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Whittier Tide Chart
Whittier — the Prince William Sound port town reached through a one-lane mountain tunnel, where most residents live in a single high-rise — works a big mixed semidiurnal tide of around eleven feet in Passage Canal.
Upcoming tides in Whittier
Live NOAA predictions for station 9454949 (Whittier).
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Heights in feet above MLLW, station local time. See the full interactive tide map.
The pattern
Two unequal highs and two unequal lows daily with around eleven feet of range — big Prince William Sound water. The tide floods Passage Canal and the fjords, and the currents run hard at the canal’s narrows on the change.
Tunnel town and glaciers
The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel — shared one lane each way with the railroad — is the only road in. Day cruises leave for the tidewater glaciers of Blackstone Bay and College Fjord, and kayakers work the calm mornings; see our best time to fish tides guide.
Boating
Prince William Sound is magnificent and unforgiving — glaciers calve, weather builds fast, and distances are long. Small boats file float plans and watch the tide change at the narrows. For the region, see our Alaska tides guide.