Vancouver Tides Today
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Vancouver runs a mean tidal range of about 1.7 ft. This month the highest water, 3.6 ft, comes on the evening of Nov 25, and the lowest, 0.0 ft, on the morning of Nov 5.
| Low tide | 8:39 AM | 0.2 ft |
| High tide | 1:55 PM | 2.0 ft |
| Low tide | 8:28 PM | 0.8 ft |
Today on the water at Vancouver
Today at Vancouver: high tide at 1:55 PM (2.0 ft), low tide at 8:39 AM (0.2 ft) and 8:28 PM (0.8 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Tuesday is partly sunny with NNW winds 2 mph, 61°F. Sunrise is at 6:52 AM and sunset at 4:56 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Cloudy | NNW 2 mph | 47°F |
| Tuesday | Partly Sunny | NNW 2 mph | 61°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Vancouver is
Vancouver sits at 45.6312° N, 122.6958° W on the Columbia River, at Vancouver, WA, in Clark County. The station here is a live gauge in a NOAA PORTS harbor system, reporting water level in near real time for commercial traffic. It has been in NOAA's records since 1938. The nearest weather station is Pearson Airfield, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 2.1 mi away.
The tide at Vancouver
Vancouver has a mixed tide: two highs and two lows a day, but of unequal size, so one low each day drains a little lower than the other. This month's predictions average 1.9 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 3.2 ft, and 2.4 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 0.2 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 Vancouver about 1.3 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- Highest water on record: 15.5 ft on Mar 28, 2017.
- Lowest on record: -2.4 ft on Sep 28, 2009.
- The National Weather Service counts 14.2 ft as minor flooding here, 18.2 ft as moderate and 23.2 ft as major.
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 Vancouver from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 3.2 ft above it and mean sea level 1.3 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Astoria, OR gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 9440083, established 1938. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them. The observed line is the gauge's own six-minute water level feed.
Tide stations near Vancouver
- Knapp Landing, Willow Bar: 8.2 mi, tides about 39 min earlier
- Washougal: 15.6 mi, tides about 86 min later
- Temco Kalama Terminal: 25.5 mi, tides about 127 min earlier
- Longview: 35.1 mi, tides about 165 min earlier
- Cape Horn: 45.9 mi, tides about 225 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Vancouver this month: Nov 10, Nov 22, Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Vancouver, 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 🌗 | 6:43–8:43 AM 7:08–9:08 PM | 11:40–1:40 AM 1:30–3:30 PM | 49 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 7:31–9:31 AM 7:56–9:56 PM | 12:57–2:57 AM 1:50–3:50 PM | 62 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 8:16–10:16 AM 8:41–10:41 PM | 2:11–4:11 AM 2:08–4:08 PM | 74 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:01–11:01 AM 9:26–11:26 PM | 3:24–5:24 AM 2:26–4:26 PM | 84 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 9:46–11:46 AM 10:11–12:11 AM | 4:36–6:36 AM 2:46–4:46 PM | 92 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 10:33–12:33 PM 10:58–12:58 AM | 5:47–7:47 AM 3:10–5:10 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 11:21–1:21 PM 11:46–1:46 AM | 6:57–8:57 AM 3:39–5:39 PM | 99 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 9440083. 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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