Next great tides in California

The great tides coming up soonest at every Great Tides place, in date order — not ranked by height over the whole season. A great tide here is a daylight low tide at or below 1.5 ft, a minus low tide at or below 0.0 ft, or an exceptionally high tide. The next 14 days below cover October 20, 2026 to November 2, 2026.

Next great tide: La Jolla, Thu, Oct 22 at 1:33 PM, 1.38 ft — daylight low.

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Next great tide at each place

Times are local station time; heights are relative to each place's own MLLW datum, so rows describe each place separately, not against each other.

Great tides in the next 14 days, in time order

Every great tide at every place from October 20, 2026 to November 2, 2026, soonest first — 205 events. The same great tide can meet more than one criterion; it is listed once, with every reason it counts.

The rest of this site ranks tides by height over the full 90-day window (October 20, 2026 to January 17, 2027), which is how you find the season's extremes — but those lists are dominated by the late-December King Tides, so they cannot tell you what is coming up this week. This page stays in time order on purpose. Each place is judged only against its own tides: the exceptionally-high threshold is that place's own 90th-percentile high for the window, and predicted heights are local to each place's station and its MLLW datum, so heights are not directly interchangeable between places.

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Questions

What counts as a great tide?

The same three criteria the site's calendar feeds already use: a daylight low tide at or below 1.5 ft, which is a good tidepooling window; a minus low tide at or below 0.0 ft, even after dark, when the most reef is exposed; or an exceptionally high tide, at or above that place's 90th-percentile high tide for the current 90-day window.

Why is this page in date order instead of ranked?

The ranked pages answer which tides are the biggest or lowest of the season, and this season those lists are dominated by the late-December King Tides. This page answers the other question — what great tide is coming up soonest — so it lists great tides in the order they happen, starting with the next one at each place.

Where can I see just my place's next great tides?

Each place page opens with its own coming-up-next summary, and each place has its own great-tides calendar feed. The table at the top of this page links to every place page.

Are these the actual water levels I will see?

No. These are astronomical predictions from NOAA CO-OPS. Wind, storms and air pressure push real water levels above or below the prediction, sometimes by a foot or more. Check the local forecast and conditions before you go, and do not use these predictions for navigation.

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