Wauna Tides Today
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Wauna runs a mean tidal range of about 5.4 ft. This month the highest water, 8.4 ft, comes on the afternoon of Nov 25, and the lowest, a -0.9 ft minus tide, on the evening of Nov 25.
| Low tide | 4:05 AM | 0.1 ft |
| High tide | 9:49 AM | 5.9 ft |
| Low tide | 4:13 PM | 1.5 ft |
| High tide | 9:40 PM | 5.3 ft |
Today on the water at Wauna
Today at Wauna: high tide at 9:49 AM (5.9 ft) and 9:40 PM (5.3 ft), low tide at 4:05 AM (0.1 ft) and 4:13 PM (1.5 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Tuesday is partly sunny with ESE winds 0 to 7 mph, 60°F. Sunrise is at 6:56 AM and sunset at 4:58 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Cloudy | SE 8 mph | 46°F |
| Tuesday | Partly Sunny | ESE 0 to 7 mph | 60°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Wauna is
Wauna sits at 46.1600° N, 123.4050° W on the Columbia River, about 1 mi southwest of Puget Island, WA. 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 1940. The nearest weather station is Astoria, OR, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, 17.7 mi away.
The tide at Wauna
Wauna 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 6.8 ft, and 5.6 ft between the average high and the average low, a large tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.6 ft and the lower low sits 0.6 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 Wauna about 10.3 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: 11.2 ft on Dec 11, 2015.
- Lowest on record: -1.8 ft on Sep 6, 2010.
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 Wauna from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 6.8 ft above it and mean sea level 3.3 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Astoria, OR gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 9439099, established 1940. 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 Wauna
- Astoria (Tongue Point), Oreg.: 17.7 mi, tides about 82 min earlier
- Cathcart Landing, Youngs River: 19.3 mi, tides about 87 min earlier
- Astoria (Youngs Bay), Oreg.: 20.9 mi, tides about 96 min earlier
- Astoria (Port Docks), Oreg.: 21.8 mi, tides about 88 min earlier
- Hammond, Oregon: 26.0 mi, tides about 111 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Wauna this month: 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.
🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Wauna this month: Nov 1, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 22, Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26 …. 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 Wauna, 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 🌗 | 6:46–8:46 AM 7:11–9:11 PM | 11:42–1:42 AM 1:34–3:34 PM | 49 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 7:34–9:34 AM 7:59–9:59 PM | 1:00–3:00 AM 1:53–3:53 PM | 62 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 8:19–10:19 AM 8:44–10:44 PM | 2:15–4:15 AM 2:10–4:10 PM | 74 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:04–11:04 AM 9:29–11:29 PM | 3:28–5:28 AM 2:28–4:28 PM | 84 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 9:49–11:49 AM 10:14–12:14 AM | 4:40–6:40 AM 2:48–4:48 PM | 92 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 10:36–12:36 PM 11:01–1:01 AM | 5:52–7:52 AM 3:11–5:11 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 11:24–1:24 PM 11:49–1:49 AM | 7:02–9:02 AM 3:39–5:39 PM | 99 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 9439099. 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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