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Nikiski Tide Times

Alaska · Station 9455760 · live gauge · Updated Aug 5, 2026

Nikiski runs a mean tidal range of about 17.3 ft. This month the highest water, 23.2 ft, comes on the morning of Aug 13, and the lowest, a -4.0 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Aug 13.

9.8 ftobserved 1:12 PM

Next low tide 5.4 ft at 3:59 PM

PredictedObserved

Monthly tide calendar

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

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Nikiski this month: Aug 11, Aug 12, Aug 13, Aug 14, Aug 15, Aug 16, Aug 28, Aug 29, Aug 30, Aug 31. 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 Nikiski this month: Aug 1, Aug 2, Aug 10, Aug 11, Aug 12, Aug 13, Aug 14, Aug 15, Aug 16, Aug 26, Aug 27, Aug 28 …. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock — prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

August 2026

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Fri

Sat

1L:2.4H:20.8L:-1.3H:21.3

2L:2.0H:20.4L:-0.3H:21.3

3L:1.8H:19.5L:1.3H:21.1

4L:2.0H:18.3L:3.2H:20.6

5🌗L:2.5H:16.9L:5.4H:19.8

6🌗L:2.8H:15.8L:7.5H:19.0

7🌗L:2.7H:15.6L:8.7

8H:18.7L:1.7H:16.5L:8.4

9H:19.1L:0.0H:18.0L:7.1

10H:20.3L:-1.7H:19.5L:5.2

11H:21.5L:-3.1H:20.9L:3.2

12🌑H:22.6L:-3.9H:22.0L:1.6

13🌑H:23.2L:-4.0H:22.7

14🌑L:0.4H:23.2L:-3.4H:23.0

15🌑L:-0.2H:22.5L:-2.1H:22.8

16L:-0.2H:21.4L:-0.1H:22.1

17L:0.5H:19.8L:2.3H:20.9

18L:1.7H:18.0L:4.9H:19.4

19🌓L:3.2H:16.2L:7.5H:17.7

20🌓L:4.4H:15.1L:9.7H:16.3

21🌓L:4.9H:14.9L:10.7

22🌓H:15.6L:4.3H:15.7L:10.2

23H:16.0L:3.2H:16.9L:8.9

24H:17.0L:1.9H:18.1L:7.3

25H:18.2L:0.7H:19.2L:5.6

26H:19.4L:-0.3H:20.1L:4.0

27🌕H:20.4L:-1.0H:21.0L:2.4

28🌕H:21.3L:-1.3H:21.7

29🌕L:1.1H:21.8L:-1.2H:22.4

30L:0.2H:21.8L:-0.5H:22.7

31L:-0.4H:21.4L:0.7H:22.7

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Nikiski — 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 🌗	6:28–8:28 AM 6:53–8:53 PM	10:00–12:00 AM 3:37–5:37 PM	32
Thu Aug 6 🌗	7:24–9:24 AM 7:49–9:49 PM	10:06–12:06 AM 5:33–7:33 PM	42
Fri Aug 7 🌗	8:25–10:25 AM 8:50–10:50 PM	10:25–12:25 AM 7:25–9:25 PM	55
Sat Aug 8 🌘	9:29–11:29 AM 9:54–11:54 PM	— 8:41–10:41 PM	68
Sun Aug 9 🌘	10:34–12:34 PM 10:59–12:59 AM	11:25–1:25 AM 9:07–11:07 PM	78
Mon Aug 10 🌘	11:36–1:36 PM 12:01–2:01 AM	1:12–3:12 AM 9:15–11:15 PM	86
Tue Aug 11 🌘	12:34–2:34 PM 12:59–2:59 AM	3:09–5:09 AM 9:18–11:18 PM	92

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 9455760. 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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