Tides / Alaska / Matanuska-Susitna Borough / Port MacKenzie
Port MacKenzie
Tide station
NOAA station Port MacKenzie in Matanuska-Susitna 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 Port MacKenzie. 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 8:45 AM and sunset is 6:44 PM. The tides are a low of 2.9 ft at 5:48 AM, a high of 25.4 ft at 11:39 AM, a low of 9.6 ft at 6:12 PM, and a high of 25.7 ft at 11:20 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Partly Sunny, 48°F, wind 0 to 5 mph SW.
Saturday
The moon is a first quarter, about 40% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 8:47 AM and sunset is 6:41 PM. The tides are a low of 4.8 ft at 6:41 AM, a high of 23.7 ft at 12:32 PM, and a low of 11.0 ft at 7:12 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Slight Chance Light Rain then Slight Chance Rain And Snow, 44°F, wind 0 to 5 mph NW.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 51% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 8:50 AM and sunset is 6:38 PM. The tides are a high of 23.9 ft at 12:11 AM, a low of 6.3 ft at 7:42 AM, a high of 22.7 ft at 1:36 PM, and a low of 11.5 ft at 8:17 PM. The low at 7:42 AM is 68 minutes before sunrise. The forecast is Partly Sunny, 41°F, wind 0 to 5 mph N.
Monday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 61% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 8:53 AM and sunset is 6:35 PM. The tides are a high of 22.5 ft at 1:25 AM, a low of 6.9 ft at 8:45 AM, a high of 22.6 ft at 2:45 PM, and a low of 10.8 ft at 9:20 PM. The low at 8:45 AM is 8 minutes before sunrise. The forecast is Chance Rain And Snow, 40°F, wind 5 mph N.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 71% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 8:55 AM and sunset is 6:32 PM. The tides are a high of 22.2 ft at 2:47 AM, a low of 6.6 ft at 9:45 AM, a high of 23.5 ft at 3:51 PM, and a low of 9.1 ft at 10:18 PM. The low at 9:45 AM is 50 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Rain And Snow Likely, 41°F, wind 5 to 15 mph N.
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 6:21 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 7:11 AM
- Dawn
- 8:01 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 8:01 AM to 8:18 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 8:18 AM to 9:48 AM
- Sunrise
- 8:46 AM
- Solar noon
- 1:45 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:41 PM to 7:11 PM
- Sunset
- 6:44 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 7:11 PM to 7:28 PM
- Dusk
- 7:28 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 8:18 PM
- Last light
- 9:08 PM
- Day length
- 9 hours 58 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 33% lit
- Moonrise
- 5:29 PM
- Moonset
- 8:11 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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Nearby tide stations
- ANCHORAGE2.3 mi · Anchorage Muny
- Goose Creek8.9 mi · Matanuska-Susitna Borough
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- Cape Kasilof81 mi · Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Seward81 mi · Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Kalgin Island (north end)86 mi · Kenai Peninsula 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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