Kotzebue Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Kotzebue Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.

High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 12:56 PM and sunset is at 02:38 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold air temperatures (max -19°C on Mon afternoon, min -23°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the ESE by Sun morning).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Extremely cold air temperatures (max -18°C on Tue night, min -24°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ESE on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed morning).

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Sun night, min -26°C on Sat afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Tue night, min -27°C on Wed afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
Wave Height Map
High Tide
9:15AM0.09m
12:48PM0.09m
8:24PM0.23m
9:52AM0.10m
1:57PM0.10m
8:52PM0.23m
10:32AM0.11m
2:37PM0.11m
9:18PM0.23m
11:16AM0.12m
3:09PM0.11m
9:43PM0.22m
12:03PM0.12m
10:09PM0.20m
12:48PM0.14m
10:40PM0.19m
1:26PM0.15m
11:20PM0.16m
2:01PM0.17m
00:13AM0.14m
2:37PM0.19m
1:12AM0.12m
3:14PM0.20m
2:11AM0.11m
3:57PM0.22m
3:12AM0.09m
4:44PM0.23m
4:37AM0.08m
Low Tide
11:29AM0.09m
1:58PM0.09m
4:11AM-0.02m
11:57AM0.09m
2:55PM0.10m
4:46AM-0.02m
12:35PM0.10m
5:19AM-0.02m
1:26PM0.11m
5:50AM-0.02m
2:53PM0.11m
6:19AM-0.01m
6:01PM0.11m
6:43AM-0.00m
6:52PM0.11m
6:54AM0.01m
8:21PM0.11m
6:35AM0.01m
9:51PM0.10m
6:49AM0.02m
10:57PM0.08m
7:22AM0.02m
11:49PM0.05m
8:09AM0.03m
00:37AM0.03m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
0
W
2
0
E
1
0.3
ESE
2
0.5
SE
3
0.4
ESE
3
0.4
ESE
3
0.4
ESE
3
0.4
ESE
3
0.2
ESE
2
0.4
SE
3
0.6
ESE
3
0.2
ESE
2
0
E
1
0
W
1
0
W
1
0.1
W
2
0.1
NW
2
0.1
NW
2
0.2
NNW
2
0.2
NNW
2
0
W
2
0
E
1
0
E
1
0.1
E
2
0.2
ESE
2
0.3
ESE
2
0.3
ESE
2
0.1
SE
2
0.1
E
2
0.3
SE
2
0.1
SE
2
0.1
E
2
0.2
W
2
0.1
W
2
0
W
2
0.1
W
2
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
snow showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
 km/h
5
N
10
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
E
30
E
20
ESE
30
ESE
40
ESE
20
E
5
SW
10
W
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
NW
5
N
5
E
15
ESE
25
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
25
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
20
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
 mm 
max°C
-20
-21
-22
-22
-22
-20
-20
-19
-20
-22
-20
-18
-18
-19
-20
-24
-24
-23
-23
-22
-23
-25
-26
-25
-23
-21
-20
-22
-24
-21
-20
-19
-18
-25
-27
-27
Moonrise
3:06
2:16
1:52
1:33
1:17
1:01
12:42
12:18
11:29
Moonset
5:37
8:06
10:06
11:57
1:48
3:44
5:53
8:37
Sunrise
12:56
12:56
12:57
12:57
12:56
12:56
12:55
12:53
12:52
12:49
12:48
12:45
Sunset
2:38
2:38
2:40
2:41
2:41
2:44
2:45
2:48
2:51
2:53
2:57
3:00
Today's sea temperature in Kotzebue is
-1.8° C
(Statistics for 20 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: -1.2 max: 0.2 min: -1.9°C)
Issued (local time): 2 am Saturday 20 Dec 2025
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