Whale Pass, Alaska Weather
Whale Pass, Alaska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Whale Pass, Prince of Wales-Hyder.
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About Whale Pass, Alaska
Whale Pass is a place where the wild edges of Alaska begin to fray, dissolving into a mosaic of emerald rainforest and pewter sea. It lies 158.7 miles south-south-east of Juneau, AK (from Juneau, AK: bearing 162°T), and is situated 37.7 miles south-west of Wrangell. The air, thick with the scent of damp earth and salt spray, clings to the slopes that plunge down to the water. Douglas firs and Sitka spruce, ancient sentinels draped in moss, crowd the steep terrain, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers towards the perpetually shifting sky. The shoreline is a rugged embrace of wave-worn rocks and dark, pebbled beaches, where the tide whispers its secrets to the land. Even on the clearest days, a soft, diffused light filters through the dense canopy, lending a hushed reverence to the landscape. This remote outpost, a collection of weathered buildings clinging to the edge of the Tongass National Forest, carries the quiet legacy of its past. For generations, the bounty of the surrounding waters has sustained its people, the rhythm of fishing boats and the scent of drying nets a familiar refrain. The economy here is a direct dialogue with the ocean, a dependence on salmon runs and the occasional crab harvest, a life lived in intimate partnership with the elements. Whale Pass remembers the resilience of those who first settled these shores, their lives etched into the very grain of the timber and the enduring strength of the coastline.
Live animated radar for Whale Pass and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Whale Pass, Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 56.115278°N, 133.120833°W |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Sitka) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99921 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Whale Pass, Alaska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whale Pass, Alaska, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Whale Pass includes coordinates 56.115278°N, 133.120833°W, situated in Prince of Wales-Hyder. ZIP code 99921. Telephone area code: 907. Timezone: Alaska Time (America/Sitka).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
