Tacoma tide times
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Tacoma at a glance
- Tides
- Twice a day, unequal
- Typical range
- 11.8 fthigh to low
- Highest of 2027
- 13.4 ftMon, Jan 25
- Lowest of 2027
- -4.0 ftSun, Jul 4
- Record high
- 15.6 ftDec 27, 2022
- High water after the moon
- 4 h 50 min
The tide at Tacoma
- Pattern
- Mixed, mainly twice-daily
Two highs and two lows on most days, but unequal ones. On average the higher high stands 1.7 ft above the lower high, and the lower low sits 5.7 ft below the higher low. Form number 0.92. - Typical range
- 11.8 ft from the higher high to the lower low on an average day (3.59 m) - a bigger range than 95% of the 235 places on this site. The mean range, high to low, is 8.1 ft.
- After the moon
- High water comes about 4 h 50 min after the moon is highest in the sky.
2027: the biggest and smallest tides
| Mon, Jan 25 | 7:18 am | 13.4 ft | |
| Fri, Dec 17 | 8:18 am | 13.1 ft | |
| Mon, Feb 22 | 5:58 am | 13.0 ft |
| Sun, Jul 4 | 11:38 am | -4.0 ft | in daylight |
| Sun, Jun 6 | 12:40 pm | -4.0 ft | in daylight |
| Tue, Dec 14 | 11:16 pm | -3.5 ft | in the dark |
| Sun, Jul 4 | 11:38 am | -4.0 ft | |
| Sun, Jun 6 | 12:40 pm | -4.0 ft | |
| Sat, May 8 | 12:56 pm | -3.3 ft |
194 low tides in 2027 drop below zero - below the average lower low water - and uncover more shore than usual.
Records
- Highest water recorded
- 15.6 ft (4.77 m) on Dec 27, 2022 - 3.9 ft above the average higher high.
- Lowest water recorded
- -4.7 ft (-1.44 m) on Nov 26, 2007.
- Highest tide the moon and sun can raise
- 13.6 ft (4.16 m) - the highest astronomical tide in NOAA’s 19-year cycle, which falls on Jan 16, 2032.
Tide times nearby
- Bremerton23 mi northwest
- Seattle23 mi north
- Port Townsend61 mi north
- Port Angeles76 mi northwest
- Tokeland (Toke Point)83 mi southwest
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, 47.267°N 122.413°W. Predictions and records: NOAA CO-OPS, station 9446484. 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.