Tide station · California

Alcatraz Island tides

Times are local (America/Los_Angeles, GMT-8). Predicted tides, not live water levels. Not for navigation.

Right now

Falling

Next low 7:35 PM, 1.2 ft (0.37 m), in 53 min.

Today · Thu, Nov 12

  • High2:29 AM6.1 ft 1.84 m
  • Low6:39 AM5.0 ft 1.52 m
  • High12:24 PM7.2 ft 2.21 m
  • Low7:35 PM1.2 ft 0.37 m

NOAA prediction + 1.5 ft Quiver sea-level adjustment

Next 7 days

NOAA prediction + 1.5 ft Quiver sea-level adjustment

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Feet · orange dots are highs, black dots are lows
High and low tides for the next seven days
DayTides (local time, height)
Thu, Nov 12
  • H 2:29 AM · 6.1 ft
  • L 6:39 AM · 5.0 ft
  • H 12:24 PM · 7.2 ft
  • L 7:35 PM · 1.2 ft
Fri, Nov 13
  • H 3:18 AM · 6.0 ft
  • L 7:24 AM · 5.1 ft
  • H 1:03 PM · 7.0 ft
  • L 8:18 PM · 1.4 ft
Sat, Nov 14
  • H 4:10 AM · 5.9 ft
  • L 8:19 AM · 5.1 ft
  • H 1:48 PM · 6.7 ft
  • L 9:06 PM · 1.6 ft
Sun, Nov 15
  • H 5:01 AM · 5.9 ft
  • L 9:32 AM · 5.1 ft
  • H 2:41 PM · 6.4 ft
  • L 9:57 PM · 1.8 ft
Mon, Nov 16
  • H 5:47 AM · 6.0 ft
  • L 10:56 AM · 4.9 ft
  • H 3:45 PM · 6.0 ft
  • L 10:50 PM · 2.0 ft
Tue, Nov 17
  • H 6:26 AM · 6.2 ft
  • L 12:07 PM · 4.4 ft
  • H 4:58 PM · 5.8 ft
  • L 11:42 PM · 2.2 ft
Wed, Nov 18
  • H 6:59 AM · 6.4 ft
  • L 1:03 PM · 3.9 ft
  • H 6:17 PM · 5.6 ft

Quiver adds this from water levels measured against NOAA’s California tables this season; NOAA’s own table reads 1.5 ft lower.

About this station

Alcatraz Island is a NOAA subordinate station in California: its highs and lows are offsets from San Francisco (Golden Gate). Heights are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), plus Quiver's +1.5 ft sea-level adjustment.

Tide type: Mixed, mostly semidiurnal: two highs and two lows a day, one pair noticeably bigger than the other.

This week the biggest swing between high and low is 6.0 ft; the average swing is 2.9 ft.

Closest Quiver spot: Fort Point (San Francisco), 6 km away.

Station facts

Station ID
9414792
Source
NOAA CO-OPS
Type
Subordinate station
Coordinates
37.8267, -122.4170
Datum
MLLW + 1.5 ft Quiver sea-level adjustment
Tide type
Mixed, mostly semidiurnal
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles

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Tide predictions from NOAA CO-OPS (tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov).

Licence: U.S. public domain (NOAA). Predictions are astronomical tides only: wind, swell and pressure move real water. Not for navigation.