Capitola tides
Predicted from Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, NOAA station 9413745, 4 miles away. Heights in feet above MLLW. Also covers Pleasure Point and Manresa State Beach.
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Water level now
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Highs and lows
- 12:16 amHigh tide4.1 ft
- 5:16 amLow tide2.2 ft
- 11:27 amHigh tide5.5 ft
- 6:31 pmLow tide0.0 ft
Sun and moon
- Sunrise
- 7:11 am
- Sunset
- 6:36 pm
- Daylight
- 11 hr 25 min
- Moonrise
- 9:25 am
- Moonset
- 7:26 pm
- Moon
- Waxing crescent 5%
Water drops to 0.0 ft at 6:31 pm, in daylight. That is when the most sand and rock is uncovered.
About Capitola
Nestled in a sheltered cove along Monterey Bay, Capitola features a charming, colorful waterfront beach flanked by famous surf breaks like Pleasure Point to the north and the wide sandy shores of Manresa State Beach to the south. Pleasure Point is a legendary longboarding destination with consistent reef breaks, while Manresa offers powerful beach breaks and vast stretches for beachcombing and surf fishing. Consulting tide charts is essential for local beachgoers; low tide expands Capitola’s inner beach and uncovers the rocky shelves at Pleasure Point for tide pooling, while high tides press waves directly against Capitola's seawall and narrow the usable sand at Manresa.
This week
Mon
12 Oct
5.5 ft
11:27 am
0.0 ft
6:31 pm
Tue
13 Oct
5.4 ft
11:56 am
0.1 ft
7:15 pm
Wed
14 Oct
5.2 ft
12:27 pm
0.3 ft
8:04 pm
Thu
15 Oct
4.9 ft
1:04 pm
0.4 ft
9:00 pm
Fri
16 Oct
4.7 ft
1:52 pm
0.6 ft
10:03 pm
Sat
17 Oct
4.4 ft
2:58 pm
0.6 ft
11:07 pm
Sun
18 Oct
4.2 ft
4:18 pm
3.5 ft
10:54 am
Mon
19 Oct
4.2 ft
5:35 pm
0.6 ft
12:04 am
Tue
20 Oct
4.2 ft
6:41 pm
0.6 ft
12:50 am
Wed
21 Oct
4.3 ft
8:19 am
0.6 ft
1:28 am
The highest water of each day, and when it arrives.
King tides in 73 days
Water reaches 6.8 ft at 9:21 am on Thursday 24 December, the highest of this run. See every king tide through 2030
Along the coast
The nearest California locations north and south of here, in order along the coast. Each dot sits at its true latitude; where places crowd together the writing is nudged clear and joined back to its dot by a line. The region page lists them all.
October 2026
| Date | Tides | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thu | High 3:21 am 3.5 ftLow 7:08 am 2.9 ftHigh 1:39 pm 5.7 ftLow 9:28 pm -0.1 ft | 7:02 am | 6:52 pm |
| 2Fri | High 5:01 am 3.5 ftLow 8:05 am 3.2 ftHigh 2:42 pm 5.5 ftLow 10:44 pm -0.1 ft | 7:03 am | 6:51 pm |
| 3Sat | High 6:30 am 3.6 ftLow 9:41 am 3.4 ftHigh 4:00 pm 5.3 ftLow 11:56 pm -0.2 ft | 7:03 am | 6:49 pm |
| 4Sun | High 7:25 am 3.9 ftLow 11:30 am 3.2 ftHigh 5:24 pm 5.2 ft | 7:04 am | 6:48 pm |
| 5Mon | Low 12:57 am -0.2 ftHigh 8:05 am 4.1 ftLow 12:53 pm 2.7 ftHigh 6:41 pm 5.1 ft | 7:05 am | 6:46 pm |
| 6Tue | Low 1:48 am -0.2 ftHigh 8:37 am 4.4 ftLow 1:56 pm 2.1 ftHigh 7:48 pm 5.1 ft | 7:06 am | 6:45 pm |
| 7Wed | Low 2:31 am 0.0 ftHigh 9:08 am 4.7 ftLow 2:50 pm 1.5 ftHigh 8:48 pm 5.0 ft | 7:07 am | 6:43 pm |
| 8Thu | Low 3:10 am 0.4 ftHigh 9:36 am 5.0 ftLow 3:38 pm 1.0 ftHigh 9:42 pm 4.8 ft | 7:08 am | 6:42 pm |
| 9Fri | Low 3:44 am 0.8 ftHigh 10:04 am 5.3 ftLow 4:23 pm 0.5 ftHigh 10:34 pm 4.6 ft | 7:09 am | 6:40 pm |
| 10Sat | Low 4:16 am 1.3 ftHigh 10:32 am 5.5 ftLow 5:07 pm 0.2 ftHigh 11:25 pm 4.3 ft | 7:10 am | 6:39 pm |
| 11Sun | Low 4:46 am 1.8 ftHigh 10:59 am 5.5 ftLow 5:49 pm 0.1 ft | 7:10 am | 6:38 pm |
| 12Mon | High 12:16 am 4.1 ftLow 5:16 am 2.2 ftHigh 11:27 am 5.5 ftLow 6:31 pm 0.0 ft | 7:11 am | 6:36 pm |
| 13Tue | High 1:12 am 3.8 ftLow 5:44 am 2.7 ftHigh 11:56 am 5.4 ftLow 7:15 pm 0.1 ft | 7:12 am | 6:35 pm |
| 14Wed | High 2:14 am 3.6 ftLow 6:13 am 3.0 ftHigh 12:27 pm 5.2 ftLow 8:04 pm 0.3 ft | 7:13 am | 6:33 pm |
| 15Thu | High 3:31 am 3.5 ftLow 6:44 am 3.3 ftHigh 1:04 pm 4.9 ftLow 9:00 pm 0.4 ft | 7:14 am | 6:32 pm |
| 16Fri | High 5:04 am 3.5 ftLow 7:26 am 3.5 ftHigh 1:52 pm 4.7 ftLow 10:03 pm 0.6 ft | 7:15 am | 6:31 pm |
| 17Sat | High 6:27 am 3.6 ftLow 8:52 am 3.6 ftHigh 2:58 pm 4.4 ftLow 11:07 pm 0.6 ft | 7:16 am | 6:29 pm |
| 18Sun | High 7:11 am 3.7 ftLow 10:54 am 3.5 ftHigh 4:18 pm 4.2 ft | 7:17 am | 6:28 pm |
| 19Mon | Low 12:04 am 0.6 ftHigh 7:38 am 3.9 ftLow 12:17 pm 3.2 ftHigh 5:35 pm 4.2 ft | 7:18 am | 6:27 pm |
| 20Tue | Low 12:50 am 0.6 ftHigh 7:59 am 4.1 ftLow 1:12 pm 2.7 ftHigh 6:41 pm 4.2 ft | 7:19 am | 6:25 pm |
| 21Wed | Low 1:28 am 0.6 ftHigh 8:19 am 4.3 ftLow 1:56 pm 2.2 ftHigh 7:39 pm 4.2 ft | 7:20 am | 6:24 pm |
| 22Thu | Low 2:02 am 0.8 ftHigh 8:38 am 4.6 ftLow 2:37 pm 1.6 ftHigh 8:32 pm 4.3 ft | 7:21 am | 6:23 pm |
| 23Fri | Low 2:33 am 1.0 ftHigh 8:59 am 5.0 ftLow 3:17 pm 1.0 ftHigh 9:23 pm 4.3 ft | 7:22 am | 6:22 pm |
| 24Sat | Low 3:03 am 1.3 ftHigh 9:23 am 5.4 ftLow 3:58 pm 0.4 ftHigh 10:14 pm 4.3 ft | 7:23 am | 6:20 pm |
| 25Sun | Low 3:35 am 1.6 ftHigh 9:51 am 5.7 ftLow 4:41 pm -0.2 ftHigh 11:07 pm 4.2 ft | 7:23 am | 6:19 pm |
| 26Mon | Low 4:08 am 2.0 ftHigh 10:22 am 6.0 ftLow 5:26 pm -0.6 ft | 7:24 am | 6:18 pm |
| 27Tue | High 12:04 am 4.1 ftLow 4:43 am 2.4 ftHigh 10:57 am 6.2 ftLow 6:15 pm -0.8 ft | 7:25 am | 6:17 pm |
| 28Wed | High 1:05 am 3.9 ftLow 5:21 am 2.7 ftHigh 11:37 am 6.2 ftLow 7:09 pm -0.9 ft | 7:26 am | 6:16 pm |
| 29Thu | High 2:15 am 3.8 ftLow 6:06 am 3.0 ftHigh 12:24 pm 6.1 ftLow 8:07 pm -0.8 ft | 7:27 am | 6:15 pm |
| 30Fri | High 3:33 am 3.7 ftLow 7:02 am 3.2 ftHigh 1:19 pm 5.8 ftLow 9:10 pm -0.7 ft | 7:28 am | 6:13 pm |
| 31Sat | High 4:49 am 3.8 ftLow 8:22 am 3.3 ftHigh 2:26 pm 5.4 ftLow 10:16 pm -0.5 ft | 7:29 am | 6:12 pm |