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BORE TIDE SCHEDULE
National
Beluga Bird Tide
Date Point Point Change
Forest
May 15 3:35 PM 4:31 PM 32.18 ft
May 16 4:26 PM 5:22 PM 34.13 ft
Eagle River
Chugach
State Park
Tyonek
SCAN ME TO VIEW
THE FULL BORE
TIDE SCHEDULE
Cook Inlet
Girdwood
Bird Point
Nikiski
Captain Cook
State Recreation Area
Swanson
River
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Portage
Portage Glacier
Portage
Glacier Road
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Whittier
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Kenai
Moose River
Sterling Sterling
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Kenai River
Soldotna
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Chugach
Skilak
Kenai National
Cooper Landing
Lake Kenai
Lake
Kasilof
Kasilof River
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Wildlife Refuge
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Russian
River
Clam Gulch
Tustumena
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Seward
Deep Creek
What is a bore tide?
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Happy
Valley
Stariski Creek
Resurrection
Resurrection
Bay
Bay
Nikolaevsk
Anchor
River
Anchor
Point
Kachemak
City
Kachemak
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Seldovia
Kachemak Bay
State Park
Nanwalek
Port Graham
May 17 5:15 PM 6:11 PM 35.34 ft
May 18 6:02 PM 6:58 PM 35.46 ft
May 19 6:49 PM 7:45 PM 34.35 ft
May 20 7:35 PM 8:31 PM 32.13 ft
May 21 8:22 PM 9:18 PM 29.16 ft
May 28 3:05 PM 4:01 PM 28.89 ft
May 29 3:48 PM 4:44 PM 29.46 ft
May 30 4:26 PM 5:22 PM 29.77 ft
May 31 5:00 PM 5:56 PM 29.82 ft
June 1 5:33 PM 6:29 PM 29.47 ft
Cook Inlet has a huge tidal range, and it’s the only place in the
U.S. where such a bore tide forms. Bore tide is a phenomena
that occurs because the Turnagain Arm inlet is shallow, narrow
and long. It’s such a long inlet that the tide that’s going out coll
Kenai Fjords
ides with the surge of the new tide that is coming in and that
creates a surf wave. This surf wave starts working its way up
National Park
Turnagain Arm and can be anywhere from a foot to 6’ high and
is very visible from the shore. There are numerous places to view
the bore tide. Between Birdpoint and Girdwood there are several
pullouts where the bore tide is almost always at it’s best.
A bore tide can be seen nearly every day somewhere in
Turnagain Arm just after low tide. The size depends on the range
of the tide, so the most dramatic bore tides occur during days
with extreme change in tides.
June 2 6:04 PM 7:00 PM 28.66 ft
June 3 6:37 PM 7:33 PM 27.54 ft
June 12 2:12 PM 3:08 PM 29.53 ft
June 13 3:14 PM 4:10 PM 31.59 ft
June 16 5:51 PM 6:47 PM 35.45 ft
June 17 6:36 PM 7:32 PM 34.92 ft
June 18 7:18 PM 8:14 PM 33.37 ft
June 19 8:00 PM 8:56 PM 30.9 ft
June 20 8:43 PM 9:39 PM 27.72 ft
June 27 3:25 PM 4:21 PM 27.12 ft
June 28 4:04 PM 5:00 PM 27.77 ft
June 29 4:40 PM 5:36 PM 28.44 ft
June 30 5:14 PM 6:10 PM 29.0 ft
* Driving times are
approximate.
** Check tunnel times to
Whittier, lane direction
changes every 15 minutes
Anchorage Homer 4h15 Kenai 3h00 Seward 2h30 Soldotna 2h45 Sterling Highway Jct. 1h40 Anchorage
4h15 Homer
Kenai
DRIVING TIMES*
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July 1 5:47 PM 6:43 PM 29.24 ft
Soldotna
Sterling
Highway Jct.
Whittier**
July 2 6:19 PM 7:15 PM 29.1 ft
July 3 6:50 PM 7:46 PM 28.64 ft
July 4 7:23 PM 8:19 PM 27.87 ft
July 12 2:59 PM 3:55 PM 30.02 ft
2h45 1h40 1h15
July 14 4:50 PM 5:46 PM 34.49 ft
0h40 2h45 3h45
July 15 5:35 PM 6:31 PM 35.53 ft
1h30 0h20 1h30 2h30
July 16 6:16 PM 7:12 PM 35.38 ft
3h30 1h50 0h55 2h00
July 17 6:55 PM 7:51 PM 34.03 ft
0h40 1h50 1h15 2h15
July 18 7:33 PM 8:29 PM 31.56 ft
2h45 0h55 1h15 1h00
July 28 4:16 PM 5:12 PM 28.1 ft
Whittier** 1h15 3h45 2h30 2h00 2h15 1h00
July 31 5:56 PM 6:52 PM 30.87 ft
August 10 2:50 PM 3:46 PM 28.76 ft
Whittier Summer Anton Anderson
Memorial Tunnel Schedule
A Controlled One-Lane Tunnel with alternating train and vehicle use provides access to the
community of Whittier. Call 907-566-2244 or toll-free: 877-611-2586 or tune to: AM 530, Whittier
or AM 1610, Portage. Vehicles wait in a staging area at each end until a scheduled departure at fifteen
minute intervals. Vehicles must be in line before that time. Plan to arrive ten minutes before the
scheduled departure time.
MAY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30: OPEN DAILY 5:30 AM TO 11:15 PM
August 11 3:46 PM 4:42 PM 31.98 ft
August 12 4:33 PM 5:29 PM 34.2 ft
August 13 5:14 PM 6:10 PM 35.08 ft
August 14 5:52 PM 6:48 PM 34.65 ft
August 15 6:28 PM 7:24 PM 33.07 ft
August 16 7:01 PM 7:57 PM 30.47 ft
August 26 3:46 PM 4:42 PM 28.29 ft
August 27 4:22 PM 5:18 PM 30.28 ft
August 28 4:57 PM 5:53 PM 31.32 ft
August 29 5:30 PM 6:26 PM 31.35 ft
September 9 3:26 PM 4:22 PM 31.36 ft
September 10 4:10 PM 5:06 PM 32.93 ft
September 11 4:48 PM 5:44 PM 33.08 ft
September 13 5:51 AM 6:47 AM 32.1 ft
Bear Valley to Whittier:
Line leaves every 30 minutes past the hour
starting at 5:30am-5:45am, the latest time being
10:30-10:45pm.
Whittier to Bear Valley:
Line leaves at every hour past the hour starting at
6:00am-6:15am, the latest time being 11:00pm-
11:15pm.
September 14 6:28 AM 7:24 AM 32.15 ft
September 28 5:26 AM 6:22 AM 32.84 ft
September 29 6:06 AM 7:02 AM 33.49 ft
September 30 6:46 AM 7:42 AM 33.19 ft
Vehicle Size Limitations
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Max. of 10 feet wide (excluding mirrors)
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Max. of 14 feet high • Max. of 80 feet long
RV Tip: RVs and vehicles over 7 ft tall must follow the
posted windows. Oversize vehicles are restricted to
certain slots — check the electronic signs at the tunnel
entrances.
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Unscheduled trains using the tunnel in addition
to the regularly scheduled passenger trains
may cause occasional 15 to 30 minute delays.
Please plan with this possibility in mind. Oversize
vehicles are allowed only on Monday through
Thursday at these times.
For complete schedule scan qr code above.
Bore tides occur nearly every day after low
tide, but only the dates above produce a
significant, visible wave (tidal range 18 ft or
higher).
Arrive at least half an hour before the predicted
tide will arrive; bore tides may not arrive on time.
CAUTION! Our bore tides are dangerous. Due
to the quicksand-like mudflats that make up
the beaches along Turnagain Arm, hikers may
get stuck in the mud and drown or die from
hypothermia. Always stay off the mud flats and
observe the bore tide from a safe distance.