California Tide Charts and Tide Times

TideHour covers no California stations so far, so this page does not rank an average daily rise.

California tide stations

Published NOAA stations in California
StationTide typeAverage daily riseRiseDaylight minus datesDaylightHighest tideHighest
Half Moon Bay semidiurnal (two highs, two lows) 5.6 ft 92 7.2 ft on December 24, 20267.2 ft, Dec 24, 2026
Newport Beach mixed 5.4 ft 99 7.2 ft on December 24, 20267.2 ft, Dec 24, 2026
San Diego mixed 5.6 ft 97 7.6 ft on December 24, 20267.6 ft, Dec 24, 2026

Where California's published tides are biggest and smallest

The average daily rise column is the higher high minus the lower low, averaged over dates that have both a high and a low.

NOAA stations that use these harbors as a reference

Half Moon Bay

No subordinate station in the NOAA list names this station as its reference. Predictions at this harbor stand on their own constants. This page does not inherit a time offset from another harbor.

Newport Beach

No subordinate station in the NOAA list names this station as its reference. Predictions at this harbor stand on their own constants. This page does not inherit a time offset from another harbor.

San Diego

15 subordinate stations take NOAA predictions from San Diego.

  • Ensenada, Todos Santos Bay
  • Imperial Beach
  • Isla Guadalupe
  • Isla Socorro
  • Manzanillo
  • Mazatlan
  • National City, San Diego Bay
  • Point Loma
  • Puerto Penasco
  • Puerto Vallarta
  • Quivira Basin, Mission Bay
  • San Carlos
  • San Clemente
  • San Diego, Quarantine Station
  • Topolobampo

King tides in California

The three highest predicted highs at each published station in this state are on the king tides page.

King tide dates for California

About this data

Predictions, not observations. Not for navigation.

Heights are feet above MLLW. Times are local to the station. Data: NOAA CO-OPS.

how these tide pages are computed