Tide/Tide times/Washington

Port Townsend tide times

The tide at Port Townsend

Pattern

Mixed, mainly twice-daily
Two highs and two lows on most days, but unequal ones. On average the higher high stands 1.4 ft above the lower high, and the lower low sits 5.0 ft below the higher low. Form number 1.43.

Typical range

8.5 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (2.60 m) - a bigger range than 87% of the 235 places on this site. The mean range, high to low, is 5.3 ft.

After the moon

High water comes about 4 h 04 min after the moon is highest in the sky.

2027: the biggest and smallest tides

198 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.

Records

Highest water recorded

12.0 ft (3.66 m) on Dec 27, 2022 - 3.5 ft above the average higher high.

Lowest water recorded

-4.2 ft (-1.29 m) on Dec 12, 1985.

Highest tide the moon and sun can raise

10.1 ft (3.07 m) - the highest astronomical tide in NOAA’s 19-year cycle, which fell on Dec 25, 2003.

Tide times nearby

• Port Angeles31 mi west
• Friday Harbor32 mi north
• Bremerton38 mi south
• Seattle40 mi southeast
• Cherry Point (Ferndale)52 mi north

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. Washington, 48.111°N 122.760°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 9444900. 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.