Tide station · California

Santa Barbara tides

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

Right now

Falling

Next low 3:56 AM, 4.7 ft (1.42 m), in 2 h 04 min.

Today · Fri, Nov 13

  • High1:09 AM4.9 ft 1.48 m
  • Low3:56 AM4.7 ft 1.42 m
  • High10:32 AM6.8 ft 2.06 m
  • Low6:42 PM1.8 ft 0.54 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 1:09 AM · 4.9 ft
  • L 3:56 AM · 4.7 ft
  • H 10:32 AM · 6.8 ft
  • L 6:42 PM · 1.8 ft
Sat, Nov 14
  • H 11:14 AM · 6.4 ft
  • L 7:37 PM · 2.0 ft
Sun, Nov 15
  • H 12:09 PM · 6.0 ft
  • L 8:35 PM · 2.1 ft
Mon, Nov 16
  • H 4:39 AM · 5.2 ft
  • L 8:10 AM · 5.0 ft
  • H 1:24 PM · 5.6 ft
  • L 9:30 PM · 2.2 ft
Tue, Nov 17
  • H 4:59 AM · 5.5 ft
  • L 10:13 AM · 4.6 ft
  • H 3:02 PM · 5.4 ft
  • L 10:15 PM · 2.3 ft
Wed, Nov 18
  • H 5:18 AM · 5.8 ft
  • L 11:15 AM · 4.0 ft
  • H 4:26 PM · 5.3 ft
  • L 10:52 PM · 2.5 ft
Thu, Nov 19
  • H 5:39 AM · 6.3 ft
  • L 12:02 PM · 3.2 ft
  • H 5:34 PM · 5.2 ft
  • L 11:26 PM · 2.7 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

Santa Barbara is a NOAA reference station in California, with its own harmonic constants. 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 5.0 ft; the average swing is 2.6 ft.

Closest Quiver spot: Leadbetter, 1 km away.

Station facts

Station ID
9411340
Source
NOAA CO-OPS
Type
Reference station
Coordinates
34.4046, -119.6925
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.