Tide station · California

Arcata Wharf tides

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

Right now

Falling

Next low 8:40 PM, 1.3 ft (0.38 m), in 1 h 58 min.

Today · Thu, Nov 12

  • High2:54 AM7.0 ft 2.12 m
  • Low7:33 AM5.3 ft 1.62 m
  • High1:15 PM8.6 ft 2.61 m
  • Low8:40 PM1.3 ft 0.38 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 2:54 AM · 7.0 ft
  • L 7:33 AM · 5.3 ft
  • H 1:15 PM · 8.6 ft
  • L 8:40 PM · 1.3 ft
Fri, Nov 13
  • H 3:40 AM · 6.8 ft
  • L 8:12 AM · 5.5 ft
  • H 1:52 PM · 8.2 ft
  • L 9:22 PM · 1.5 ft
Sat, Nov 14
  • H 4:29 AM · 6.7 ft
  • L 8:58 AM · 5.6 ft
  • H 2:33 PM · 7.9 ft
  • L 10:06 PM · 1.8 ft
Sun, Nov 15
  • H 5:21 AM · 6.7 ft
  • L 9:57 AM · 5.7 ft
  • H 3:22 PM · 7.5 ft
  • L 10:54 PM · 2.1 ft
Mon, Nov 16
  • H 6:12 AM · 6.8 ft
  • L 11:11 AM · 5.6 ft
  • H 4:25 PM · 7.1 ft
  • L 11:44 PM · 2.4 ft
Tue, Nov 17
  • H 6:57 AM · 7.0 ft
  • L 12:32 PM · 5.2 ft
  • H 5:40 PM · 6.7 ft
Wed, Nov 18
  • L 12:34 AM · 2.7 ft
  • H 7:37 AM · 7.4 ft
  • L 1:42 PM · 4.6 ft
  • H 6:59 PM · 6.5 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

Arcata Wharf is a NOAA subordinate station in California: its highs and lows are offsets from Humboldt Bay (North Spit). 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 7.3 ft; the average swing is 3.4 ft.

Closest Quiver spot: Samoa Dunes Surf Area, 13 km away.

Station facts

Station ID
9418851
Source
NOAA CO-OPS
Type
Subordinate station
Reference station
Humboldt Bay (North Spit)
Coordinates
40.8500, -124.1170
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.