When is the next great tide near you?

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Great Tides ranks the next 90 days of NOAA tide predictions for each place below and shows you the dates worth planning around — the lowest daylight tides for tidepooling, the highest king tides, and the biggest tidal swings. Rankings cover November 2, 2026 to January 30, 2027.

Coverage: California only — fourteen places, from Crescent City to La Jolla

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Soonest great tide in California

A statewide pick, not a local one. It may be far from you. Find your place above for tides near you.

Soonest great tide

La Jolla

Wednesday, November 4

12:00 PM

Low tide

1.28 ft (0.39 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

See La Jolla tides

King Tides November 24–26, 2026 — the highest highs and lowest lows of the season. See the King Tides page.

Crescent City

Next daylight lowThursday, November 53:03 PM0.84 ft(0.25 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Sunday, November 22 · 8:54 AM · 7.71 ft (2.35 m)

All Crescent City tides

NOAA station CRESCENT CITY (9419750) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

Humboldt Bay

Next daylight lowThursday, November 53:07 PM0.91 ft(0.28 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Monday, November 23 · 9:44 AM · 8.13 ft (2.48 m)

All Humboldt Bay tides

NOAA station North Spit (9418767) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

Noyo Harbor, Fort Bragg, California — Noyo Harbor - October 2022 - Sarah Stierch.jpg from Wikimedia Commons by Missvain (Sarah Stierch), CC BY 4.0 — resized and converted to WebP

Fort Bragg & Noyo Harbor

Next daylight lowThursday, November 52:35 PM0.81 ft(0.25 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Monday, November 23 · 8:57 AM · 7.19 ft (2.19 m)

All Fort Bragg & Noyo Harbor tides

NOAA station NOYO HARBOR (9417426) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

Point Reyes

Next daylight lowThursday, November 52:20 PM0.84 ft(0.26 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Sunday, November 22 · 8:02 AM · 6.48 ft (1.98 m)

All Point Reyes tides

NOAA station Point Reyes (9415020) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

Fort Point National Historic Site and Golden Gate Bridge.jpg from Wikimedia Commons by Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0 — resized and converted to WebP

San Francisco

Next daylight lowWednesday, November 41:59 PM1.35 ft(0.41 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Sunday, November 22 · 8:48 AM · 6.40 ft (1.95 m)

All San Francisco tides

NOAA station San Francisco (9414290) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

Aerial view of Pillar Point Harbor, California — Pillar Point Harbor aerial view.jpg from Wikimedia Commons by Robert Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0 — resized and converted to WebP

Half Moon Bay

Next daylight lowWednesday, November 41:19 PM1.36 ft(0.41 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Sunday, November 22 · 7:53 AM · 6.25 ft (1.91 m)

All Half Moon Bay tides

NOAA station Pillar Point Harbor (9414131) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

Santa Cruz

Next daylight lowWednesday, November 41:00 PM1.45 ft(0.44 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Sunday, November 22 · 7:36 AM · 5.94 ft (1.81 m)

All Santa Cruz tides

NOAA station Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay (9413745) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

Monterey

Next daylight lowWednesday, November 41:11 PM1.47 ft(0.45 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Sunday, November 22 · 7:42 AM · 6.12 ft (1.87 m)

All Monterey tides

NOAA station Monterey (9413450) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

Port San Luis, California, north of the pier — Port San Luis.jpg from Wikimedia Commons by Postpope, CC BY-SA 4.0 — resized and converted to WebP

Port San Luis & Avila Beach

Next daylight lowWednesday, November 412:47 PM1.46 ft(0.45 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Sunday, November 8 · 8:28 AM · 6.07 ft (1.85 m)

All Port San Luis & Avila Beach tides

NOAA station PORT SAN LUIS (9412110) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

Santa Barbara

Next daylight lowWednesday, November 412:25 PM1.36 ft(0.42 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Sunday, November 8 · 8:07 AM · 6.14 ft (1.87 m)

All Santa Barbara tides

NOAA station Santa Barbara (9411340) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

Santa Monica

Next daylight lowWednesday, November 412:10 PM1.33 ft(0.41 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Sunday, November 22 · 6:44 AM · 6.28 ft (1.91 m)

All Santa Monica tides

NOAA station Santa Monica, Municipal Pier (9410840) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

Newport Beach Pier, Newport Beach, California — Newport Beach Pier by Don Ramey Logan (1) copy.jpg from Wikimedia Commons by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0 — resized and converted to WebP

Newport Beach & Corona del Mar

Next daylight lowWednesday, November 412:07 PM1.25 ft(0.38 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Sunday, November 22 · 6:37 AM · 6.24 ft (1.90 m)

All Newport Beach & Corona del Mar tides

NOAA station NEWPORT BEACH, NEWPORT BAY ENTRANCE (9410580) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

Avalon, Santa Catalina Island

Next daylight lowWednesday, November 412:10 PM1.36 ft(0.41 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Sunday, November 8 · 7:49 AM · 6.24 ft (1.90 m)

All Avalon, Santa Catalina Island tides

NOAA station AVALON, SANTA CATALINA ISLAND (9410079) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

La Jolla

Next daylight lowWednesday, November 412:00 PM1.28 ft(0.39 m) Low 1.5 ft or lower

Next exceptionally high: Sunday, November 22 · 6:35 AM · 6.13 ft (1.87 m)

All La Jolla tides

NOAA station La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) (9410230) · heights in feet (meters), datum MLLW

Not sure where to go?

Start with the statewide guides: the best tides ranked across all fourteen places.

Browse the guides

Statewide guides

How to read these pages

Each place page lists its ten lowest low tides, its ten best daylight low tides, its ten best weekend daylight low tides, its ten highest high tides, and its ten largest tidal ranges in the window. It also lists every predicted high and low tide of the next 14 days in chronological order. Every list is calculated from the predictions of one nearby NOAA station, and every ranking is relative to that station. A daylight low tide of 1.5 ft (0.46 m) or lower carries a Low 1.5 ft or lower badge; at or below 0.0 ft it carries a Low 0.0 ft or lower badge. The badges state height only: a lower low exposes more shore, but height alone does not rate a place for tidepooling. Three place pages carry a sourced local benchmark. Use Save place on a card to keep a place handy in this browser, then filter to saved places only; saved places are stored only on your device and are never sent anywhere. The place search above also matches nearby beaches and landmarks — try Pillar Point, Avila Beach, or Scripps. When a search matches a nearby name, the card says which place it belongs to; a search with no match says so instead of hiding every card. Or choose Use my location to sort the places nearest first and see how far each one is from you; that works entirely in your browser too. This page, each place page, and the guide pages have a Share button: it opens your device's share sheet, or copies the page link, so you can send the ranked tides to someone else.

Never miss a great tide

Each place has two subscribable calendar feeds, refreshed as the 90-day window rolls. Highlights is the quiet one: only the place's ten lowest low tides and ten highest high tides. The full calendar carries every daylight low tide at or below 1.5 ft, every minus tide, and every exceptionally high tide. No account and no email.

Download or subscribe? Downloading gives you a one-off copy of a feed's events as they stand today; it never updates. Subscribing gives your calendar app the same feed address to re-check, so the events stay current as the 90-day window rolls. Neither way needs an account or an email.

Crescent City: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/crescent-city/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (80 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/crescent-city/great-tides.ics
Humboldt Bay: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/humboldt-bay/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (80 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/humboldt-bay/great-tides.ics
Fort Bragg & Noyo Harbor: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/fort-bragg/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (77 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/fort-bragg/great-tides.ics
Point Reyes: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/point-reyes/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (83 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/point-reyes/great-tides.ics
San Francisco: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/san-francisco/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (88 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/san-francisco/great-tides.ics
Half Moon Bay: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/half-moon-bay/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (84 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/half-moon-bay/great-tides.ics
Santa Cruz: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/santa-cruz/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (85 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/santa-cruz/great-tides.ics
Monterey: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/monterey/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (85 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/monterey/great-tides.ics
Port San Luis & Avila Beach: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/port-san-luis/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (83 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/port-san-luis/great-tides.ics
Santa Barbara: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/santa-barbara/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (83 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/santa-barbara/great-tides.ics
Santa Monica: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/santa-monica/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (83 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/santa-monica/great-tides.ics
Newport Beach & Corona del Mar: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/newport-beach/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (83 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/newport-beach/great-tides.ics
Avalon, Santa Catalina Island: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/avalon/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (83 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/avalon/great-tides.ics
La Jolla: Subscribe to highlights (20 events — only the ten lowest lows and ten highest highs) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/la-jolla/highlights.ics
Subscribe to the full calendar (83 events — every daylight low, minus tide and exceptionally high tide) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/la-jolla/great-tides.ics

For Google Calendar: on a computer, open Google Calendar Settings → Add calendar → From URL, paste the feed address of the place you want — the Copy feed address button beside each address above copies it — and choose Add calendar. Google Calendar cannot add a subscription from its mobile app.

All places in one Highlights feed: Download the highlights at all fourteen places (.ics) — 280 events, the same Highlights events as the per-place feeds above, in one file.

Or subscribe to this calendar instead of downloading it — calendar apps that support webcal subscriptions re-check this file, so the events stay current as the 90-day window rolls.

For Google Calendar: on a computer, open Google Calendar Settings → Add calendar → From URL, paste this feed address and choose Add calendar: https://greattides.com/california/highlights.ics . Google Calendar cannot add a subscription from its mobile app.

All places in one full calendar: Download the full calendar at all fourteen places (.ics) — 1160 events, the same full-calendar events as the per-place feeds above, in one file.

Or subscribe to this calendar instead of downloading it — calendar apps that support webcal subscriptions re-check this file, so the events stay current as the 90-day window rolls.

For Google Calendar: on a computer, open Google Calendar Settings → Add calendar → From URL, paste this feed address and choose Add calendar: https://greattides.com/california/great-tides.ics . Google Calendar cannot add a subscription from its mobile app.

Statewide feeds, by what you want: the same three kinds of outing, for all fourteen places in one feed each.

Usable tidepooling, all places: Subscribe (140 events — each place's ten best daylight low tides) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/daylight-low-tides/daylight-lows.ics
Weekends, all places: Subscribe (140 events — each place's ten best weekend daylight low tides) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/weekend-low-tides/weekend-lows.ics
Exceptional highs, all places: Subscribe (140 events — each place's ten highest high tides) — feed address: https://greattides.com/california/highest-high-tides/highest-highs.ics

Questions

When are the next California King Tides?

The California Coastal Commission's King Tides Project dates for 2026-27 are November 24-26, 2026, December 23-25, 2026, and January 21-22, 2027, statewide. The King Tides page on this site lists the highest high tide and the best daylight low tide for every place in each window.

What is a great tide for tidepooling?

Start with a daylight low tide: a low tide that falls between sunrise and sunset, when the shore it uncovers can actually be explored. The badges on this site state height only: Low 1.5 ft or lower, and Low 0.0 ft or lower. Height alone does not rate a place for tidepooling; three place pages (La Jolla, Half Moon Bay and Point Reyes) carry a sourced local benchmark, and the other places state that suitability has not been locally assessed. Each place page ranks its ten best daylight low tides in the next 90 days.

Where do these tide predictions come from?

From NOAA CO-OPS, the US agency that operates the national tide-gauge network. Great Tides downloads the high and low tide predictions NOAA publishes for one station near each place and ranks them directly; the station chosen for each place is named on its page.

Are these live water levels?

No. These are astronomical predictions, calculated in advance from the positions of the Moon and Sun. Wind, storms and air pressure push real water levels above or below the prediction, sometimes by a foot or more, and these predictions must not be used for navigation.

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