Know the Tide

Know the tide.

Alaska

Chenega Island

southwest end · Alaska · NOAA station 9454777 · Tide predictions

· Alaska Time · Feet / MLLW (mean lower low water)

60.2833, -148.1130

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Western Prince William Sound buoy · 36 mi N · Station 46081
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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 14.6 ft — Fri Jan 22 · 12:45 PM

Lowest predicted low tide: -3.5 ft — Mon Jul 5 · 9:05 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 17.5 ft on Fri Jan 22

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Mon Jul 59:05 AM-3.5 ft
Sun Jul 48:20 AM-3.4 ft
Sun Jun 69:18 AM-3.4 ft
Sat Jun 58:32 AM-3.3 ft
Tue Jul 69:50 AM-3.2 ft
Mon Jun 710:06 AM-3.1 ft
Tue Aug 38:45 AM-3.0 ft
Mon Aug 28:03 AM-3.0 ft
Sat Jul 37:34 AM-2.9 ft
Fri Jun 47:47 AM-2.8 ft

182 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

Chenega Island, southwest end is one of NOAA's reference tide stations — its predictions are computed directly from harmonic analysis of water levels observed here, and other nearby stations are calculated from it.

Alaska holds the country's most extreme tides: Inside Passage channels, Cook Inlet swings past 30 ft, and Arctic stations where the tide is measured in inches and wind setup runs the show.

Diurnal range11.8 ft
Mean range9.4 ft
RegionAlaska
NOAA chart16701
Station since1957