inlet from the SEATTLE (Madison St.), Elliott Bay station: high tides about 1.29× the height, 45 min later; low tides about 1.08× the height, 57 min later.
Puget Sound and the Columbia estuary amplify mixed tides far inland — ranges past 10 ft in the South Sound — with river flow stacked on top.