Drift River Terminal tide predictions
60.5550, -152.1330 · NOAA station 9455741
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Nearest buoy: Lower Cook Inlet (204) · 67 mi S — live wind & wave reports
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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.
7-day tides
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H = high tide · L = low tide
About this station
NOAA builds the predictions for Drift River Terminal from the SELDOVIA, Kachemak Bay station: high tides about the same height, 99 min later; low tides about 1.18× the height, 124 min later.
Upper Cook Inlet has some of the largest tides on Earth — ranges past 30 ft, powerful rips, and bore tides on Turnagain Arm. Winter ice can push actual water levels well off the predictions.
2027 tide extremes
Highest predicted high tide: 22.6 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 4:32 PM
Lowest predicted low tide: -6.4 ft — Mon Jul 5 · 12:15 PM
Biggest single-day swing: 28.6 ft on Sat Jan 23
Best daytime minus tides of 2027
| Date | Low tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Mon Jul 5 | 12:15 PM | -6.4 ft |
| Tue Aug 3 | 11:57 AM | -6.2 ft |
| Tue Jul 6 | 12:59 PM | -6.1 ft |
| Sun Jun 6 | 12:26 PM | -5.8 ft |
| Sun Jul 4 | 11:29 AM | -5.8 ft |
| Wed Aug 4 | 12:38 PM | -5.8 ft |
| Mon Aug 2 | 11:14 AM | -5.7 ft |
| Sat Jun 5 | 11:41 AM | -5.5 ft |
| Mon Jun 7 | 1:13 PM | -5.4 ft |
| Wed Jul 7 | 1:43 PM | -5.0 ft |
208 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.
Nearest tide stations
- Kalgin Island (north end), Cook Inlet · 6.8 mi SE
- NIKISKI · 26.4 mi E
- Chinulna Point, Cook Inlet · 29.1 mi E
- Cape Kasilof · 29.8 mi SE
- Kenai City Pier · 31.1 mi E