West Seattle tide watch: Big overnight swing, very low to very high

An e-mail question about people out on a West Seattle beach right now with lights reminds us that the next three mornings of “king tides” are worth another reminder – here’s what we published Tuesday – as well as the late-night low tides. Coming up at 11:44 pm, the tide will bottom out at -3.2 feet, very low as low tides go; then at 7 am, it’ll be up to 12.8 feet, very high as high tides go. The highest “king tide” this time around will be 12.9 feet at 7:48 am Friday, but in January, it’ll peak even higher, 13.3 feet both mornings on the first weekend of 2014, January 4-5. (Find tide status/chart on the WSB Weather page any time.)

1 Reply to "West Seattle tide watch: Big overnight swing, very low to very high"

  • Lamont December 4, 2013 (11:04 pm)

    We really should be using these tides to generate electricity, that is an enormous amount of water movement…

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