See what passed the sonar.
Follow the official daily count, cumulative season total, complete day-by-day log, and interactive trend line.
COUNTS, CONDITIONS, TIMING & ACCESS
See the run.
Time the river.
Kenai River Pulse turns official salmon counts into a practical daily plan. See what passed the sonar, how the season is trending, when fish may reach key areas, where each daily run wave may be along the river, where the public can get access, and which regulations to check before you go.
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RIVER PULSEKENAI, ALASKA
Official daily countLive source
HISTORYDaily log
ACCESSVerified guides
RIVERConditions
TIMINGApprox. arrival
Always verify current ADF&G regulations and emergency orders before fishing.
RUN PULSEIs the salmon run building?
ARRIVAL WINDOWSWhen might fish reach your area?
RIVER ACCESSWhere can you legally reach the river?
SIGNATURE FEATURE · RUN WAVE TRACKEROpen the Run Wave Tracker
Follow each day's salmon wave up the Kenai.
Choose any official sonar count day and see its broad projected arrival corridor at public fishing locations along the river. Instead of staring at one number, you can build a smarter plan around where that day's pulse may be heading next.
01Pick a count dayStart with an official daily sonar count.
02Watch the corridor moveSee approximate progress through key river areas.
03Plan your timingCompare arrival windows before choosing a location.
Arrival corridors are calculated estimates—not live fish GPS or a catch guarantee.
SELECTED RUN DAYOfficial count pulse
PROJECTEDMILE 19 SONARCount origin
SOLDOTNA AREAApprox. corridor
UPPER RIVERProjected next
FROM SONAR TO A SMARTER RIVER DAY
The count is the starting point—not the whole story.
Pulse connects the daily number to recent momentum, season history, estimated river travel, public access, and current source status. You get useful context without an app pretending it can guarantee the fishing.
Understand the run's direction.
Compare recent movement with earlier days and seasons so a single big—or small—number has meaningful context.
Turn information into a trip.
Review approximate arrival windows, river conditions, mapped public access, directions, regulations, and dipnet details.
ONE RIVER. ONE CLEAR VIEW.
Everything you need to read the river with confidence.
Official data stays clearly separated from calculated estimates and community reports. Source links, refresh status, and honest labels show you what is known—and what is only an approximation.
Daily count tracking
Follow each official daily count from the beginning of the run through today, plus cumulative totals and interactive season trends.
Season comparison
See whether the run is gaining momentum and compare its pace with prior seasons instead of judging one isolated number.
Run Wave Tracker
Pick any official count day and follow its broad projected arrival corridor from the Mile 19 sonar through every above-sonar public location.
Explore and navigate
Use a visual river map with researched public access, parking and facility notes, directions, and local safety context.
Regulations and fish ID
Check official regulation links, emergency-order visibility, and photo-backed identification for sockeye, coho, Chinook, and pink salmon.
Tide wave and dipnet planning
Read a color-coded NOAA tide wave at every downstream location, then prepare for the river mouth with access details, safety context, and live tide timing.
FOUNDING ACCESSFREERiver essentials PULSE+Full planning system
Start free. Unlock the whole river with Pulse+.
Tide information, safety and regulation links, fish identification, the latest count snapshot, and a starter set of major public-access guides stay free. Pulse+ unlocks the planning intelligence that helps turn those facts into a river day.
- Latest official count and 7-day view
- Raw NOAA tides and dipnet basics
- Five major public-access guides
- Safety, regulations, sources and fish ID
- Signature Run Wave Tracker
- Complete daily history and season comparisons
- Every researched access guide and directions
- Smart arrival and tide-opportunity guidance
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Kenai River Pulse is not affiliated with ADF&G, NOAA, USGS, or any government agency. It links to authoritative sources and labels estimates for what they are.
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