Astoria tides today
Tongue Point, a headland just east of downtown Astoria, carries the NOAA reference gauge for the lower Columbia River, upstream of the bar where the river meets the Pacific.
Shaded: night. Green bands: solunar periods (thick = major, thin = minor). Heights in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of NOAA charts.
Astoria, OR · Tuesday, October 13
Tide rising, 8.6 ft now
High 3:11 PM
8.7 ft · in 30 min
| High | 3:54 AM | 7.3 ft |
| Low | 9:23 AM | 2.3 ft |
| High | 3:11 PM | 8.7 ft |
| Low | 10:11 PM | -0.5 ft |
Tide coefficient 109 (average), range 9.2 ft
Sunrise 7:30 AM · sunset 6:32 PM
Waxing crescent, 10% lit · fishing day ★★★☆
Solunar: major 2:01 AM–4:01 AM, minor 10:41 AM–11:41 AM, major 2:26 PM–4:26 PM, minor 7:06 PM–8:06 PM
Astoria tide table, next 7 days
| Day | High tides | Low tides | Coef. | Sun | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:54 AM 7.3 ft · 3:11 PM 8.7 ft | 9:23 AM 2.3 ft · 10:11 PM -0.5 ft | 109 | 7:30 AM–6:32 PM | Waxing crescent ★★★☆ | |
| 4:40 AM 7.0 ft · 3:39 PM 8.5 ft | 9:56 AM 2.8 ft · 10:48 PM -0.2 ft | 102 | 7:31 AM–6:30 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 5:28 AM 6.6 ft · 4:11 PM 8.2 ft | 10:32 AM 3.2 ft · 11:28 PM 0.3 ft | 93 | 7:33 AM–6:28 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 6:20 AM 6.3 ft · 4:49 PM 7.8 ft | 11:14 AM 3.6 ft | 49 | 7:34 AM–6:27 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 7:20 AM 6.1 ft · 5:38 PM 7.3 ft | 12:15 AM 0.7 ft · 12:08 PM 3.9 ft | 77 | 7:35 AM–6:25 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 8:24 AM 6.1 ft · 6:45 PM 6.8 ft | 1:15 AM 1.1 ft · 1:22 PM 4.0 ft | 68 | 7:37 AM–6:23 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 9:25 AM 6.3 ft · 8:09 PM 6.5 ft | 2:24 AM 1.2 ft · 2:44 PM 3.8 ft | 63 | 7:38 AM–6:21 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ |
Plan around the tide at Astoria
No window of 30 minutes or more below 1.0 ft over the next 7 days in daylight. Try a higher level.
A falling tide uncovers sand bars and tide pools first; plan to be back before the water rises past the level you chose. Not for navigation.
Station ASTORIA (Tongue Point), Oreg. (NOAA 9439040). Predicted astronomical tide: wind, river flow and storms can move the real water by a foot or more. 8.5 ft is the average daily range here.
Published by Radif Partners · How the tides are computed · predictions downloaded October 13, 2026
Tide times for Astoria come from the National Ocean Service prediction for station 9439040, ASTORIA (Tongue Point), Oreg.. The tide here is mixed: two highs and two lows most days, but of unequal size, the two highs of a day differing by 1.5 ft on average, for an average daily range of 8.5 ft between the higher high and the lower low. Around the new and full moon the range grows to about 10.7 ft on one day in ten, and at the quarter moons it shrinks to 6.3 ft. Heights are in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of nautical charts, so a negative number is water below that zero: 226 of the 457 days from October 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027 have one, down to -2.1 ft on July 5, 2027. The highest predicted tide of that period is 10.6 ft on December 24, 2026. Clock times are Pacific Time, daylight saving time included.
An ocean tide on a great river
The Columbia is wide and deep enough near its mouth that the Pacific tide runs far up it, and at Astoria it is still at full strength: 8.5 ft on an average day, 10.7 ft at spring tides, 6.3 ft at the neaps. Those figures put the river town among the largest tides on the Oregon coast. They also come with a caveat that ocean stations do not have. The river carries a huge volume of fresh water, highest during the snowmelt of late spring and early summer and after heavy winter rain, and that flow can hold the water level above the prediction, especially at low tide. Treat the lows on this page as a best case when the river is running high.
The estuary, shore by shore
NOAA predicts the other stations of the estuary from Tongue Point. Downstream toward the sea, the tide turns earlier: the Astoria port docks 8 minutes earlier at high water, Youngs Bay 13 minutes earlier, and Warrenton on the Skipanon River 13 minutes earlier at high water and 19 at low. Across the river on the Washington side, Hungry Harbor keeps nearly the same high-water time. Upstream the delay grows quickly, and the lows lag more than the highs: Settlers Point and Harrington Point both reach high water about 21 to 22 minutes after Tongue Point and low water more than 50 minutes after. The Astoria-Megler Bridge to Washington crosses all of this in a few miles.
Beyond the bar
The river meets the ocean between long jetties at the Columbia River Bar, one of the most dangerous crossings on any coast, where an ebb tide against a westerly swell builds steep breaking seas. This page is not a bar forecast. For the beaches south of the mouth, the Oregon coast stations give ocean times.
Highest and lowest tides at Astoria, 2026 to 2027
The six highest highs and six lowest lows predicted for ASTORIA (Tongue Point), Oreg. between October 1, 2026 and December 31, 2027, one per day. The high-water dates are the king tides of this station; the low-water dates are the best days to see the flats, bars and tide pools.
| Highest highs | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|
| December 24, 2026 | 12:40 PM | 10.6 ft |
| December 23, 2026 | 11:47 AM | 10.5 ft |
| December 25, 2026 | 1:32 PM | 10.5 ft |
| November 25, 2026 | 12:51 PM | 10.4 ft |
| January 22, 2027 | 12:37 PM | 10.4 ft |
| January 21, 2027 | 11:42 AM | 10.3 ft |
| Lowest lows | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|
| July 5, 2027 | 9:27 AM | -2.1 ft |
| August 2, 2027 | 8:20 AM | -2.0 ft |
| July 4, 2027 | 8:40 AM | -2.0 ft |
| August 3, 2027 | 9:03 AM | -2.0 ft |
| July 6, 2027 | 10:10 AM | -1.9 ft |
| June 6, 2027 | 9:42 AM | -1.8 ft |
Tidal datums at station 9439040
NOAA's averages over the 1983-2001 epoch, measured from the chart zero (MLLW). Average range of the tide (MN): 6.8 ft; great diurnal range (GT): 8.6 ft.
| Datum | Meaning | Height above MLLW |
|---|---|---|
| MHHW | Mean Higher High Water | 8.6 ft |
| MHW | Mean High Water | 7.9 ft |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level | 4.5 ft |
| MLW | Mean Low Water | 1.2 ft |
| MLLW | Mean Lower Low Water (chart zero) | 0.0 ft |
Other stations nearby
- Tillamook Bay tides: Garibaldi, average range 8.1 ft, highest predicted tide 10.4 ft on December 24, 2026
- Newport tides: YAQUINA USCG STA, NEWPORT, average range 8.4 ft, highest predicted tide 10.8 ft on December 24, 2026