Next high tide at Seattle, WA: 03:02 GMT-7, 3.44 m / 11.3ft

Tide times at Seattle, WA on Sunday, 26 April 2026: first high tide at 02:26am, first low tide at 08:56am, second high tide at 02:02pm, second low tide at 07:58pm. Sunrise 06:00am, sunset 08:13pm.

Tide curve — next 24 hours

Predictions: NOAA CO-OPS station 9447130 — heights relative to MLLW.

Harmonic prediction from the official tide authority. Very high accuracy under normal conditions; storm surge may shift actual water level. Not for navigation.

Best windows Sun 26 Apr

Suggested time slots at Seattle, WA, derived from the tide, sun, moon, and conditions data on this page. Rough guidance, not a forecast.

• Tidepooling
  Around 19:58, lowest tide today
  Tide drops to 0.61 m for about an hour either side
  Confidence: low
  7-day tidepooling strip →
• SUP
  Around 19:58, low water
  Slack water around the low
  Confidence: low
  7-day sup strip →
• Fishing
  Around 04:03, solunar major near sunrise
  Moon transit nearest the sun's horizon — angler tradition only, no certainty
  Confidence: medium
  7-day fishing strip →
• Beach walk
  Around 19:58, beach widest
  Tide low — sand widest within an hour or two of the dip
  Confidence: medium
  7-day beach walk strip →

Spring & neap tides at Seattle, WA

Next spring tide on Sun 03 May (range 3.9m / 12.6ft). Last neap on Sat 25 Apr. Next neap on Fri 08 May.

Spring tides cluster around new and full moons (biggest swings). Neap tides land on quarter moons (smallest swings). See the spring tide and neap tide glossary entries for the why.

About tides at Seattle, WA

Seattle sits on Elliott Bay, where Puget Sound's inland-sea tide reaches the city after rolling in from the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The gauge is at Pier 36, and the tide signature here is a textbook example of an amplified mixed semidiurnal pattern — mean range about 2.3 metres, with the daily lower low and higher high often three metres or more apart. The pattern is two highs and two lows of unequal size each day, and the asymmetry is sharp: the morning low and the evening low can differ by a metre, and the same for the highs. That changes the day for anyone walking the waterfront, kayaking out of Alki, or watching boats lock through Ballard. The lowest lows of the month — clustering around new and full moons, especially in summer afternoons — pull water off the inner-shelf flats at Lincoln Park and Discovery Park, opening the rocky intertidal for hours. Predictions on this page come from NOAA CO-OPS station 9447130. Pacific storm systems in winter can lift water levels 20–30 cm above predicted, and a strong south wind down the Sound can add to that on top of spring tide.

Common questions about tides at Seattle, WA