Barlow Point Tides Today
Open this station in TidalMapLive water level, free for 7 days
Barlow Point runs a mean tidal range of about 3.8 ft. This month the highest water, 6.2 ft, comes on the afternoon of Nov 25, and the lowest, a -1.2 ft minus tide, on the evening of Nov 25.
| Low tide | 5:55 AM | 0.1 ft |
| High tide | 11:05 AM | 4.2 ft |
| Low tide | 6:35 PM | 0.5 ft |
| High tide | 11:15 PM | 3.6 ft |
Today on the water at Barlow Point
Today at Barlow Point: high tide at 11:05 AM (4.2 ft) and 11:15 PM (3.6 ft), low tide at 5:55 AM (0.1 ft) and 6:35 PM (0.5 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is mostly cloudy then light rain with SSE winds 7 mph, 58°F. Sunrise is at 6:56 AM and sunset at 4:55 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Mostly Cloudy then Light Rain | SSE 7 mph | 58°F |
| Tonight | Light Rain | SSE 2 to 7 mph | 47°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Barlow Point is
Barlow Point sits at 46.1522° N, 123.0392° W on the Columbia River, at Longview, WA, in Cowlitz County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 2016 until 2016, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Longview (NOAA 9440422), 5.2 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 19 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Longview, WA, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, 5.2 mi away.
The tide at Barlow Point
Barlow Point has a semidiurnal tide: two highs and two lows a day of about the same size, roughly 12 hours 25 minutes apart. This month's predictions average 1.9 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 5.0 ft, and 4.1 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.5 ft and the lower low sits 0.4 ft below the other low. For the water around it: The ocean tide runs far up the Columbia, mixed semidiurnal at about 8 ft near the mouth and shrinking to 2 ft or less at Vancouver, where spring runoff moves the river as much as the moon does.
About this station
- High tide reaches Barlow Point about 11.0 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
Datum and source
Heights on this page are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero NOAA's nautical charts use for soundings. A predicted 0.0 ft low is the average of the lower low each day; a minus tide is water below chart datum, and a 2 ft high means 2 ft more water than the chart shows. NOAA fixes MLLW at Barlow Point from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 5.0 ft above it and mean sea level 2.3 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Astoria, OR gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 9440483, established 2016, gauge removed 2016. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Barlow Point
- Longview: 5.2 mi, tides about 19 min later
- Cape Horn: 12.0 mi, tides about 42 min earlier
- Temco Kalama Terminal: 15.0 mi, tides about 56 min later
- Skamokawa: 21.6 mi, tides about 83 min earlier
- Vancouver: 39.6 mi, tides about 183 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides of the month at Barlow Point this month: Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 22, Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27. These spring highs run the highest water of the month.
🔻 Lowest tides of the month at Barlow Point this month: Nov 1, Nov 2, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 13, Nov 14, Nov 21, Nov 22 …. These minus lows are when flats and bars dry out.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Barlow Point, peak feeding activity is around the moon overhead/underfoot (majors) and moonrise/moonset (minors). Score is the day's activity coefficient (0–100).
| Day | Major windows | Minor windows | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today 🌗 | 7:32–9:32 AM 7:57–9:57 PM | 12:58–2:58 AM 1:51–3:51 PM | 62 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 8:18–10:18 AM 8:43–10:43 PM | 2:13–4:13 AM 2:09–4:09 PM | 74 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:03–11:03 AM 9:28–11:28 PM | 3:26–5:26 AM 2:27–4:27 PM | 84 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 9:48–11:48 AM 10:13–12:13 AM | 4:38–6:38 AM 2:47–4:47 PM | 92 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 10:34–12:34 PM 10:59–12:59 AM | 5:50–7:50 AM 3:10–5:10 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 11:22–1:22 PM 11:47–1:47 AM | 7:00–9:00 AM 3:38–5:38 PM | 99 |
| Tue Nov 10 🌑 | 12:12–2:12 PM 12:37–2:37 AM | 8:07–10:07 AM 4:13–6:13 PM | 98 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 9440483. Solunar windows computed from the moon's position for this location. Times shown in the station's local time. Not for navigation.
Open this station in TidalMapLive water level, free for 7 days
Set your own flood/low lines, moon & solunar, weather and live tides in the app, start a free TidalMap trial.