Know the Tide

Know the tide.

Pacific Northwest

Drift Creek

Alsea River · Oregon · NOAA station 9434938 · Tide predictions

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

44.4133, -123.9900

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H = high tide · L = low tide · highs & lows in local time

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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 7.8 ft — Fri Jan 22 · 12:03 PM

Lowest predicted low tide: -1.3 ft — Mon Jul 5 · 9:44 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 8.8 ft on Fri Jan 22

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Mon Jul 59:44 AM-1.3 ft
Sun Jul 48:58 AM-1.3 ft
Sun Jun 69:59 AM-1.3 ft
Sat Jun 59:13 AM-1.2 ft
Mon Jun 710:47 AM-1.2 ft
Tue Jul 610:28 AM-1.2 ft
Sat Jul 38:11 AM-1.1 ft
Mon Aug 28:39 AM-1.1 ft
Fri Jun 48:27 AM-1.0 ft
Tue Aug 39:21 AM-1.0 ft

174 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 Drift Creek, Alsea River from the CHARLESTON station: high tides about 0.83× the height, 44 min later; low tides about 0.53× the height, 111 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.

Diurnal range6.4 ft
Mean range5.1 ft
RegionPacific Northwest
NOAA chart18561
Station since1976