Southeast Alaska
Inside Passage · Ketchikan · Juneau · Sitka
The Inside Passage from Ketchikan to Yakutat. Intricate fjords, narrows, and crossings with strong tidal currents. Home to the Alaska Marine Highway ferry system.
57.000°N, 134.000°W
Nearby NOAA Stations
Closest buoys and coastal stations, in order of proximity.
Tree Point (Dixon Entrance approach)
Sitka (western approach)
Inside Passage Rapids & Narrows Guide
Critical narrows in Southeast Alaska require transiting at slack water due to strong tidal rapids.
Tides — Sitka
Nearest CO-OPS tide gauge · 44 nm from this station
Predictions from NOAA CO-OPS · Datum MLLW · Times shown in Alaska local time
NWS Marine Forecast
Southeast Alaska Inside Waters
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Source: NOAA National Weather Service · Coastal Waters Forecast (CWF) · Updated ~4× daily
Weather Services — Jump Links
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Weather models. Windy provides four independent forecast models: ECMWF (European, generally highest accuracy offshore), GFS (NOAA global), ICON (German DWD), and NAM (North American, higher resolution for coastal areas). When models agree, forecast confidence is higher.
Data: NOAA NDBC · NOAA CO-OPS · NWS Marine Forecasts · Not an official government service.