Tides / Alaska / Sitka Cty&Bor / Port Alexander
Port Alexander
Tide station
NOAA station Port Alexander, Baranof Island in Sitka Cty&Bor, 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 Alexander. 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.
Thursday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 21% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:30 AM and sunset is 5:57 PM. The tides are a high of 8.8 ft at 4:33 AM, a low of 4.3 ft at 9:49 AM, a high of 10.6 ft at 3:50 PM, and a low of 0.8 ft at 10:43 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 30% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:32 AM and sunset is 5:55 PM. The tides are a high of 8.1 ft at 5:21 AM, a low of 5.0 ft at 10:26 AM, a high of 9.9 ft at 4:28 PM, and a low of 1.6 ft at 11:32 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Showers And Thunderstorms, 54°F, wind 15 to 30 mph SW. That forecast is rough water.
Saturday
The moon is a first quarter, about 40% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:34 AM and sunset is 5:52 PM. The tides are a high of 7.6 ft at 6:24 AM, a low of 5.6 ft at 11:16 AM, and a high of 9.1 ft at 5:17 PM. The high at 6:24 AM is 70 minutes before sunrise. The forecast is Light Rain, 52°F, wind 10 mph S.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 51% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:36 AM and sunset is 5:50 PM. The tides are a low of 2.2 ft at 12:35 AM, a high of 7.4 ft at 7:47 AM, a low of 5.9 ft at 12:40 PM, and a high of 8.5 ft at 6:29 PM. The high at 7:47 AM is 11 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Light Rain, 50°F, wind 5 mph SE.
Monday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 61% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:39 AM and sunset is 5:47 PM. The tides are a low of 2.5 ft at 1:52 AM, a high of 7.7 ft at 9:08 AM, a low of 5.6 ft at 2:28 PM, and a high of 8.2 ft at 8:00 PM. The high at 9:08 AM is 89 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Chance Light Rain, 50°F, wind 5 mph NE.
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:25 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:09 AM
- Dawn
- 6:52 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:52 AM to 7:07 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 7:07 AM to 8:22 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:30 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:44 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:05 PM to 6:21 PM
- Sunset
- 5:58 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:21 PM to 6:35 PM
- Dusk
- 6:35 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:19 PM
- Last light
- 8:02 PM
- Day length
- 10 hours 28 minutes
- Moon
- Waxing Crescent, about 25% lit
- Moonrise
- 2:18 PM
- Moonset
- 7:28 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
- Port Walter10 mi · Sitka Cty&Bor
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- Dorothy Cove37 mi · Sitka Cty&Bor
- Pole Anchorage38 mi · Prince of Wales-Hyder CA
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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