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Drift River Terminal Tide Times

Alaska · Station 9455741 · Updated Sep 19, 2026

Drift River Terminal runs a mean tidal range of about 15.3 ft. This month the highest water, 21.5 ft, comes on the evening of Sep 28, and the lowest, a -3.4 ft minus tide, on the morning of Sep 29.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Nikiski (9455760), about 26 mi away, high and low tides here run on average about 34 min earlier.

Predictedno live gauge

Next low tide 6.2 ft at 4:50 AM

Predicted

Today's tides
Low tide	3:36 AM	4.6 ft
High tide	9:55 AM	12.6 ft
Low tide	3:35 PM	9.7 ft
High tide	9:05 PM	14.4 ft

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder Flood tide ≥ ft Low tide ≤ ft

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Drift River Terminal this month: Sep 1, Sep 10, Sep 11, Sep 12, Sep 13, Sep 14, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.

🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Drift River Terminal this month: Sep 1, Sep 2, Sep 8, Sep 9, Sep 10, Sep 11, Sep 12, Sep 13, Sep 14, Sep 15, Sep 25, Sep 26 …. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock, prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

September 2026

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1L:-1.1H:18.0L:1.4H:19.8

2L:-0.4H:16.5L:3.6H:18.9

3🌗L:0.8H:14.8L:5.9H:17.8

4🌗L:2.2H:13.4L:8.1H:16.6

5🌗L:3.1H:13.0L:9.3H:15.8

6🌗L:2.7H:14.0L:8.6

7H:16.3L:1.0H:15.7L:6.4

8H:17.7L:-0.8H:17.5L:3.7

9H:19.2L:-2.2H:19.1L:1.1

10H:20.3L:-3.0H:20.3L:-0.9

11🌑H:20.9L:-3.1H:21.0L:-2.2

12🌑H:20.8L:-2.5H:21.3

13🌑L:-2.7H:20.2L:-1.1H:20.9

14L:-2.3H:19.2L:0.8H:20.1

15L:-1.1H:17.7L:3.0H:18.9

16L:0.6H:16.0L:5.3H:17.5

17L:2.6H:14.2L:7.6H:15.9

18🌓L:4.6H:12.6L:9.7H:14.4

19🌓L:6.2H:11.9L:11.0H:13.2

20🌓L:6.4H:12.5L:10.8

21🌓H:13.2L:5.2H:13.8L:9.0

22H:14.3L:3.6H:15.1L:6.8

23H:15.7L:2.1H:16.5L:4.5

24H:17.1L:0.7H:17.9L:2.2

25🌕H:18.4L:-0.3H:19.2L:0.0

26🌕H:19.4L:-0.8H:20.4L:-1.8

27🌕H:20.0L:-0.7H:21.2L:-2.9

28🌕H:20.1L:-0.1H:21.5

29L:-3.4H:19.6L:1.2H:21.4

30L:-3.0H:18.5L:2.9H:20.6

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Drift River Terminal, 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 🌓	7:16–9:16 PM 7:41–9:41 AM	5:51–7:51 PM 8:42–10:42 PM	41
Sat Sep 19 🌓	8:06–10:06 PM 8:31–10:31 AM	6:15–8:15 PM 10:04–12:04 AM	43
Sun Sep 20 🌓	8:55–10:55 PM 9:20–11:20 AM	6:23–8:23 PM —	56
Mon Sep 21 🌓	9:42–11:42 PM 10:07–12:07 PM	6:25–8:25 PM 11:37–1:37 AM	69
Tue Sep 22 🌔	10:27–12:27 AM 10:52–12:52 PM	6:26–8:26 PM 1:12–3:12 AM	79
Wed Sep 23 🌔	— —	6:25–8:25 PM 2:44–4:44 AM	87
Thu Sep 24 🌔	11:11–1:11 AM 11:36–1:36 PM	6:24–8:24 PM 4:15–6:15 AM	93

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 9455741. Solunar windows computed from the moon's position for this location. Times shown in the station's local time. Not for navigation.

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