St. Michael Tides Today
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St. Michael runs a mean tidal range of about 4.3 ft. This month the highest water, 5.4 ft, comes on the evening of Nov 27, and the lowest, a -1.9 ft minus tide, on the morning of Nov 28.
| High tide | 2:46 AM | 4.0 ft |
| Low tide | 11:57 AM | -0.7 ft |
Today on the water at St. Michael
Today at St. Michael: high tide at 2:46 AM (4.0 ft), low tide at 11:57 AM (-0.7 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Tuesday is mostly cloudy with E winds 15 to 30 mph, 40°F. Wind that strong can hold water in or push it out, so the real tide may run above or below these predictions. In effect now: Gale Warning. Sunrise is at 9:30 AM and sunset at 5:32 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Mostly Cloudy | E 25 mph | 35°F |
| Tuesday | Mostly Cloudy | E 15 to 30 mph | 40°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where St. Michael is
St. Michael sits at 63.4750° N, 162.0270° W on the Bering Sea side of Alaska, at St. Michael, AK. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from its installation until 2025, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Unalakleet (NOAA 9468333), 47.0 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 76 min earlier than there.
The tide at St. Michael
St. Michael has a diurnal tide: usually one high and one low a day, with the daily rhythm shifting about 50 minutes later each day and fading near the moon's equatorial crossing. This month's predictions average 1.1 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 3.9 ft, and 3.3 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.3 ft and the lower low sits 0.3 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Bering Sea tides are mixed, swinging toward one high a day in Norton Sound and Bristol Bay, and storm surge often matters more than the predicted tide.
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 St. Michael from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 3.9 ft above it and mean sea level 1.8 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 1.3 ft below MLLW here, so a water level on this page converts to NAVD88 by adding that amount. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Nome, Norton Sound, AK gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 9468132, gauge removed 2025. 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 St. Michael
- Unalakleet: 47.0 mi, tides about 78 min later
- Golovin, Golovnin Lagoon Entrance: 80.0 mi, tides about 175 min later
- Upper Golovnin Lagoon: 86.1 mi, tides about 224 min later
- White Mountain, Niukluk: 93.2 mi, tides about 248 min later
- Koyuk, Koyuk Inlet: 104.0 mi, tides about 235 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at St. Michael this month: Nov 1, Nov 2, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27, Nov 28, Nov 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 St. Michael this month: Nov 1, Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 13, Nov 14, Nov 15, Nov 16 …. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock, prime for sight-fishing and clamming.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for St. Michael, 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 🌗 | 8:26–10:26 AM 8:51–10:51 PM | 12:36–2:36 AM 3:40–5:40 PM | 50 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 9:13–11:13 AM 9:38–11:38 PM | 2:24–4:24 AM 3:33–5:33 PM | 63 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:59–11:59 AM 10:24–12:24 AM | 4:06–6:06 AM 3:26–5:26 PM | 75 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:43–12:43 PM 11:08–1:08 AM | 5:47–7:47 AM 3:18–5:18 PM | 85 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 11:29–1:29 PM 11:54–1:54 AM | 7:30–9:30 AM 3:10–5:10 PM | 93 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 12:15–2:15 PM 12:40–2:40 AM | 9:17–11:17 AM 3:00–5:00 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 1:03–3:03 PM 1:28–3:28 AM | 11:12–1:12 PM 2:44–4:44 PM | 99 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 9468132. 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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