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Chinook, Baker Bay, Wash. tide chart

Washington · near Ilwaco (5 mi) · NOAA station 9440573 · times in local time (PDT)

Tides today, Sunday, October 11

12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM1:54 AM · 7.4 ft7:23 AM · 1.2 ft1:44 PM · 8.5 ft8:05 PM · -1.0 ft8.5 ft
  • High 1:54 AM 7.4 ft
  • Low 7:23 AM 1.2 ft
  • High 1:44 PM 8.5 ft
  • Low 8:05 PM -1.0 ft

Sunrise 7:28 AM · Sunset 6:38 PM · New moon (0%)

Fishing forecast

Hour by hour at Chinook, Baker Bay, Wash.
79Excellent

Best times

6:00 PM–7:00 PM

New moon (0% lit)

    Biting around here in October

    • Coho salmon In seasonNearshore and bays on the incoming tide
    • Rockfish In seasonJetties and reefs, slower tides

    General seasonal guide for Pacific Northwest. Seasons, sizes and limits vary, so check your state rules before keeping fish.

    Weather and conditions at Chinook, Baker Bay, Wash.

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    Tide times this week

    DayHigh and low tidesSunrise / sunsetMoon
    Sun Oct 11H 1:54 AM 7.4 ftL 7:23 AM 1.2 ftH 1:44 PM 8.5 ftL 8:05 PM -1.0 ft7:28 AM / 6:38 PMNew moon (0%)
    Mon Oct 12H 2:40 AM 7.2 ftL 7:57 AM 1.9 ftH 2:13 PM 8.4 ftL 8:43 PM -0.9 ft7:29 AM / 6:36 PMNew moon (2%)
    Tue Oct 13H 3:24 AM 6.9 ftL 8:31 AM 2.5 ftH 2:41 PM 8.3 ftL 9:19 PM -0.6 ft7:31 AM / 6:34 PMWaxing crescent (6%)
    Wed Oct 14H 4:10 AM 6.6 ftL 9:04 AM 3.1 ftH 3:09 PM 8.1 ftL 9:56 PM -0.2 ft7:32 AM / 6:32 PMWaxing crescent (13%)
    Thu Oct 15H 4:58 AM 6.3 ftL 9:40 AM 3.6 ftH 3:41 PM 7.8 ftL 10:36 PM 0.3 ft7:33 AM / 6:31 PMWaxing crescent (20%)
    Fri Oct 16H 5:50 AM 6.0 ftL 10:22 AM 4.1 ftH 4:19 PM 7.4 ftL 11:23 PM 0.8 ft7:35 AM / 6:29 PMWaxing crescent (30%)
    Sat Oct 17H 6:50 AM 5.8 ftL 11:16 AM 4.4 ftH 5:08 PM 6.9 ft7:36 AM / 6:27 PMFirst quarter (40%)

    Tidal currents near Chinook, Baker Bay, Wash.

    From NOAA's current predictions for Sand Island, SSE of at 12 ft depth, 1.5 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 E (97°) and the ebb toward the W (265°). The strongest current this week is 1.5 knots.

    DaySlack water and peak currents
    Sun Oct 11Slack 2:07 AMEbb 4:55 AM 1.1 knSlack 8:35 AMFlood 10:59 AM 0.7 knSlack 1:56 PMEbb 5:12 PM 1.5 knSlack 9:22 PMFlood 11:51 PM 0.7 kn
    Mon Oct 12Slack 2:48 AMEbb 5:33 AM 1.0 knSlack 9:07 AMFlood 11:19 AM 0.6 knSlack 2:27 PMEbb 5:46 PM 1.5 knSlack 9:58 PM
    Tue Oct 13Flood 12:20 AM 0.7 knSlack 3:29 AMEbb 6:08 AM 0.9 knSlack 9:40 AMFlood 11:42 AM 0.6 knSlack 2:57 PMEbb 6:19 PM 1.4 knSlack 10:35 PM
    Wed Oct 14Flood 12:47 AM 0.6 knSlack 4:10 AMEbb 6:44 AM 0.8 knSlack 10:15 AMFlood 12:09 PM 0.5 knSlack 3:27 PMEbb 6:51 PM 1.3 knSlack 11:15 PM
    Thu Oct 15Flood 1:18 AM 0.5 knSlack 4:54 AMEbb 7:21 AM 0.6 knSlack 10:54 AMFlood 12:41 PM 0.4 knSlack 3:57 PMEbb 7:28 PM 1.2 knSlack 11:59 PM
    Fri Oct 16Flood 1:56 AM 0.5 knSlack 5:43 AMEbb 8:05 AM 0.5 knSlack 11:40 AMFlood 1:18 PM 0.4 knSlack 4:30 PMEbb 8:12 PM 1.1 kn
    Sat Oct 17Slack 12:50 AMFlood 2:46 AM 0.4 knSlack 6:40 AMEbb 9:08 AM 0.4 knSlack 12:37 PMFlood 2:05 PM 0.3 knSlack 5:11 PMEbb 9:10 PM 0.9 kn

    Current predictions can differ a lot over short distances: check the station location on NOAA before planning a passage.

    Best fishing times at Chinook, Baker Bay, Wash.

    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.

    DayBite scoreBest timesMajor periodsMinor periods
    Sun Oct 1179 · Excellent6:00 PM–7:00 PM12:34 AM–2:34 AM, 12:56 PM–2:56 PM8:28 AM–9:28 AM, 6:15 PM–7:15 PM
    Mon Oct 1270 · Good6:00 PM–7:00 PM1:20 AM–3:20 AM, 1:43 PM–3:43 PM9:39 AM–10:39 AM, 6:39 PM–7:39 PM
    Tue Oct 1363 · Good6:00 PM–8:00 PM, 3:00 PM–4:00 PM2:07 AM–4:07 AM, 2:32 PM–4:32 PM10:48 AM–11:48 AM, 7:09 PM–8:09 PM
    Wed Oct 1452 · Fair4:00 PM–7:00 PM2:56 AM–4:56 AM, 3:21 PM–5:21 PM11:53 AM–12:53 PM, 7:47 PM–8:47 PM
    Thu Oct 1543 · Fair5:00 PM–6:00 PM3:47 AM–5:47 AM, 4:12 PM–6:12 PM12:50 PM–1:50 PM, 8:35 PM–9:35 PM
    Fri Oct 1642 · Fair6:00 PM–7:00 PM4:38 AM–6:38 AM, 5:03 PM–7:03 PM1:38 PM–2:38 PM, 9:31 PM–10:31 PM
    Sat Oct 1743 · Fair6:00 PM–7:00 PM5:28 AM–7:28 AM, 5:52 PM–7:52 PM2:16 PM–3:16 PM, 10:35 PM–11:35 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.

    1. 0.6 ft at 5:36 PM on Friday, October 23
    2. 1.6 ft at 4:51 PM on Thursday, October 22
    3. 1.9 ft at 7:57 AM on Monday, October 12
    4. 2.5 ft at 8:31 AM on Tuesday, October 13
    5. 2.6 ft at 4:01 PM on Wednesday, October 21
    6. 3.1 ft at 9:04 AM on Wednesday, October 14

    Tide table: October 11 to November 10, 2026

    Full 2026 tide table Full 2027 tide table

    DayHigh and low tidesSunrise / sunset
    Sun Oct 11H 1:54 AM 7.4 ftL 7:23 AM 1.2 ftH 1:44 PM 8.5 ftL 8:05 PM -1.0 ft7:28 AM / 6:38 PM
    Mon Oct 12H 2:40 AM 7.2 ftL 7:57 AM 1.9 ftH 2:13 PM 8.4 ftL 8:43 PM -0.9 ft7:29 AM / 6:36 PM
    Tue Oct 13H 3:24 AM 6.9 ftL 8:31 AM 2.5 ftH 2:41 PM 8.3 ftL 9:19 PM -0.6 ft7:31 AM / 6:34 PM
    Wed Oct 14H 4:10 AM 6.6 ftL 9:04 AM 3.1 ftH 3:09 PM 8.1 ftL 9:56 PM -0.2 ft7:32 AM / 6:32 PM
    Thu Oct 15H 4:58 AM 6.3 ftL 9:40 AM 3.6 ftH 3:41 PM 7.8 ftL 10:36 PM 0.3 ft7:33 AM / 6:31 PM
    Fri Oct 16H 5:50 AM 6.0 ftL 10:22 AM 4.1 ftH 4:19 PM 7.4 ftL 11:23 PM 0.8 ft7:35 AM / 6:29 PM
    Sat Oct 17H 6:50 AM 5.8 ftL 11:16 AM 4.4 ftH 5:08 PM 6.9 ft7:36 AM / 6:27 PM
    Sun Oct 18L 12:23 AM 1.2 ftH 7:54 AM 5.8 ftL 12:30 PM 4.5 ftH 6:15 PM 6.5 ft7:38 AM / 6:25 PM
    Mon Oct 19L 1:32 AM 1.3 ftH 8:55 AM 6.0 ftL 1:52 PM 4.2 ftH 7:39 PM 6.2 ft7:39 AM / 6:24 PM
    Tue Oct 20L 2:36 AM 1.3 ftH 9:46 AM 6.3 ftL 3:03 PM 3.5 ftH 9:01 PM 6.2 ft7:40 AM / 6:22 PM
    Wed Oct 21L 3:29 AM 1.1 ftH 10:28 AM 6.8 ftL 4:01 PM 2.6 ftH 10:09 PM 6.5 ft7:42 AM / 6:20 PM
    Thu Oct 22L 4:14 AM 1.0 ftH 11:03 AM 7.2 ftL 4:51 PM 1.6 ftH 11:07 PM 6.8 ft7:43 AM / 6:18 PM
    Fri Oct 23L 4:55 AM 1.0 ftH 11:34 AM 7.8 ftL 5:36 PM 0.6 ft7:45 AM / 6:17 PM
    Sat Oct 24H 12:00 AM 7.0 ftL 5:34 AM 1.2 ftH 12:04 PM 8.2 ftL 6:19 PM -0.3 ft7:46 AM / 6:15 PM
    Sun Oct 25H 12:49 AM 7.2 ftL 6:12 AM 1.6 ftH 12:35 PM 8.7 ftL 7:01 PM -0.9 ft7:47 AM / 6:13 PM
    Mon Oct 26H 1:38 AM 7.3 ftL 6:51 AM 2.0 ftH 1:08 PM 9.1 ftL 7:44 PM -1.4 ft7:49 AM / 6:12 PM
    Tue Oct 27H 2:27 AM 7.3 ftL 7:31 AM 2.5 ftH 1:43 PM 9.3 ftL 8:29 PM -1.6 ft7:50 AM / 6:10 PM
    Wed Oct 28H 3:18 AM 7.2 ftL 8:14 AM 2.9 ftH 2:23 PM 9.4 ftL 9:16 PM -1.5 ft7:52 AM / 6:09 PM
    Thu Oct 29H 4:11 AM 7.0 ftL 9:00 AM 3.3 ftH 3:07 PM 9.2 ftL 10:06 PM -1.2 ft7:53 AM / 6:07 PM
    Fri Oct 30H 5:08 AM 6.8 ftL 9:51 AM 3.7 ftH 3:58 PM 8.8 ftL 11:02 PM -0.7 ft7:55 AM / 6:05 PM
    Sat Oct 31H 6:10 AM 6.6 ftL 10:54 AM 3.9 ftH 4:58 PM 8.1 ft7:56 AM / 6:04 PM
    Sun Nov 1L 12:06 AM -0.1 ftH 6:15 AM 6.6 ftL 11:10 AM 4.0 ftH 5:12 PM 7.5 ft6:57 AM / 5:02 PM
    Mon Nov 2L 12:14 AM 0.3 ftH 7:18 AM 6.8 ftL 12:34 PM 3.6 ftH 6:38 PM 7.0 ft6:59 AM / 5:01 PM
    Tue Nov 3L 1:20 AM 0.6 ftH 8:16 AM 7.3 ftL 1:52 PM 2.7 ftH 8:02 PM 6.8 ft7:00 AM / 5:00 PM
    Wed Nov 4L 2:18 AM 0.8 ftH 9:06 AM 7.8 ftL 2:58 PM 1.7 ftH 9:15 PM 6.8 ft7:02 AM / 4:58 PM
    Thu Nov 5L 3:08 AM 1.0 ftH 9:49 AM 8.2 ftL 3:54 PM 0.7 ftH 10:17 PM 7.0 ft7:03 AM / 4:57 PM
    Fri Nov 6L 3:53 AM 1.4 ftH 10:27 AM 8.6 ftL 4:42 PM -0.1 ftH 11:11 PM 7.1 ft7:05 AM / 4:55 PM
    Sat Nov 7L 4:34 AM 1.8 ftH 11:02 AM 8.8 ftL 5:26 PM -0.7 ft7:06 AM / 4:54 PM
    Sun Nov 8H 12:00 AM 7.2 ftL 5:13 AM 2.4 ftH 11:35 AM 8.9 ftL 6:07 PM -0.9 ft7:08 AM / 4:53 PM
    Mon Nov 9H 12:47 AM 7.3 ftL 5:52 AM 2.9 ftH 12:05 PM 8.8 ftL 6:45 PM -0.9 ft7:09 AM / 4:52 PM
    Tue Nov 10H 1:31 AM 7.2 ftL 6:29 AM 3.4 ftH 12:35 PM 8.7 ftL 7:22 PM -0.8 ft7:11 AM / 4:50 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 Chinook, Baker Bay, Wash.

    Fishing piers and docks

    Distances from the tide station. Places from © OpenStreetMap contributors; links open in Google Maps.

    Fish in the waters around Chinook, Baker Bay, Wash.

    31 kinds of fish, sharks and rays have been recorded within 15 km (about 9 miles) of this spot, most often King Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Prickly Sculpin. The bar shows how many records each has.

    • King Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytschaSalt water · 24360 records
    • Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkiiSalt water · 378 records
    • Prickly Sculpin Cottus asperSalt water · 25 records
    • Yellow Perch Perca flavescensBrackish water · 22 records
    • Starry Flounder Platichthys stellatusSalt water · 20 records
    • Great White Shark Carcharodon carchariasSalt water · 16 records
    • Rosybrown Snailfish Liparis adiastolusSalt water · 14 records
    • Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykissSalt water · 14 records
    • Pacific Staghorn Sculpin Leptocottus armatusSalt water · 11 records
    • Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutchSalt water · 8 records
    • Surf Smelt Hypomesus pretiosusSalt water · 7 records
    • American Shad Alosa sapidissimaSalt water · 7 records
    • Three-spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatusSalt water · 7 records
    • Showy Snailfish Liparis pulchellusSalt water · 7 records
    • Peamouth Mylocheilus caurinusBrackish water · 6 records
    • Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosusBrackish water · 6 records
    • Coastrange Sculpin Cottus aleuticusSalt water · 5 records
    • Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinisBrackish water · 5 records
    • Pond Loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatusBrackish water · 5 records
    • Shiner Perch Cymatogaster aggregataSalt water · 5 records
    • Redtail Surfperch Amphistichus rhodoterusSalt water · 5 records
    • White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanusSalt water · 5 records
    • Topsmelt Atherinops affinisSalt water · 3 records
    • Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus ketaSalt water · 3 records
    • Saddleback Gunnel Pholis ornataSalt water · 3 records
    • Snake Prickleback Lumpenus sagittaSalt water · 3 records
    • Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanusBrackish water · 3 records
    • Sebastodes columbianus3 records
    • Kelp Pipefish Syngnathus californiensisSalt water · 2 records
    • Striped Bass Morone saxatilisSalt water · 2 records
    • Sand Sole Psettichthys melanostictusSalt water · 2 records
    Fresh water nearby · 9 species

    Rivers, creeks and ponds within 15 km, not the tidal water itself.

    • Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoidesFresh water · 28 records
    • Bluegill Lepomis macrochirusFresh water · 15 records
    • Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatusFresh water · 13 records
    • Warmouth Lepomis gulosusFresh water · 9 records
    • Torrent Sculpin Cottus rhotheusFresh water · 8 records
    • Riffle Sculpin Cottus gulosusFresh water · 8 records
    • Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosusFresh water · 5 records
    • Reticulate Sculpin Cottus perplexusFresh water · 4 records
    • White Crappie Pomoxis annularisFresh water · 4 records

    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 Chinook, Baker Bay, Wash.

    Chinook, Baker Bay, Wash. 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 6.1 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 10.9 ft, and again around Sunday, November 8 (9.8 ft). Those spring tides follow the new and full moon by a day or two. The calmest day is Monday, October 19, with only 4.9 ft between the day's highest and lowest water.

    The lowest tide of the month is -1.6 ft at 8:29 PM on Tuesday, October 27. There are 17 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 9.4 ft at 2:23 PM on Wednesday, October 28. 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.

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    Reference station: Astoria (Tongue Point), Oreg..

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