Bore Tide Viewing
The best spot on the Seward Highway to view the phenomenon that is the Alaska Bore Tide
- The Alaska bore tide is a wave formed when a super low tide and a super high tide crash into each other in the narrow and shallow Turnagain Arm.
- It occurs 2-3 hours after the low tide time in Anchorage, Alaska.
- The wave can come twice a day and is often surfed by local riders, who are sometimes able to surf a very long time on 5-10 foot faces.
- The breaking wave can reach speeds of 6 to 24 mph and can vary between 6 inches and six feet in height.
- It’s also a wildlife-spotting opportunity: harbor seals often ride the tide into Turnagain Arm & Beluga whales may be seen 30 mins or so later once the water gets deeper.
Click here to view the Bore Tide Schedule
