Tide station · California

Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay tides

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

Right now

Falling

Next low 5:19 AM, 4.9 ft (1.50 m), in 1 h 42 min.

Today · Fri, Nov 13

  • High2:20 AM5.1 ft 1.55 m
  • Low5:19 AM4.9 ft 1.50 m
  • High11:28 AM6.5 ft 1.99 m
  • Low7:24 PM1.5 ft 0.46 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 2:20 AM · 5.1 ft
  • L 5:19 AM · 4.9 ft
  • H 11:28 AM · 6.5 ft
  • L 7:24 PM · 1.5 ft
Sat, Nov 14
  • H 3:23 AM · 5.1 ft
  • L 6:11 AM · 5.0 ft
  • H 12:11 PM · 6.2 ft
  • L 8:14 PM · 1.7 ft
Sun, Nov 15
  • H 4:18 AM · 5.2 ft
  • L 7:30 AM · 5.0 ft
  • H 1:06 PM · 5.9 ft
  • L 9:04 PM · 1.9 ft
Mon, Nov 16
  • H 4:58 AM · 5.3 ft
  • L 9:12 AM · 4.9 ft
  • H 2:15 PM · 5.5 ft
  • L 9:53 PM · 2.0 ft
Tue, Nov 17
  • H 5:27 AM · 5.5 ft
  • L 10:42 AM · 4.5 ft
  • H 3:36 PM · 5.3 ft
  • L 10:37 PM · 2.2 ft
Wed, Nov 18
  • H 5:51 AM · 5.8 ft
  • L 11:46 AM · 3.9 ft
  • H 4:56 PM · 5.1 ft
  • L 11:17 PM · 2.5 ft
Thu, Nov 19
  • H 6:14 AM · 6.2 ft
  • L 12:35 PM · 3.3 ft
  • H 6:11 PM · 5.1 ft
  • L 11:55 PM · 2.8 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 Cruz, Monterey Bay is a NOAA subordinate station in California: its highs and lows are offsets from Monterey, Monterey Bay. 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 2.3 ft.

Closest Quiver spot: Santa Cruz Main Beach, 1 km away.

Station facts

Station ID
9413745
Source
NOAA CO-OPS
Type
Subordinate station
Reference station
Monterey, Monterey Bay
Coordinates
36.9583, -122.0170
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.