When is the next great tide near you?
Tide tables tell you what the tide will be on a date you pick. Great Tides turns the question around: it ranks the next 90 days of NOAA tide predictions for each place below and shows you the dates worth planning around — the lowest daylight tides for tidepooling, the highest king tides, and the biggest tidal swings. Rankings cover October 18, 2026 to January 15, 2027.
Crescent City
Next daylight low tide (1.5 ft or lower):
Friday, October 23, 2026 · 4:37 PM · 0.91 ft (0.28 m) Good tidepooling
Next exceptionally high tide:
Monday, October 26, 2026 · 11:46 AM · 7.88 ft (2.40 m)
Station: CRESCENT CITY (9419750)
Half Moon Bay
Next daylight low tide (1.5 ft or lower):
Thursday, October 22, 2026 · 3:01 PM · 1.44 ft (0.44 m) Good tidepooling
Next exceptionally high tide:
Monday, October 26, 2026 · 10:39 AM · 6.38 ft (1.94 m)
Station: Pillar Point Harbor (9414131)
Santa Cruz
Next daylight low tide (1.5 ft or lower):
Friday, October 23, 2026 · 3:17 PM · 0.97 ft (0.30 m) Good tidepooling
Next exceptionally high tide:
Monday, October 26, 2026 · 10:22 AM · 6.03 ft (1.84 m)
Station: Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay (9413745)
Port San Luis & Avila Beach
Next daylight low tide (1.5 ft or lower):
Friday, October 23, 2026 · 3:02 PM · 0.99 ft (0.30 m) Good tidepooling
Next exceptionally high tide:
Sunday, October 25, 2026 · 9:30 AM · 6.06 ft (1.85 m)
Station: PORT SAN LUIS (9412110)
La Jolla
Next daylight low tide (1.5 ft or lower):
Thursday, October 22, 2026 · 1:33 PM · 1.38 ft (0.42 m) Good tidepooling
Next exceptionally high tide:
Sunday, October 25, 2026 · 8:43 AM · 6.14 ft (1.87 m)
Station: La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) (9410230)
How to read these pages
Each place page lists its ten lowest low tides, its ten best daylight low tides, its ten highest high tides and its ten largest tidal ranges in the window, all calculated from the predictions of one nearby NOAA station and all relative to that station. A daylight low tide of 1.5 ft (0.46 m) or lower is a good tidepooling window; at or below 0.0 ft it is an excellent one.