McCarty Fiord, Moonlight Bay tide predictions
59.5116, -150.3552 · NOAA station 9455258
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Nearest buoy: Lower Cook Inlet (204) · 52 mi W — live wind & wave reports
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48-hour outlook
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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.
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: 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.
Nearest 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