Seattle (Elliott Bay) Tide Chart & Tide Times

Seattle (Elliott Bay) tide times for the next 7 days

30-day Seattle (Elliott Bay) tide table

In this 30-day table the highest crest and the lowest water land on different dates.

The lowest water in that table is a minus tide, under the datum.

Seattle (Elliott Bay) tide profile for the next 12 months

Tide type: semidiurnal (two highs, two lows)

Two highs and two lows a day are the normal pattern in this window. 25 dates out of 365 carry a single crest. That even, repeating cycle is a semidiurnal tide.

On a two-crest date the lesser peak falls noticeably short of the greater peak. You can see the gap when you read both highs, but the second peak is still there.

The taller crest usually arrives around the middle of the day. Late morning and early afternoon hold that higher high water on a typical date.

How much the tide rises and falls

The average daily rise is 11.3 ft. Pilings, seawalls, and ramp ends show a tall stain between low water and high water. The range is large.

Spring peaks pull away from neap lulls. A few dates climb well past an ordinary day, enough to notice on a piling.

Low water below the datum is a regular event. It happens on 189 dates out of 365 dates that have a low. A minus reading is ordinary here, not a rarity.

No other Washington station is on TideHour so far, so this page does not rank the rise against another published station in the same state.

Highest and lowest predicted tides of the next 12 months

The lowest predicted water of the window falls in winter, at -3.9 ft on December 24, 2026 at 10:58 PM.

That lowest water falls outside daylight, so the year's extreme is not a daytime exposure.

Best low tides for tide pooling in Seattle (Elliott Bay)

Daylight exposure of the bottom is a regular seasonal event. Walkers get repeated chances, spread through the year, not one holiday weekend.

The next 12 months have 99 dates with a daylight minus tide.

Those daylight lows cluster from late morning through mid-afternoon. The useful window sits well after sunrise and well before sunset.

The daylight-minus dates come in two waves, one in the cool months and one in the warm months. A single season does not hold them all.

Download the daylight minus tides (ICS)

Spring tides, neap tides and king tides in Seattle (Elliott Bay)

The three highest crests in the window all fall in darkness, outside sunrise to sunset. Seeing those peaks means being out after dark.

The single highest crest of the window falls in winter.

Highest tide of each month

King tides in Seattle (Elliott Bay)

Moon phases and the tide

The month's tallest crest lags the new moon or the full moon by about two days. The peak is not the date of the new or full moon itself.

Sunrise, sunset and daylight low tides

Clock times on this page are PDT, already shifted when daylight saving is in effect.

NOAA stations that use Seattle (Elliott Bay) as a reference

61 subordinate stations take NOAA predictions from Seattle (Elliott Bay).

• Ala Spit, Whidbey Island
• Allyn, Case Inlet
• Arcadia, Totten Inlet
• Arletta, Hale Passage
• Ayock Point
• Barron Point, Little Skookum Inlet Entrance
• Brownsville, Port Orchard
• Burton, Quartermaster Hbr. (inside), Vashon I.
• Clam Bay, Rich Passage
• Cornet Bay, Whidbey Island, Deception Pass
• Coupeville, Penn Cove, Whidbey Island
• Crescent Harbor, N. Whidbey Island
• Des Moines, East Passage
• Devils Head, Drayton Passage
• Dofflemeyer Point, Boston Hbr., Budd Inlet
• Dupont Wharf, Nisqually Reach
• Duwamish Waterway, Eighth Ave. South
• Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island
• Edmonds
• Gig Harbor
• Glendale, Whidbey Island
• Hansville
• Harper, Yukon Harbor
• Henderson Inlet
• Holly Farms Harbor, Holmes Harbor, Whidbey I.
• Home, Von Geldern Cove, Carr Inlet
• Horsehead Bay, Carr Inlet
• Kayak Point
• Kingston, Appletree Cove
• La Conner, Swinomish Channel
• Lockheed Shipyard, Harbor Island
• Lofall
• Longbranch, Filucy Bay
• Lynch Cove Dock
• Marysville, Quilceda Creek
• McMicken Island, Case Inlet
• Meadow Point, Shilshole Bay
• Olympia, Budd Inlet
• Pleasant Harbor
• Point Vashon, Vashon Island
• Port Blakely
• Port Gamble
• Port Jefferson
• Port Ludlow
• Port Madison
• Poulsbo, Liberty Bay
• Rocky Point, Eld Inlet
• Sandy Point, Whidbey Island
• Seabeck, Seabeck Bay
• Shelton, Oakland Bay
• Stanwood, Stillaguamish River
• Steilacoom, Cormorant Passage
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge
• Tahlequah, Neil Pt., Dalco Passage, Vashon I.
• Tracyton, Dyes Inlet
• Triton Head
• Vaughn, Case Inlet
• Walkers Landing, Pickering Passage
• Whitney Point, Dabob Bay
• Yokeko Point, Deception Pass
• Zelatched Point, Dabob Bay

Seattle (Elliott Bay) tide questions

When is the lowest tide in Seattle (Elliott Bay) over the next 12 months?

The lowest predicted water of the window falls in winter, at -3.9 ft on December 24, 2026 at 10:58 PM. That lowest water falls outside daylight, so the year's extreme is not a daytime exposure.

When are king tides in Seattle (Elliott Bay)?

On this site a king tide is one of the 3 highest predicted highs in the window, not a flood warning. At Seattle (Elliott Bay) those highs are 13.1 ft on January 25, 2027 at 7:16 AM (outside daylight); 13.0 ft on January 24, 2027 at 6:43 AM (outside daylight); 13.0 ft on December 26, 2026 at 7:22 AM (outside daylight). The three highest crests in the window all fall in darkness, outside sunrise to sunset. Seeing those peaks means being out after dark.

When is the best time for tide pooling in Seattle (Elliott Bay)?

Daylight exposure of the bottom is a regular seasonal event. Walkers get repeated chances, spread through the year, not one holiday weekend. The next 12 months have 99 dates with a daylight minus tide. The daylight-minus dates come in two waves, one in the cool months and one in the warm months. A single season does not hold them all. Those daylight lows cluster from late morning through mid-afternoon. The useful window sits well after sunrise and well before sunset.

How much does the tide change in Seattle (Elliott Bay)?

The average daily rise is 11.3 ft. Pilings, seawalls, and ramp ends show a tall stain between low water and high water. The range is large. Spring peaks pull away from neap lulls. A few dates climb well past an ordinary day, enough to notice on a piling.

About this data

Predictions, not observations. Not for navigation.

Heights are feet above MLLW. Times are local to the station. Data: NOAA CO-OPS.

NOAA station 9447130 · Methodology