Tacoma Harbor is a harbor on Commencement Bay at the south end of Puget Sound, fed by the Puyallup River and bounded by Browns Point and Point Defiance. The tide is mixed semidiurnal, with a mean range of 8.06 ft (2.46 m) at the Tacoma station.
- Type
- Harbor
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Setting
- On Commencement Bay at the south end of Puget Sound, fed by the Puyallup River and bounded by Browns Point and Point Defiance
- Tidal range
- The tide is mixed semidiurnal, with a mean range of 8.06 ft (2.46 m) at the Tacoma station.
- Notable
- The container terminals at Tacoma and Seattle operate jointly as the Northwest Seaport Alliance, a major North American container gateway that handled 3.34 million TEUs in 2024 (Northwest Seaport Alliance / Port of Tacoma).
