Visiting Ketchikan by yacht

Monthly rain and temperature, where yachts anchor and how to reach Ketchikan.

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When to come

Month	Rain	Mean daily high
January	411 mm	4 C
February	300 mm	5 C
March	279 mm	6 C
April	260 mm	10 C
May	220 mm	14 C
June	178 mm	16 C
July	186 mm	18 C
August	287 mm	18 C
September	363 mm	15 C
October	467 mm	11 C
November	434 mm	7 C
December	413 mm	5 C

NOAA 1991 to 2020 normals, Ketchikan International Airport. NOAA Coast Pilot 8 says the port has about 244 cloudy days and 236 days of rain a year, and that October is the wettest month.

Anchorages

Where yachts anchor

From NOAA Coast Pilot 8, 1 November 2026 edition.

Off the Ketchikan waterfront

Cable and pipeline areas that run northwest through Tongass Narrows limit the anchorage. The anchorage is secure for all but the heaviest winter gales. Tidal currents do not exceed 1.5 to 2 knots.

Large passenger vessel anchorage

The harbor area between Thomas Basin and Bar Point is an anchorage area for large passenger vessels. Limits and regulations are in 33 CFR 110.231.

Getting here

Getting here and ashore

By sea

Distances

NOAA Coast Pilot 8 gives these distances to Ketchikan: 659 miles from Seattle by the Inside Passage, 79 miles from the sea at Dixon Entrance, 89 miles from Wrangell and 220 miles from Juneau.

By air and ferry

Airport and ferries

Ketchikan International Airport is on the south side of the narrows. The Alaska Marine Highway terminal is 0.4 miles from the harbormaster office.

Ashore

Totem parks

The city's harbor booklet puts Saxman Totem Park 4.1 miles and Totem Bight State Park 9.9 miles from the harbormaster office.

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