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SAND POINT
Tide station
NOAA station SAND POINT, POPOF ISLAND in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska. Heights are feet above mean lower low water. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (AKDT). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time.
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Tide station
Predicted rise and fall
This column is the NOAA prediction. It is the expected high and low from the moon and the sun, in feet above mean lower low water. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat.
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Five-day fishing snapshot
This is the next five days at SAND POINT. It uses the tide prediction at this station, the sun and moon at this coordinate, and the National Weather Service forecast. A day is highlighted when a high or low falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset. Tide and sun times are local time at this station.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 30% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 9:14 AM and sunset is 7:40 PM. The tides are a low of 0.6 ft at 12:30 AM, a high of 5.1 ft at 7:31 AM, a low of 4.1 ft at 11:27 AM, and a high of 6.7 ft at 5:37 PM. The high at 7:31 AM is 103 minutes before sunrise. The forecast is Partly Sunny, 43°F, wind 20 mph NW. That forecast is rough water.
Saturday
The moon is a first quarter, about 40% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 9:16 AM and sunset is 7:37 PM. The tides are a low of 1.0 ft at 1:24 AM, a high of 4.9 ft at 8:54 AM, a low of 4.5 ft at 12:10 PM, and a high of 6.2 ft at 6:24 PM. The high at 8:54 AM is 22 minutes before sunrise. The forecast is Partly Sunny then Chance Light Rain, 42°F, wind 10 to 15 mph W.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 51% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 9:18 AM and sunset is 7:35 PM. The tides are a low of 1.4 ft at 2:34 AM, a high of 5.0 ft at 10:26 AM, a low of 4.7 ft at 1:40 PM, and a high of 5.8 ft at 7:28 PM. The high at 10:26 AM is 68 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Light Rain, 49°F, wind 15 to 30 mph S.
Monday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 61% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 9:20 AM and sunset is 7:33 PM. The tides are a low of 1.5 ft at 3:52 AM, a high of 5.3 ft at 11:22 AM, a low of 4.4 ft at 4:24 PM, and a high of 5.5 ft at 9:16 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Rain Likely, 47°F, wind 5 to 10 mph NW.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 71% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 9:22 AM and sunset is 7:30 PM. The tides are a low of 1.5 ft at 4:52 AM, a high of 5.7 ft at 11:57 AM, a low of 3.8 ft at 5:30 PM, and a high of 5.7 ft at 10:58 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Light Rain, 44°F, wind 25 to 30 mph NW. That forecast is rough water.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 7:12 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 7:55 AM
- Dawn
- 8:37 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 8:37 AM to 8:51 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 8:51 AM to 10:05 AM
- Sunrise
- 9:14 AM
- Solar noon
- 2:27 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 6:49 PM to 8:03 PM
- Sunset
- 7:40 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 8:03 PM to 8:17 PM
- Dusk
- 8:17 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 8:59 PM
- Last light
- 9:41 PM
- Day length
- 10 hours 26 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 33% lit
- Moonrise
- 4:40 PM
- Moonset
- 10:26 PM
The larger tides, called spring tides, fall near the new moon and the full moon. The smaller neap tides fall near the quarters. Light times are for this coordinate, in local time at this station.
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On the water nearby
The closest named places from OpenStreetMap. A place with no name on that map is left off. Private and customer-only launches are labeled.
Marinas
- New Sand Point Boat Harbor0.1 mi
- Robert E. Galovin Boat Harbor0.3 mi
Beaches
- Humboldt Harbor0.3 mi
- Sandy Beach2.1 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach2.9 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach3.0 mi
- Red Cove Beach3.4 mi
- Red Cove Beach3.5 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Zachary Bay4.4 mi · Aleutians East Borough
- Pirate Cove6.0 mi · Aleutians East Borough
- Albatross Anchorage18 mi · Aleutians East Borough
- Sanborn Harbor23 mi · Aleutians East Borough
- Mist Harbor29 mi · Aleutians East Borough
- Seal Cape32 mi · Aleutians East Borough
Flood gauge
Measured water, not the tide
This column is a different instrument. A flood gauge reports the water level that is there now and the stages where flooding starts. The orange square on the map is that gauge. It is often not on top of the tide station.
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