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Wakkanai

Tide station

Wakkanai in Hokkaido, Japan. Heights are metres above chart datum, with the same height in feet. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (JST). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time.

Next low tide

0.1 m (0.4 ft)Today · 7:00 PM

Next high tide

0.3 m (1.0 ft)Tomorrow · 5:50 AM

Low tide is 39 min from now and will drop 0.0 m (0.0 ft).

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Tide station

Predicted rise and fall

This column is the predicted rise and fall from the moon and the sun, in metres and in feet. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat. The clocks are local time at this station.

Now

Low tide is 39 min from now and will drop 0.0 m (0.0 ft).

High and low tides for the next seven days
DayTideTimeHeight
Tuesday, October 20Low7:00 PM0.14 m (0.44 ft)
Wednesday, October 21High5:50 AM0.29 m (0.96 ft)
Low7:23 PM0.13 m (0.43 ft)
Thursday, October 22High4:41 AM0.25 m (0.83 ft)
Low6:57 AM0.25 m (0.82 ft)
High12:06 PM0.27 m (0.88 ft)
Low7:34 PM0.14 m (0.44 ft)
Friday, October 23High3:24 AM0.23 m (0.74 ft)
Low7:25 AM0.20 m (0.67 ft)
High1:15 PM0.26 m (0.84 ft)
Low7:39 PM0.15 m (0.48 ft)
Saturday, October 24High2:37 AM0.22 m (0.73 ft)
Low8:04 AM0.16 m (0.53 ft)
High2:18 PM0.25 m (0.81 ft)
Low7:34 PM0.17 m (0.55 ft)
Sunday, October 25High2:15 AM0.24 m (0.80 ft)
Low8:44 AM0.12 m (0.40 ft)
High3:22 PM0.24 m (0.79 ft)
Low7:23 PM0.19 m (0.63 ft)
Monday, October 26High2:15 AM0.28 m (0.91 ft)
Low9:28 AM0.09 m (0.30 ft)
High4:30 PM0.24 m (0.79 ft)
Low7:21 PM0.22 m (0.71 ft)
Tuesday, October 27High2:29 AM0.32 m (1.04 ft)
Low10:14 AM0.07 m (0.25 ft)
High5:46 PM0.25 m (0.81 ft)
See more tides through Sunday, November 29
High and low tides after the first week
DayTideTimeHeight
Tuesday, October 27Low7:25 PM0.24 m (0.79 ft)
Wednesday, October 28High2:46 AM0.36 m (1.17 ft)
Low11:07 AM0.07 m (0.23 ft)
Thursday, October 29High3:03 AM0.39 m (1.27 ft)
Low12:22 PM0.08 m (0.26 ft)
Friday, October 30High3:17 AM0.41 m (1.34 ft)
Low2:24 PM0.09 m (0.28 ft)
Saturday, October 31High3:37 AM0.41 m (1.34 ft)
Low3:57 PM0.09 m (0.29 ft)
Sunday, November 1High4:07 AM0.39 m (1.29 ft)
Low5:13 PM0.09 m (0.30 ft)
Monday, November 2High4:45 AM0.36 m (1.18 ft)
Low6:20 PM0.09 m (0.31 ft)
Tuesday, November 3High5:27 AM0.31 m (1.03 ft)
Low7:17 PM0.11 m (0.35 ft)
Wednesday, November 4High6:14 AM0.26 m (0.86 ft)
Low9:19 AM0.25 m (0.81 ft)
High11:27 AM0.25 m (0.83 ft)
Low7:59 PM0.13 m (0.43 ft)
Thursday, November 5High1:47 AM0.21 m (0.68 ft)
Low4:25 AM0.20 m (0.65 ft)
High7:09 AM0.21 m (0.68 ft)
Low9:15 AM0.20 m (0.66 ft)
High12:58 PM0.23 m (0.77 ft)
Low7:57 PM0.16 m (0.53 ft)
Friday, November 6High1:32 AM0.22 m (0.71 ft)
Low6:30 AM0.15 m (0.51 ft)
High2:13 PM0.22 m (0.71 ft)
Low6:32 PM0.18 m (0.61 ft)
Saturday, November 7High1:35 AM0.24 m (0.79 ft)
Low7:43 AM0.11 m (0.37 ft)
High3:29 PM0.21 m (0.68 ft)
Low5:56 PM0.20 m (0.65 ft)
Sunday, November 8High1:35 AM0.27 m (0.89 ft)
Low8:35 AM0.08 m (0.27 ft)
Monday, November 9High1:35 AM0.31 m (1.01 ft)
Low9:20 AM0.07 m (0.22 ft)
Tuesday, November 10High1:50 AM0.34 m (1.12 ft)
Low10:01 AM0.06 m (0.21 ft)
Wednesday, November 11High2:15 AM0.37 m (1.20 ft)
Low10:41 AM0.07 m (0.23 ft)
Thursday, November 12High2:42 AM0.38 m (1.25 ft)
Low11:22 AM0.08 m (0.27 ft)
Friday, November 13High3:09 AM0.38 m (1.25 ft)
Low12:05 PM0.09 m (0.31 ft)
Saturday, November 14High3:32 AM0.37 m (1.23 ft)
Low12:59 PM0.10 m (0.34 ft)
Sunday, November 15High3:55 AM0.36 m (1.17 ft)
Low2:19 PM0.11 m (0.35 ft)
Monday, November 16High4:17 AM0.33 m (1.10 ft)
Low3:43 PM0.10 m (0.34 ft)
Tuesday, November 17High4:39 AM0.30 m (1.00 ft)
Low4:37 PM0.10 m (0.33 ft)
Wednesday, November 18High4:55 AM0.27 m (0.88 ft)
Low5:10 PM0.10 m (0.33 ft)
Thursday, November 19High4:29 AM0.23 m (0.75 ft)
Low5:29 PM0.11 m (0.36 ft)
Friday, November 20High2:50 AM0.20 m (0.64 ft)
Low9:05 AM0.17 m (0.56 ft)
High11:47 AM0.18 m (0.59 ft)
Low5:27 PM0.13 m (0.42 ft)
Saturday, November 21High1:05 AM0.19 m (0.64 ft)
Low8:47 AM0.13 m (0.42 ft)
High1:28 PM0.17 m (0.57 ft)
Low5:01 PM0.15 m (0.49 ft)
Sunday, November 22High12:18 AM0.22 m (0.72 ft)
Low9:00 AM0.08 m (0.28 ft)
High2:57 PM0.18 m (0.59 ft)
Low4:49 PM0.17 m (0.57 ft)
Monday, November 23High12:23 AM0.26 m (0.85 ft)
Low9:32 AM0.05 m (0.16 ft)
Tuesday, November 24High12:45 AM0.30 m (0.99 ft)
Low10:15 AM0.02 m (0.08 ft)
Wednesday, November 25High1:17 AM0.34 m (1.12 ft)
Low11:05 AM0.01 m (0.04 ft)
Thursday, November 26High1:55 AM0.37 m (1.21 ft)
Low12:05 PM0.01 m (0.04 ft)
Friday, November 27High2:37 AM0.38 m (1.26 ft)
Low1:14 PM0.02 m (0.07 ft)
Saturday, November 28High3:17 AM0.38 m (1.25 ft)
Low2:25 PM0.03 m (0.10 ft)
Sunday, November 29High3:52 AM0.36 m (1.17 ft)
Low3:34 PM0.04 m (0.13 ft)

This water today

Sunrise is 5:55 AM, 5 minutes after the high at 5:50 AM. Anglers often fish the two hours around a turn that meets dawn. The tide at Wakkanai is falling toward a low of 0.1 m (0.4 ft) at 7:00 PM. The highest tide on this page is 0.4 m (1.3 ft) on Saturday, October 31, in 11 days.

King tide and neap

The next king tide is Saturday, October 31, 2026. That is 11 days from today. It is the highest high tide in the coming lunar cycle, about a month of tides. What a king tide is.

The next neap is Thursday, November 5, 2026. That is 16 days from today. That day has the smallest rise and fall in the coming two weeks, the opposite of a king tide.

Five-day fishing snapshot

This is the next five days at Wakkanai. It uses the tide prediction at this station, the sun and moon at this coordinate, and the MET Norway 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.

Tuesday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 64% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:55 AM and sunset is 4:41 PM. The tides are a high of 0.3 m (1.1 ft) at 5:26 AM and a low of 0.1 m (0.4 ft) at 7:00 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 cloudy, 12°C, wind 15 kn SW, pressure 1017 hPa (30.03 in), steady.

Wednesday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 74% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:56 AM and sunset is 4:39 PM. The tides are a high of 0.3 m (1.0 ft) at 5:50 AM and a low of 0.1 m (0.4 ft) at 7:23 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, 14°C, wind 19 kn W, rain 13.4 mm.

Thursday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 83% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:58 AM and sunset is 4:37 PM. The tides are a high of 0.3 m (0.8 ft) at 4:41 AM, a low of 0.2 m (0.8 ft) at 6:57 AM, a high of 0.3 m (0.9 ft) at 12:06 PM, and a low of 0.1 m (0.4 ft) at 7:34 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, 9°C, wind 43 kn NW, rain 8.4 mm. That forecast is rough water.

Friday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 90% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 5:59 AM and sunset is 4:36 PM. The tides are a high of 0.2 m (0.7 ft) at 3:24 AM, a low of 0.2 m (0.7 ft) at 7:25 AM, a high of 0.3 m (0.8 ft) at 1:15 PM, and a low of 0.1 m (0.5 ft) at 7:39 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 cloudy, 13°C, wind 25 kn W. That forecast is rough water.

Saturday

The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 95% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:00 AM and sunset is 4:34 PM. The tides are a high of 0.2 m (0.7 ft) at 2:37 AM, a low of 0.2 m (0.5 ft) at 8:04 AM, a high of 0.2 m (0.8 ft) at 2:18 PM, and a low of 0.2 m (0.5 ft) at 7:34 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, 15°C, wind 19 kn SW, rain 0.6 mm.

None of these five days puts a turn within two hours of sunrise or sunset. The lines above are still this station's tides, sun, and forecast.

Average tide levels

Mean tide range
0.10 m (0.32 ft)
Mean high water
0.22 m (0.73 ft)
Mean low water
0.13 m (0.41 ft)
Mean sea level
0.17 m (0.57 ft)

These levels use the same zero as the tide table, chart datum. Each height is shown in metres and in feet. Mean tide range is the average rise from low to high.

Sun and moon

Dawn
5:25 AM
Blue hour, morning
5:25 AM to 5:36 AM
Golden hour, morning
5:36 AM to 6:36 AM
Sunrise
5:55 AM
Solar noon
11:18 AM
Golden hour, evening
4:00 PM to 4:59 PM
Sunset
4:41 PM
Blue hour, evening
4:59 PM to 5:11 PM
Dusk
5:11 PM
Last light
6:19 PM
Day length
10 hours 46 minutes
Moon
First Quarter, about 64% lit
Moonrise
2:02 PM
Moonset
11:55 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.

Forecast

  • Tuesday 12°C

    Partly cloudy

    15 kn SW · 1017 hPa (30.03 in), steady

  • Wednesday 14°C

    Rain

    19 kn W · Rain 13.4 mm

  • Thursday 9°C

    Rain

    43 kn NW · Rain 8.4 mm

  • Friday 13°C

    Partly cloudy

    25 kn W

  • Saturday 15°C

    Rain

    19 kn SW · Rain 0.6 mm

Data from MET Norway. Temperature is Celsius and wind is knots.

Hart-Davis, Michael; Dettmering, Denise; Seitz, Florian (2025). TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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

  • 稚内港1.2 mi

Parks

  • 稚内森林公園キャンプ場1.0 mi
  • 北防波堤ドーム公園 イベント広場1.3 mi
  • 中央公園1.4 mi
  • 北防波堤ドーム公園 交流広場1.4 mi
  • 稚内公園1.6 mi
  • 宝来公園1.9 mi

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