Ward Cove tide chart
Alaska · near Ketchikan (5 mi) · NOAA station 9450492 · times in local time (AKDT)
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Tides today, Sunday, October 11
- High 1:36 AM 16.2 ft
- Low 7:24 AM 0.8 ft
- High 1:32 PM 17.8 ft
- Low 7:55 PM -1.6 ft
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Sunrise 7:10 AM · Sunset 5:59 PM · New moon (0%)
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Tide times this week
| Day | High and low tides | Sunrise / sunset | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Oct 11 | H 1:36 AM 16.2 ftL 7:24 AM 0.8 ftH 1:32 PM 17.8 ftL 7:55 PM -1.6 ft | 7:10 AM / 5:59 PM | New moon (0%) |
| Mon Oct 12 | H 2:13 AM 15.8 ftL 7:57 AM 1.7 ftH 2:02 PM 17.5 ftL 8:30 PM -1.3 ft | 7:12 AM / 5:56 PM | New moon (2%) |
| Tue Oct 13 | H 2:50 AM 15.1 ftL 8:29 AM 2.7 ftH 2:32 PM 16.9 ftL 9:04 PM -0.7 ft | 7:14 AM / 5:54 PM | Waxing crescent (7%) |
| Wed Oct 14 | H 3:28 AM 14.2 ftL 9:01 AM 3.7 ftH 3:03 PM 16.1 ftL 9:40 PM 0.3 ft | 7:16 AM / 5:51 PM | Waxing crescent (13%) |
| Thu Oct 15 | H 4:07 AM 13.2 ftL 9:35 AM 4.8 ftH 3:36 PM 15.1 ftL 10:21 PM 1.4 ft | 7:18 AM / 5:49 PM | Waxing crescent (21%) |
| Fri Oct 16 | H 4:53 AM 12.1 ftL 10:14 AM 5.8 ftH 4:15 PM 13.9 ftL 11:10 PM 2.5 ft | 7:20 AM / 5:46 PM | Waxing crescent (30%) |
| Sat Oct 17 | H 5:52 AM 11.2 ftL 11:06 AM 6.7 ftH 5:07 PM 12.8 ft | 7:22 AM / 5:44 PM | First quarter (40%) |
Tidal currents near Ward Cove
From NOAA's current predictions for east of the airport at 15 ft depth, 3.2 miles away. Slack is when the current turns and the water is calmest; flood runs in with the rising tide and ebb runs out with the falling tide. Times are the peak of each run, in knots. The flood runs toward the NW (317°) and the ebb toward the SE (133°). The strongest current this week is 1.4 knots.
| Day | Slack water and peak currents |
|---|---|
| Sun Oct 11 | Slack 1:58 AMEbb 4:09 AM 1.2 knSlack 6:41 AMFlood 11:06 AM 1.2 knSlack 2:02 PMEbb 4:14 PM 1.1 knSlack 6:39 PMFlood 11:42 PM 1.4 kn |
| Mon Oct 12 | Slack 2:37 AMEbb 4:46 AM 1.2 knSlack 7:14 AMFlood 11:42 AM 1.1 knSlack 2:35 PMEbb 4:48 PM 1.2 knSlack 7:11 PM |
| Tue Oct 13 | Flood 12:21 AM 1.3 knSlack 3:15 AMEbb 5:22 AM 1.2 knSlack 7:46 AMFlood 12:16 PM 1.1 knSlack 3:07 PMEbb 5:23 PM 1.2 knSlack 7:45 PM |
| Wed Oct 14 | Flood 1:01 AM 1.2 knSlack 3:54 AMEbb 5:57 AM 1.0 knSlack 8:16 AMFlood 12:51 PM 1.1 knSlack 3:41 PMEbb 5:58 PM 1.1 knSlack 8:20 PM |
| Thu Oct 15 | Flood 1:41 AM 1.1 knSlack 4:35 AMEbb 6:33 AM 0.8 knSlack 8:48 AMFlood 1:31 PM 1.1 knSlack 4:20 PMEbb 6:34 PM 0.9 knSlack 8:54 PM |
| Fri Oct 16 | Flood 2:25 AM 0.9 knSlack 5:21 AMEbb 7:13 AM 0.6 knSlack 9:24 AMFlood 2:20 PM 1.0 knSlack 5:06 PMEbb 7:12 PM 0.7 knSlack 9:27 PM |
| Sat Oct 17 | Flood 3:14 AM 0.8 knSlack 6:20 AMEbb 8:03 AM 0.3 knSlack 10:10 AMFlood 3:15 PM 0.8 knSlack 6:05 PMEbb 7:59 PM 0.4 knSlack 9:59 PM |
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Best fishing times at Ward Cove
The bite score (0 to 100) adds up what anglers watch most: moving water (a tide running harder than usual here scores higher), solunar periods (major periods of about two hours centred on the moon overhead or underfoot, minor periods of about an hour on moonrise and moonset), dawn and dusk light, and how close it is to the new or full moon. Best times are the stretches of the day scoring near that day's top.
| Day | Bite score | Best times | Major periods | Minor periods |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Oct 11 | 81 · Excellent | 5:00 PM–6:00 PM | 12:06 AM–2:06 AM, 12:29 PM–2:29 PM | 8:32 AM–9:32 AM, 5:13 PM–6:13 PM |
| Mon Oct 12 | 76 · Excellent | 5:00 PM–7:00 PM | 12:52 AM–2:52 AM, 1:15 PM–3:15 PM | 9:55 AM–10:55 AM, 5:25 PM–6:25 PM |
| Tue Oct 13 | 64 · Good | 5:00 PM–7:00 PM | 1:39 AM–3:39 AM, 2:04 PM–4:04 PM | 11:16 AM–12:16 PM, 5:44 PM–6:44 PM |
| Wed Oct 14 | 51 · Fair | 6:00 PM–7:00 PM | 2:29 AM–4:29 AM, 2:54 PM–4:54 PM | 12:30 PM–1:30 PM, 6:14 PM–7:14 PM |
| Thu Oct 15 | 39 · Fair | 5:00 PM–6:00 PM | 3:19 AM–5:19 AM, 3:45 PM–5:45 PM | 1:31 PM–2:31 PM, 6:58 PM–7:58 PM |
| Fri Oct 16 | 36 · Fair | 5:00 PM–6:00 PM | 4:10 AM–6:10 AM, 4:35 PM–6:35 PM | 2:15 PM–3:15 PM, 7:59 PM–8:59 PM |
| Sat Oct 17 | 30 · Slow | 6:00 PM–7:00 PM | 5:00 AM–7:00 AM, 5:25 PM–7:25 PM | 2:45 PM–3:45 PM, 9:12 PM–10:12 PM |
A planning aid, not a guarantee. Wind, water clarity, bait and pressure changes matter too; the forecast above adds live wind and pressure when you open the page.
Best daylight low tides in the next two weeks
The lowest water that falls between sunrise and sunset, for tide pooling and beachcombing.
- 0.8 ft at 7:24 AM on Sunday, October 11
- 1.7 ft at 7:57 AM on Monday, October 12
- 2.5 ft at 5:03 PM on Thursday, October 22
- 2.7 ft at 8:29 AM on Tuesday, October 13
- 3.7 ft at 9:01 AM on Wednesday, October 14
- 4.2 ft at 4:22 PM on Wednesday, October 21
Tide table: October 11 to November 10, 2026
Full 2026 tide table Full 2027 tide table
| Day | High and low tides | Sunrise / sunset |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Oct 11 | H 1:36 AM 16.2 ftL 7:24 AM 0.8 ftH 1:32 PM 17.8 ftL 7:55 PM -1.6 ft | 7:10 AM / 5:59 PM |
| Mon Oct 12 | H 2:13 AM 15.8 ftL 7:57 AM 1.7 ftH 2:02 PM 17.5 ftL 8:30 PM -1.3 ft | 7:12 AM / 5:56 PM |
| Tue Oct 13 | H 2:50 AM 15.1 ftL 8:29 AM 2.7 ftH 2:32 PM 16.9 ftL 9:04 PM -0.7 ft | 7:14 AM / 5:54 PM |
| Wed Oct 14 | H 3:28 AM 14.2 ftL 9:01 AM 3.7 ftH 3:03 PM 16.1 ftL 9:40 PM 0.3 ft | 7:16 AM / 5:51 PM |
| Thu Oct 15 | H 4:07 AM 13.2 ftL 9:35 AM 4.8 ftH 3:36 PM 15.1 ftL 10:21 PM 1.4 ft | 7:18 AM / 5:49 PM |
| Fri Oct 16 | H 4:53 AM 12.1 ftL 10:14 AM 5.8 ftH 4:15 PM 13.9 ftL 11:10 PM 2.5 ft | 7:20 AM / 5:46 PM |
| Sat Oct 17 | H 5:52 AM 11.2 ftL 11:06 AM 6.7 ftH 5:07 PM 12.8 ft | 7:22 AM / 5:44 PM |
| Sun Oct 18 | L 12:16 AM 3.4 ftH 7:13 AM 10.8 ftL 12:29 PM 7.2 ftH 6:22 PM 11.9 ft | 7:24 AM / 5:41 PM |
| Mon Oct 19 | L 1:38 AM 3.7 ftH 8:38 AM 11.1 ftL 2:14 PM 6.9 ftH 7:55 PM 11.7 ft | 7:26 AM / 5:39 PM |
| Tue Oct 20 | L 2:53 AM 3.4 ftH 9:38 AM 12.0 ftL 3:30 PM 5.7 ftH 9:14 PM 12.2 ft | 7:28 AM / 5:37 PM |
| Wed Oct 21 | L 3:48 AM 2.8 ftH 10:20 AM 13.2 ftL 4:22 PM 4.2 ftH 10:13 PM 13.1 ft | 7:30 AM / 5:34 PM |
| Thu Oct 22 | L 4:31 AM 2.1 ftH 10:54 AM 14.5 ftL 5:03 PM 2.5 ftH 11:01 PM 14.1 ft | 7:32 AM / 5:32 PM |
| Fri Oct 23 | L 5:08 AM 1.6 ftH 11:26 AM 15.8 ftL 5:41 PM 0.8 ftH 11:46 PM 15.0 ft | 7:34 AM / 5:30 PM |
| Sat Oct 24 | L 5:44 AM 1.3 ftH 11:57 AM 17.0 ftL 6:18 PM -0.7 ft | 7:36 AM / 5:27 PM |
| Sun Oct 25 | H 12:28 AM 15.7 ftL 6:19 AM 1.2 ftH 12:30 PM 17.9 ftL 6:56 PM -1.9 ft | 7:38 AM / 5:25 PM |
| Mon Oct 26 | H 1:10 AM 16.2 ftL 6:55 AM 1.4 ftH 1:05 PM 18.6 ftL 7:35 PM -2.7 ft | 7:40 AM / 5:23 PM |
| Tue Oct 27 | H 1:53 AM 16.3 ftL 7:33 AM 1.8 ftH 1:42 PM 18.9 ftL 8:17 PM -2.9 ft | 7:42 AM / 5:20 PM |
| Wed Oct 28 | H 2:38 AM 15.9 ftL 8:13 AM 2.4 ftH 2:22 PM 18.7 ftL 9:01 PM -2.6 ft | 7:44 AM / 5:18 PM |
| Thu Oct 29 | H 3:26 AM 15.3 ftL 8:56 AM 3.2 ftH 3:06 PM 18.0 ftL 9:50 PM -1.8 ft | 7:46 AM / 5:16 PM |
| Fri Oct 30 | H 4:18 AM 14.4 ftL 9:46 AM 4.2 ftH 3:56 PM 16.9 ftL 10:46 PM -0.7 ft | 7:48 AM / 5:14 PM |
| Sat Oct 31 | H 5:20 AM 13.5 ftL 10:46 AM 5.1 ftH 4:56 PM 15.4 ftL 11:52 PM 0.4 ft | 7:51 AM / 5:12 PM |
| Sun Nov 1 | H 5:32 AM 13.0 ftL 11:06 AM 5.7 ftH 5:13 PM 14.1 ft | 6:53 AM / 4:10 PM |
| Mon Nov 2 | L 12:06 AM 1.2 ftH 6:50 AM 13.2 ftL 12:43 PM 5.4 ftH 6:43 PM 13.4 ft | 6:55 AM / 4:07 PM |
| Tue Nov 3 | L 1:20 AM 1.6 ftH 8:00 AM 13.9 ftL 2:09 PM 4.3 ftH 8:07 PM 13.4 ft | 6:57 AM / 4:05 PM |
| Wed Nov 4 | L 2:25 AM 1.7 ftH 8:55 AM 15.0 ftL 3:13 PM 2.7 ftH 9:16 PM 13.8 ft | 6:59 AM / 4:03 PM |
| Thu Nov 5 | L 3:19 AM 1.7 ftH 9:41 AM 16.0 ftL 4:04 PM 1.2 ftH 10:12 PM 14.4 ft | 7:01 AM / 4:01 PM |
| Fri Nov 6 | L 4:04 AM 1.8 ftH 10:20 AM 16.7 ftL 4:47 PM -0.1 ftH 11:00 PM 14.8 ft | 7:03 AM / 3:59 PM |
| Sat Nov 7 | L 4:45 AM 2.0 ftH 10:55 AM 17.3 ftL 5:25 PM -0.9 ftH 11:43 PM 15.0 ft | 7:05 AM / 3:57 PM |
| Sun Nov 8 | L 5:22 AM 2.4 ftH 11:28 AM 17.5 ftL 6:01 PM -1.4 ft | 7:07 AM / 3:55 PM |
| Mon Nov 9 | H 12:23 AM 15.1 ftL 5:57 AM 2.9 ftH 12:00 PM 17.4 ftL 6:35 PM -1.4 ft | 7:09 AM / 3:54 PM |
| Tue Nov 10 | H 1:00 AM 14.9 ftL 6:32 AM 3.4 ftH 12:32 PM 17.2 ftL 7:09 PM -1.1 ft | 7:11 AM / 3:52 PM |
Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero line on most US nautical charts. A minus height means the water drops below that line.
Around Ward Cove
Beaches
- Refuge cove 1.5 mi
- South Point Higgins Beach 5.3 mi
Boat ramps
- Boat ramp 2.9 mi
- Seaplane Ramp 3.0 mi
- Ramp (Inactive) 3.4 mi
- Bar Harbor 3.7 mi
Marinas
- Bar Harbor North 3.6 mi
- Bar Harbor South 3.8 mi
- Casey Moran Harbor 4.8 mi
- Thomas Basin 5.3 mi
Fishing piers and docks
- Seaplane Pier 2.8 mi
- Petro Alaska 2.9 mi
- Marine Highway Wharf 3.1 mi
- Berth 1;Main Berth 3.3 mi
Distances from the tide station. Places from © OpenStreetMap contributors; links open in Google Maps.
Fish in the waters around Ward Cove
40 kinds of fish, sharks and rays have been recorded within 15 km (about 9 miles) of this spot, most often Pink Salmon, Coho Salmon, Sockeye Salmon. The bar shows how many records each has.
- Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuschaSalt water · 18 records
- Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutchSalt water · 8 records
- Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerkaSalt water · 8 records
- Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus ketaSalt water · 7 records
- King Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytschaSalt water · 6 records
- Shiner Perch Cymatogaster aggregataSalt water · 5 records
- Black Prickleback Xiphister atropurpureusSalt water · 5 records
- High Cockscomb Anoplarchus purpurescensSalt water · 5 records
- Tidepool Sculpin Oligocottus maculosusSalt water · 3 records
- Shortspine Thornyhead Sebastolobus alascanusSalt water · 3 records
- Spinycheek Starsnout Bathyagonus infraspinatusSalt water · 3 records
- Blackfin Poacher Bathyagonus nigripinnisSalt water · 3 records
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalisSalt water · 3 records
- Northern Clingfish Gobiesox maeandricusSalt water · 3 records
- Spotted Snailfish Liparis callyodonSalt water · 3 records
- Crescent Gunnel Pholis laetaSalt water · 3 records
- Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkiiSalt water · 3 records
- Kelp Pipefish Syngnathus californiensisSalt water · 2 records
- Quillback Rockfish Sebastes maligerSalt water · 2 records
- Black Rockfish Sebastes melanopsSalt water · 2 records
- Snake Prickleback Lumpenus sagittaSalt water · 2 records
- Rock Sole Lepidopsetta bilineataSalt water · 2 records
- Atlantic Salmon Salmo salarSalt water · 2 records
- Bay Pipefish Syngnathus leptorhynchusSalt water · 1 record
- Great Sculpin Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalusSalt water · 1 record
- Pacific Staghorn Sculpin Leptocottus armatusSalt water · 1 record
- Scalyhead Sculpin Artedius harringtoniSalt water · 1 record
- Smoothhead Sculpin Artedius lateralisSalt water · 1 record
- Prickly Sculpin Cottus asperSalt water · 1 record
- Sablefish Anoplopoma fimbriaSalt water · 1 record
- Crested Sculpin Blepsias bilobusSalt water · 1 record
- Splitnose Rockfish Sebastes diploproaSalt water · 1 record
- Greenstriped Rockfish Sebastes elongatusSalt water · 1 record
- Copper Rockfish Sebastes caurinusSalt water · 1 record
- Yellowtail Rockfish Sebastes flavidusSalt water · 1 record
- Gray Starsnout Bathyagonus alascanusSalt water · 1 record
- Tube-snout Aulorhynchus flavidusSalt water · 1 record
- Prowfish Zaprora silenusSalt water · 1 record
- Dwarf Wrymouth Cryptacanthodes aleutensisSalt water · 1 record
- Northern Ronquil Ronquilus jordaniSalt water · 1 record
Records from GBIF datasets released under CC0 or CC BY 4.0 (museum collections, surveys and community sightings). It shows what has been found here, not a complete list. Check your state rules before keeping fish.
About the tides at Ward Cove
Ward Cove gets two high tides and two low tides almost every day, and the two highs are close in height. Over the next month the water typically rises or falls about 13.1 ft between a high and the next low.
The biggest swings in this window come around Tuesday, October 27, when the day's range reaches 21.8 ft, and again around Sunday, October 11 (19.4 ft). Those spring tides follow the new and full moon by a day or two. The calmest day is Monday, October 19, with only 8.0 ft between the day's highest and lowest water.
The lowest tide of the month is -2.9 ft at 8:17 PM on Tuesday, October 27. There are 15 minus tides (lows below the chart's zero line) in this window: the best times for tide pools, clamming and walking the flats.
The highest predicted tide is 18.9 ft at 1:42 PM on Tuesday, October 27. Onshore wind or a storm can push the real water level above that.
This is a subordinate station: NOAA calculates its times and heights by adjusting a nearby reference station, so expect them to be a few minutes or a few tenths of a foot off on any given day.
Station details
- NOAA station ID: 9450492
- Type: subordinate (adjusted from a reference station)
- Location: 55.3983, -131.7270
Reference station: Ketchikan.
Nearby tide stations
- Vallenar Point 5 mi
- Ketchikan 6 mi
- Coon Island, George Inlet 10 mi
- Loring, Naha Bay 15 mi
- Nehenta Bay, Gravina Island 16 mi
- Lancaster Cove, Cholmondeley Sound 19 mi