Alaska
McCarty Fiord
Moonlight Bay · Alaska · NOAA station 9455258 · Tide predictions
59.5116, -150.3552
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48-hour outlook
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The next seven days
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H = high tide · L = low tide · highs & lows in local time
On the water nearby
Lower Cook Inlet (204) buoy · 52 mi W · Station 46108
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Last light, longer plans
Daylight calendar for Homer → Alaska Daylight · Northern lights forecast for Homer → Alaska Aurora Forecast
Nearby tide stations
- Chance Cove (Lagoon) · 2.2 mi SE
- Beauty Bay, Nuka Bay · 9.6 mi W
- Nuka Passage · 13.1 mi SW
- Two Arm Bay, Harris Bay · 13.5 mi NE
- Upper Northwestern Fiord, Harris Bay · 22.3 mi NE
Plan ahead
2027 tide extremes for this station
Highest predicted high tide: 14.0 ft — Fri Jan 22 · 12:53 PM
Lowest predicted low tide: -3.3 ft — Mon Jul 5 · 9:13 AM
Biggest single-day swing: 16.8 ft on Fri Jan 22
Best daytime minus tides of 2027
| Date | Low tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Mon Jul 5 | 9:13 AM | -3.3 ft |
| Sun Jun 6 | 9:25 AM | -3.3 ft |
| Sun Jul 4 | 8:28 AM | -3.2 ft |
| Sat Jun 5 | 8:39 AM | -3.1 ft |
| Tue Jul 6 | 9:58 AM | -3.1 ft |
| Mon Jun 7 | 10:12 AM | -3.0 ft |
| Tue Aug 3 | 8:55 AM | -2.9 ft |
| Mon Aug 2 | 8:13 AM | -2.8 ft |
| Sat May 8 | 9:34 AM | -2.8 ft |
| Fri May 7 | 8:51 AM | -2.7 ft |
188 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
McCarty Fiord, Moonlight Bay 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.