Ketchikan tide predictions
55.3319, -131.6261 · NOAA station 9450460
Full daylight calendar for the Ketchikan area → Alaska Daylight · Northern lights forecast for Ketchikan → Alaska Aurora Forecast
Nearest buoy: Central Dixon Entrance Buoy · 74 mi SW — live wind & wave reports
Tide now
Loading live tide data…
48-hour outlook
Drag across the curve to inspect any time. Weather icons show the forecast at each high tide.
Drawn from the high/low predictions — NOAA publishes high/low only for this station.
7-day tides
Loading…
H = high tide · L = low tide
About this station
Ketchikan 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.
Inside Passage waters are sheltered, but the ranges are real: 15 to 20 ft swings are routine, and narrow channels run strong tidal currents on the change. Out here, rain and channel weather matter more than ice.
2027 tide extremes
Highest predicted high tide: 19.0 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 1:03 PM
Lowest predicted low tide: -4.3 ft — Mon Jul 5 · 8:24 AM
Biggest single-day swing: 22.9 ft on Sat Jan 23
Best daytime minus tides of 2027
| Date | Low tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Mon Jul 5 | 8:24 AM | -4.3 ft |
| Tue Aug 3 | 8:04 AM | -4.1 ft |
| Tue Jul 6 | 9:08 AM | -4.1 ft |
| Sun Jul 4 | 7:38 AM | -4.0 ft |
| Fri Jan 22 | 6:46 PM | -3.9 ft |
| Sun Jun 6 | 8:37 AM | -3.9 ft |
| Mon Aug 2 | 7:22 AM | -3.9 ft |
| Wed Aug 4 | 8:45 AM | -3.8 ft |
| Sat Jun 5 | 7:51 AM | -3.7 ft |
| Mon Jun 7 | 9:24 AM | -3.6 ft |
199 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
- Ward Cove · 6.1 mi NW
- Coon Island, George Inlet · 10.1 mi NE
- Vallenar Point · 10.9 mi NW
- Nehenta Bay, Gravina Island · 13.3 mi SW
- Metlakatla, Port Chester · 14.3 mi S