Alaska Tides OMG!

Was checking out the tides for this weekend in HMB and for some reason this popped up.
I was shocked at first since the link said HMB but it's actually for Alaska.

That's a 20.7 ft. tide swing today  WOW!


Today's tides in Alaska.........Holy Shit!

False Bay, Chatham Strait, Alaska
57.9667° N, 134.9350° W

2019-01-23  2:26 PM AKST   17.5 feet  High Tide
2019-01-23  4:03 PM AKST   Sunset
2019-01-23  8:02 PM AKST   Moonrise
2019-01-23  8:56 PM AKST   -3.2 feet  Low Tide
2019-01-24  3:20 AM AKST   16.2 feet  High Tide
2019-01-24  8:18 AM AKST   Sunrise
2019-01-24  9:15 AM AKST    1.2 feet  Low Tide
2019-01-24 10:11 AM AKST   Moonset
2019-01-24  3:15 PM AKST   16.5 feet  High Tide
2019-01-24  4:05 PM AKST   Sunset
2019-01-24  9:32 PM AKST   Moonrise
2019-01-24  9:40 PM AKST   -2.0 feet  Low Tide
2019-01-25  4:05 AM AKST   16.0 feet  High Tide
2019-01-25  8:16 AM AKST   Sunrise
2019-01-25 10:07 AM AKST    1.4 feet  Low Tide
2019-01-25 10:27 AM AKST   Moonset
2019-01-25  4:07 PM AKST   15.0 feet  High Tide
2019-01-25  4:07 PM AKST   Sunset
2019-01-25 10:26 PM AKST   -0.4 feet  Low Tide
2019-01-25 10:59 PM AKST   Moonrise
2019-01-26  4:51 AM AKST   15.5 feet  High Tide
2019-01-26  8:15 AM AKST   Sunrise
2019-01-26 10:42 AM AKST   Moonset
2019-01-26 11:04 AM AKST    1.8 feet  Low Tide
2019-01-26  4:10 PM AKST   Sunset
2019-01-26  5:03 PM AKST   13.5 feet  High Tide
2019-01-26 11:15 PM AKST    1.3 feet  Low Tide
2019-01-27 12:22 AM AKST   Moonrise
2019-01-27  5:41 AM AKST   14.9 feet  High Tide
2019-01-27  8:13 AM AKST   Sunrise
2019-01-27 10:58 AM AKST   Moonset
2019-01-27 12:07 PM AKST    2.2 feet  Low Tide
2019-01-27 12:12 PM AKST   Last Quarter

Wow they got some big tide 😮

Cowabunga....!!!!!  I’m assuming long period swells unless it’s a storm

Shit-O-Dear!!!  I drove 20 miles to see our nine foot high/low difference in Crescent City! I guess I need to make another trip to Alaska to see their King Tides.

Made me wonder where they have the biggest tide swings, and here's the answer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=KFba1QpDqj0

Cowabunga....!!!!!  I’m assuming long period swells unless it’s a storm

Tides not swell....

Bushy

Wow and i I thought 7 foot king  tides here in Monterey bay are something. 

We have family friends that live in Juneau.  Chatham Strait seems to always be moving  like a mofo. That's a huge tide swing though and makes me wonder about those little fishing villages and the lil coves and harbors they dock up in.

Australia has some gnarly tide movements 18’-20’.  Closer to the poles the more water moves.

Serious stuff!
during my brief stints there I did hear of several people drowning while clamming in the mudflats during the minus tides, stuck in the mud and hypothermia got them.
Saw a 4 wheeler being buried once as we drove around the Turnagain arm.

and we once got caught in a tidal rip because we lagged on getting around a fjord point and missed the slack. Two single sea kayaks loaded with gear, and suddenly an actual whirlpool about 20' across opens up next to us. I paddled for all I was worth just to get to the inside. That was spooky.