Know the Tide

Know the tide.

Alaska

Russell Fiord

Alaska · NOAA station 9453178 · Tide predictions

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

59.9369, -139.4001

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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

Fairweather Ground buoy · 125 mi SE · Station 46083
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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 8.8 ft — Tue Dec 14 · 2:46 PM

Lowest predicted low tide: -1.8 ft — Sun Jun 6 · 11:22 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 10.0 ft on Sun Jun 6

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Sun Jun 611:22 AM-1.8 ft
Sat Jun 510:35 AM-1.8 ft
Mon Jul 511:06 AM-1.7 ft
Sun Jul 410:20 AM-1.7 ft
Mon Jun 712:08 PM-1.7 ft
Sat May 811:34 AM-1.6 ft
Fri Jun 49:48 AM-1.6 ft
Fri May 710:49 AM-1.5 ft
Tue Jul 611:48 AM-1.5 ft
Sat Jul 39:33 AM-1.5 ft

142 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

Russell Fiord 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 range7.1 ft
Mean range5.5 ft
RegionAlaska
NOAA chartUS4AK5WB
Station since1999