Know the Tide

Know the tide.

Pacific Northwest

Columbia River entrance (N. Jetty)

Washington · NOAA station 9440574 · Tide predictions

· Pacific Time · Feet / MLLW (mean lower low water)

46.2733, -124.0720

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H = high tide · L = low tide · highs & lows in local time

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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 9.4 ft — Fri Jan 22 · 11:53 AM

Lowest predicted low tide: -2.0 ft — Mon Jul 5 · 8:27 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 10.8 ft on Fri Jan 22

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Mon Jul 58:27 AM-2.0 ft
Mon Aug 27:20 AM-1.9 ft
Sun Jul 47:40 AM-1.9 ft
Tue Aug 38:03 AM-1.9 ft
Tue Jul 69:10 AM-1.8 ft
Sun Jun 68:42 AM-1.7 ft
Mon Jun 79:29 AM-1.6 ft
Sat Jun 57:54 AM-1.6 ft
Wed Aug 48:43 AM-1.6 ft
Fri Jan 226:45 PM-1.4 ft

170 minus tides (below 0 ft) are predicted here in 2027. The table shows up to the 10 lowest that fall between 7 AM and 7 PM — the ones worth planning a clam dig or tidepool walk around.

About this station

NOAA builds the predictions for Columbia River entrance (N. Jetty) from the ASTORIA (Tongue Point), Oreg. station: high tides adjusted -1.0 ft, 44 min earlier; low tides adjusted +0.1 ft, 60 min earlier.

Puget Sound and the Columbia estuary amplify mixed tides far inland — ranges past 10 ft in the South Sound — with river flow stacked on top.

Diurnal range7.8 ft
Mean range5.9 ft
RegionPacific Northwest
NOAA chart18521
Station since1982