Anchorage tide times
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Anchorage at a glance
- Tides
- Twice a day
- Typical range
- 29.2 fthigh to low
- Highest of 2027
- 32.9 ftFri, Oct 1
- Lowest of 2027
- -4.5 ftSun, Jan 24
- Record high
- 34.9 ftNov 6, 2002
- High water after the moon
- 7 h 03 min
The tide at Anchorage
- Pattern
- Twice-daily
Two high tides and two low tides a day, about 12 h 25 min apart. The two highs are close: on average just 1.5 ft apart. Form number 0.23. - Typical range
- 29.2 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (8.89 m) - a bigger range than 100% of the 235 places on this site.
- After the moon
- High water comes about 7 h 03 min after the moon is highest in the sky.
2027: the biggest and smallest tides
| Fri, Oct 1 | 8:39 pm | 32.9 ft | |
| Wed, Sep 1 | 8:04 am | 32.9 ft | |
| Sat, Jan 23 | 7:41 pm | 32.9 ft |
| Sun, Jan 24 | 2:52 am | -4.5 ft | in the dark |
| Tue, Jul 6 | 4:32 pm | -4.0 ft | in daylight |
| Tue, Aug 3 | 3:30 pm | -3.9 ft | in daylight |
| Tue, Jul 6 | 4:32 pm | -4.0 ft | |
| Tue, Aug 3 | 3:30 pm | -3.9 ft | |
| Sun, Jun 6 | 4:04 pm | -3.3 ft |
172 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.
Records
- Highest water recorded
- 34.9 ft (10.62 m) on Nov 6, 2002 - 5.7 ft above the average higher high.
- Lowest water recorded
- -6.4 ft (-1.95 m) on Dec 25, 1999.
- Highest tide the moon and sun can raise
- 33.8 ft (10.30 m) - the highest astronomical tide in NOAA’s 19-year cycle, which fell on Nov 16, 2016.
Tide times nearby
See the moon move the ocean - the same tide, on a globe seen from the moon.
Heights are above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero of US charts; times are local. The year’s tides are NOAA’s official predictions - wind and air pressure can move the real water a foot or more. Form number: (K1+O1)/(M2+S2) from NOAA’s harmonic constants - below 0.25 twice-daily, above 3 once-daily. Alaska, 61.237°N 149.890°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 9455920. Not for navigation or safety. For a boat, a crossing of sand that floods, or a swim, use the official tables and local advice. No ads, no tracking.