Clearwater
A Seminole War outpost turned beach city on the Gulf.
- Population
- 117,292 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- 1891
- Aquarium
- Home of Winter the dolphin
- Tides
- Two highs, two lows, uneven
Then
- c. 1835
The Army builds Fort Harrison on a bluff over Clearwater Harbor during the Seminole Wars.
- 1891
The Town of Clear Water Harbor incorporates. It is reincorporated as a city in 1915.
- 1897
Railroad magnate Henry Plant opens the Belleview Hotel just south of town.
- 1972
Clearwater Marine Aquarium opens on Clearwater Beach.
- 2005
Winter, a dolphin calf caught in a crab trap line, is rescued and becomes one of the first dolphins with a prosthetic tail.
Now
Clearwater Beach sits across the Intracoastal Waterway from downtown. The Philadelphia Phillies train each spring at BayCare Ballpark.
Anclote Key and the Anclote River, north toward Tarpon Springs, are part of the same stretch of coast.
On the water
From NOAA's predictions for Clearwater, FL over the next 365 days. Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
- Pattern
- Two highs and two lows a day, one noticeably bigger than the other
- Typical daily range
- 2.5 ft
- Biggest swing
- 3.9 ft on Dec 24
- Smallest swing
- 1.0 ft on May 27
- Highest high
- 3.4 ft, Aug 2 at 12:18 PM
- Lowest low
- −1.0 ft, Jan 21 at 5:55 AM
23 tide stations around Clearwater
- Clearwater0.9 mi
- Clearwater Beach2.1 mi
- Dunedin, St. Joseph Sound3.3 mi
- Honeymoon Island6.7 mi
- Indian Rocks Beach (inside)6.9 mi
- Indian Rocks Beach (Coastal)7.1 mi
- Ozona7.3 mi
- Indian Bluff Island9.6 mi
- Spring Bayou, Tarpon Springs12.7 mi
- Kreamer Bayou12.8 mi
Show all 23 stations
- Howard Park Causeway12.9 mi
- Tarpon Springs, Anclote River13.6 mi
- North Fork, Anclote River13.6 mi
- River Village, Anclote River13.6 mi
- Anclote Key, southern end14.0 mi
- Anclote, Anclote River14.2 mi
- Bailey's Bluff, Gulfside16.6 mi
- North Anclote Key17.0 mi
- Fillman's Creek, New Port Richey18.5 mi
- Gulf Harbors19.3 mi
- Cross Bayou, New Port Richey19.8 mi
- New Port Richey, Pithlachascotee River20.1 mi
- Hwy. 19 bridge, Pithlachascotee River21.4 mi