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Refuge beach conditions

Weather, wind and available nearby ocean forecasts for Refuge beach. Model forecasts are separate from station observations.

Coordinates: 55.5109211, -131.7285434

Forecast sources and coverage

Times use America/Sitka. Weather: available; marine forecast: unavailable. Regional model values are separate from station observations.

Forecast for Knudson Cove Marina, 6.1 km from Refuge beach. Local conditions can differ.

Weather fetched 2026-11-06T18:19:30.378Z.

Complete hourly weather forecast

Weather model in America/Sitka
Time	Air °C	Wind km/h	Gust	Wind from °	Rain mm	Rain %	Pressure hPa
Nov 6, 12:00 a.m. AKST	6.8	29.2	82.4 km/h	177.0	1.0	100.0	993.4
Nov 6, 01:00 a.m. AKST	7.2	25.8	70.6 km/h	183.0	0.8	100.0	994.2
Nov 6, 02:00 a.m. AKST	7.0	23.8	65.2 km/h	180.0	1.1	100.0	995.1
Nov 6, 03:00 a.m. AKST	6.1	19.0	58.0 km/h	175.0	3.3	100.0	996.1
Nov 6, 04:00 a.m. AKST	6.6	19.4	50.4 km/h	178.0	0.8	100.0	996.5
Nov 6, 05:00 a.m. AKST	6.6	17.2	43.2 km/h	162.0	1.5	100.0	996.5
Nov 6, 06:00 a.m. AKST	6.5	15.3	41.8 km/h	152.0	0.4	100.0	996.2
Nov 6, 07:00 a.m. AKST	6.3	13.4	34.2 km/h	134.0	0.3	98.0	995.7
Nov 6, 08:00 a.m. AKST	6.4	15.3	34.6 km/h	146.0	1.2	95.0	996.3
Nov 6, 09:00 a.m. AKST	7.4	26.6	35.6 km/h	153.8	0.2	92.0	995.6
Nov 6, 10:00 a.m. AKST	7.5	24.1	34.2 km/h	158.9	0.3	91.0	995.4
Nov 6, 11:00 a.m. AKST	7.5	17.6	32.0 km/h	147.3	0.3	90.0	994.8
Nov 6, 12:00 p.m. AKST	7.6	15.1	25.6 km/h	151.1	0.7	90.0	994.8
Nov 6, 01:00 p.m. AKST	7.3	14.0	23.8 km/h	156.6	0.9	90.0	995.7
Nov 6, 02:00 p.m. AKST	7.4	16.9	25.2 km/h	151.6	1.1	91.0	996.8
Nov 6, 03:00 p.m. AKST	7.0	14.8	22.7 km/h	159.6	1.3	92.0	997.9
Nov 6, 04:00 p.m. AKST	7.4	15.1	20.9 km/h	200.9	0.4	94.0	998.9
Nov 6, 05:00 p.m. AKST	7.3	15.8	18.7 km/h	216.1	1.2	97.0	1000.5
Nov 6, 06:00 p.m. AKST	7.5	12.2	21.6 km/h	209.1	0.0	98.0	1002.2
Nov 6, 07:00 p.m. AKST	7.4	14.0	21.2 km/h	194.9	0.4	97.0	1004.2
Nov 6, 08:00 p.m. AKST	7.2	17.3	24.8 km/h	212.6	0.0	95.0	1005.8
Nov 6, 09:00 p.m. AKST	7.3	12.6	21.6 km/h	183.1	0.0	90.0	1006.9
Nov 6, 10:00 p.m. AKST	6.3	16.6	24.1 km/h	160.0	0.0	80.0	1008.5
Nov 6, 11:00 p.m. AKST	6.0	18.0	28.1 km/h	148.8	0.0	68.0	1009.8
Nov 7, 12:00 a.m. AKST	5.9	17.6	27.0 km/h	152.6	0.0	57.0	1010.6
Nov 7, 01:00 a.m. AKST	5.6	17.3	27.7 km/h	142.0	0.0	49.0	1011.2
Nov 7, 02:00 a.m. AKST	5.5	17.3	27.0 km/h	137.5	0.0	42.0	1011.6
Nov 7, 03:00 a.m. AKST	5.3	17.6	24.8 km/h	130.6	0.0	37.0	1011.7
Nov 7, 04:00 a.m. AKST	4.8	18.7	25.6 km/h	110.8	0.0	37.0	1011.4
Nov 7, 05:00 a.m. AKST	5.2	20.5	28.4 km/h	113.2	0.0	39.0	1011.7
Nov 7, 06:00 a.m. AKST	5.2	18.0	27.4 km/h	102.8	0.0	39.0	1010.6
Nov 7, 07:00 a.m. AKST	5.3	17.6	25.2 km/h	67.4	0.0	33.0	1009.1
Nov 7, 08:00 a.m. AKST	5.3	17.6	24.1 km/h	56.0	0.0	24.0	1008.6
Nov 7, 09:00 a.m. AKST	5.5	19.4	24.8 km/h	37.3	0.0	18.0	1006.8
Nov 7, 10:00 a.m. AKST	6.0	21.2	26.6 km/h	34.1	0.0	14.0	1004.4
Nov 7, 11:00 a.m. AKST	7.0	23.4	32.4 km/h	34.0	0.0	12.0	1001.6
Nov 7, 12:00 p.m. AKST	7.6	26.6	34.9 km/h	34.2	0.0	18.0	998.1
Nov 7, 01:00 p.m. AKST	8.3	27.0	43.2 km/h	50.5	0.4	39.0	994.0
Nov 7, 02:00 p.m. AKST	7.7	27.0	47.5 km/h	65.2	1.8	68.0	991.3
Nov 7, 03:00 p.m. AKST	5.6	29.5	49.3 km/h	57.4	1.6	90.0	988.5
Nov 7, 04:00 p.m. AKST	5.7	29.9	49.7 km/h	47.9	0.9	99.0	986.2
Nov 7, 05:00 p.m. AKST	5.9	23.4	47.5 km/h	45.4	0.9	100.0	984.8
Nov 7, 06:00 p.m. AKST	5.9	22.7	50.0 km/h	76.2	0.5	100.0	984.1
Nov 7, 07:00 p.m. AKST	6.0	28.4	52.6 km/h	75.9	0.0	99.0	983.2
Nov 7, 08:00 p.m. AKST	6.5	25.9	53.6 km/h	79.7	0.0	97.0	982.6
Nov 7, 09:00 p.m. AKST	7.2	27.4	48.2 km/h	92.9	0.0	94.0	982.2
Nov 7, 10:00 p.m. AKST	8.2	29.2	51.1 km/h	106.7	0.4	91.0	982.2
Nov 7, 11:00 p.m. AKST	7.7	23.4	47.5 km/h	87.7	0.0	88.0	982.1

Shoreline adventures 2026-11-06

Coverage: available. Source: provider: NOAA; stationId: 9450624; locationName: Loring, Naha Bay; distanceKm: 11.779559218754557; datum: MLLW. Times use America/Sitka. These are forecast assessments, not beach access, harvesting permission or safe navigation boundaries.

Daylight shoreline outings

Weather assessments with separate tide coverage
Start	End	Score /10	Assessment	Wind min kn	Wind max kn	Gust	Rain mm	Tide coverage	Reasons
Nov 6, 07:04 a.m. AKST	Nov 6, 09:04 a.m. AKST	5.1	Fair	7.2	14.4	19.2 kn	1.2	complete	Rain reduces outing comfort
Nov 6, 12:00 p.m. AKST	Nov 6, 02:00 p.m. AKST	5.5	Fair	7.6	8.2	13.8 kn	0.9	complete	Rain reduces outing comfort

Shoreline tide predictions

Source high and low predictions; heights keep the source datum
Time	Tide	Height m
Nov 6, 04:01 a.m. AKST	low	0.5
Nov 6, 10:23 a.m. AKST	high	5.1
Nov 6, 04:44 p.m. AKST	low	-0.0
Nov 6, 11:03 p.m. AKST	high	4.5

Relative low-tide crossing windows

These geometric crossings of 70% of the source high tide are separate from the daylight outing assessments above.

Predicted relative water-level crossings
Start	End	Prediction coverage	Daylight coverage	Weather coverage
Nov 5, 11:59 p.m. AKST	Nov 6, 07:52 a.m. AKST	complete	available	partial
Nov 6, 12:43 p.m. AKST	Nov 6, 09:09 p.m. AKST	complete	available	complete

Shoreline adventures 2026-11-07

Daylight shoreline outings

Weather assessments with separate tide coverage
Start	End	Score /10	Assessment	Wind min kn	Wind max kn	Gust	Rain mm	Tide coverage	Reasons
Nov 7, 07:06 a.m. AKST	Nov 7, 09:06 a.m. AKST	6.1	Good	9.5	10.5	13.6 kn	0.0	complete
Nov 7, 12:00 p.m. AKST	Nov 7, 02:00 p.m. AKST	4.0	Fair	14.4	14.6	23.3 kn	0.4	complete	Wind limits outing comfort

Shoreline tide predictions

Source high and low predictions; heights keep the source datum
Time	Tide	Height m
Nov 7, 04:42 a.m. AKST	low	0.6
Nov 7, 10:58 a.m. AKST	high	5.3
Nov 7, 05:22 p.m. AKST	low	-0.3
Nov 7, 11:46 p.m. AKST	high	4.6

Relative low-tide crossing windows

These geometric crossings of 70% of the source high tide are separate from the daylight outing assessments above.

Predicted relative water-level crossings
Start	End	Prediction coverage	Daylight coverage	Weather coverage
Nov 7, 12:46 a.m. AKST	Nov 7, 08:28 a.m. AKST	complete	available	complete
Nov 7, 01:15 p.m. AKST	Nov 7, 09:57 p.m. AKST	complete	available	complete