Tide station · California

Mad River Slough, Arcata Bay tides

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

Right now

Rising

Next high 3:35 AM, 7.4 ft (2.24 m), in 1 h 13 min.

Today · Fri, Nov 13

  • High3:35 AM7.4 ft 2.24 m
  • Low7:53 AM5.7 ft 1.73 m
  • High1:47 PM8.9 ft 2.73 m
  • Low9:03 PM1.4 ft 0.44 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)
Fri, Nov 13
  • H 3:35 AM · 7.4 ft
  • L 7:53 AM · 5.7 ft
  • H 1:47 PM · 8.9 ft
  • L 9:03 PM · 1.4 ft
Sat, Nov 14
  • H 4:24 AM · 7.2 ft
  • L 8:39 AM · 5.8 ft
  • H 2:28 PM · 8.5 ft
  • L 9:47 PM · 1.7 ft
Sun, Nov 15
  • H 5:16 AM · 7.2 ft
  • L 9:38 AM · 5.8 ft
  • H 3:17 PM · 8.1 ft
  • L 10:35 PM · 2.1 ft
Mon, Nov 16
  • H 6:07 AM · 7.3 ft
  • L 10:52 AM · 5.7 ft
  • H 4:20 PM · 7.6 ft
  • L 11:25 PM · 2.3 ft
Tue, Nov 17
  • H 6:52 AM · 7.6 ft
  • L 12:13 PM · 5.4 ft
  • H 5:35 PM · 7.2 ft
Wed, Nov 18
  • L 12:15 AM · 2.7 ft
  • H 7:32 AM · 8.0 ft
  • L 1:23 PM · 4.7 ft
  • H 6:54 PM · 7.0 ft
Thu, Nov 19
  • L 1:04 AM · 3.0 ft
  • H 8:07 AM · 8.4 ft
  • L 2:21 PM · 3.8 ft
  • H 8:09 PM · 7.0 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

Mad River Slough, Arcata Bay 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 7.5 ft; the average swing is 3.9 ft.

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

Station facts

Station ID
9418865
Source
NOAA CO-OPS
Type
Subordinate station
Reference station
Humboldt Bay (North Spit)
Coordinates
40.8650, -124.1480
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.