California Tide Charts

Imperial Beach tides

Predicted from Imperial Beach, NOAA station 9410120, right here. Heights in feet above MLLW. Also covers Imperial Beach Pier, Tijuana Slough and Border Field State Park.

Water level now

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Next tide

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Highs and lows

  1. 3:54 amLow tide1.6 ft
  2. 10:12 amHigh tide5.9 ft
  3. 5:04 pmLow tide0.1 ft
  4. 11:17 pmHigh tide4.0 ft

Sun and moon

Sunrise
6:49 am
Sunset
6:20 pm
Daylight
11 hr 31 min
Moonrise
8:54 am
Moonset
7:18 pm
Moon
Waxing crescent 5%

Water drops to 0.1 ft at 5:04 pm, in daylight. That is when the most sand and rock is uncovered.

About Imperial Beach

Situated at the southernmost border of California, Imperial Beach is anchored by the Imperial Beach Pier and supported by the protected wetlands of the Tijuana Slough and Border Field State Park. Imperial Beach Pier offers punchy, high-performance beach breaks for surfers, while the estuary at Tijuana Slough provides exceptional birdwatching and estuarine habitats rather than rocky tide pools. Clamming and shell fishing are subject to local water quality advisories. Knowing the tides is essential here to time surf sessions near the pier and estuary mouth, and to ensure safe beach walking down toward the Mexican border before high tides narrow the sand.

This week

  1. Mon

    12 Oct

    5.9 ft

    10:12 am

    0.1 ft

    5:04 pm

  2. Tue

    13 Oct

    5.7 ft

    10:37 am

    0.3 ft

    5:45 pm

  3. Wed

    14 Oct

    5.4 ft

    11:01 am

    0.6 ft

    6:32 pm

  4. Thu

    15 Oct

    5.1 ft

    11:28 am

    0.9 ft

    7:30 pm

  5. Fri

    16 Oct

    4.7 ft

    12:03 pm

    1.1 ft

    8:50 pm

  6. Sat

    17 Oct

    4.3 ft

    1:14 pm

    1.1 ft

    10:23 pm

  7. Sun

    18 Oct

    4.1 ft

    3:26 pm

    1.0 ft

    11:26 pm

  8. Mon

    19 Oct

    4.2 ft

    4:59 pm

    3.2 ft

    11:30 am

  9. Tue

    20 Oct

    4.4 ft

    5:58 pm

    0.8 ft

    12:08 am

  10. Wed

    21 Oct

    4.6 ft

    6:46 pm

    0.7 ft

    12:40 am

The highest water of each day, and when it arrives.

King tides in 73 days

Water reaches 7.0 ft at 8:29 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 1:22 am 3.3 ftLow 5:23 am 2.5 ftHigh 12:20 pm 5.7 ftLow 8:13 pm 0.5 ft
6:41 am6:34 pm
2Fri
High 3:19 am 3.1 ftLow 5:52 am 3.0 ftHigh 1:30 pm 5.3 ftLow 9:51 pm 0.5 ft
6:42 am6:33 pm
3Sat
High 6:05 am 3.4 ftLow 8:14 am 3.4 ftHigh 3:10 pm 5.1 ftLow 11:16 pm 0.3 ft
6:42 am6:31 pm
4Sun
High 6:38 am 3.8 ftLow 10:51 am 3.2 ftHigh 4:49 pm 5.1 ft
6:43 am6:30 pm
5Mon
Low 12:15 am 0.0 ftHigh 7:05 am 4.3 ftLow 12:08 pm 2.5 ftHigh 6:02 pm 5.4 ft
6:44 am6:29 pm
6Tue
Low 1:00 am -0.1 ftHigh 7:33 am 4.7 ftLow 1:03 pm 1.8 ftHigh 6:59 pm 5.5 ft
6:45 am6:28 pm
7Wed
Low 1:38 am -0.1 ftHigh 8:00 am 5.2 ftLow 1:49 pm 1.2 ftHigh 7:49 pm 5.6 ft
6:45 am6:26 pm
8Thu
Low 2:10 am 0.1 ftHigh 8:28 am 5.5 ftLow 2:31 pm 0.6 ftHigh 8:33 pm 5.4 ft
6:46 am6:25 pm
9Fri
Low 2:40 am 0.4 ftHigh 8:55 am 5.8 ftLow 3:11 pm 0.2 ftHigh 9:14 pm 5.2 ft
6:47 am6:24 pm
10Sat
Low 3:07 am 0.7 ftHigh 9:21 am 6.0 ftLow 3:48 pm 0.0 ftHigh 9:54 pm 4.8 ft
6:47 am6:23 pm
11Sun
Low 3:31 am 1.2 ftHigh 9:47 am 6.0 ftLow 4:26 pm 0.0 ftHigh 10:35 pm 4.4 ft
6:48 am6:21 pm
12Mon
Low 3:54 am 1.6 ftHigh 10:12 am 5.9 ftLow 5:04 pm 0.1 ftHigh 11:17 pm 4.0 ft
6:49 am6:20 pm
13Tue
Low 4:15 am 2.1 ftHigh 10:37 am 5.7 ftLow 5:45 pm 0.3 ft
6:50 am6:19 pm
14Wed
High 12:06 am 3.6 ftLow 4:32 am 2.5 ftHigh 11:01 am 5.4 ftLow 6:32 pm 0.6 ft
6:50 am6:18 pm
15Thu
High 1:09 am 3.2 ftLow 4:41 am 2.8 ftHigh 11:28 am 5.1 ftLow 7:30 pm 0.9 ft
6:51 am6:16 pm
16Fri
High 12:03 pm 4.7 ftLow 8:50 pm 1.1 ft
6:52 am6:15 pm
17Sat
High 1:14 pm 4.3 ftLow 10:23 pm 1.1 ft
6:52 am6:14 pm
18Sun
High 7:17 am 3.6 ftLow 9:36 am 3.7 ftHigh 3:26 pm 4.1 ftLow 11:26 pm 1.0 ft
6:53 am6:13 pm
19Mon
High 6:56 am 3.9 ftLow 11:30 am 3.2 ftHigh 4:59 pm 4.2 ft
6:54 am6:12 pm
20Tue
Low 12:08 am 0.8 ftHigh 7:01 am 4.2 ftLow 12:18 pm 2.7 ftHigh 5:58 pm 4.4 ft
6:55 am6:11 pm
21Wed
Low 12:40 am 0.7 ftHigh 7:16 am 4.5 ftLow 12:57 pm 2.0 ftHigh 6:46 pm 4.6 ft
6:56 am6:10 pm
22Thu
Low 1:08 am 0.6 ftHigh 7:34 am 5.0 ftLow 1:33 pm 1.4 ftHigh 7:29 pm 4.8 ft
6:56 am6:09 pm
23Fri
Low 1:36 am 0.7 ftHigh 7:56 am 5.4 ftLow 2:10 pm 0.7 ftHigh 8:11 pm 4.8 ft
6:57 am6:07 pm
24Sat
Low 2:03 am 0.8 ftHigh 8:20 am 5.8 ftLow 2:48 pm 0.2 ftHigh 8:54 pm 4.7 ft
6:58 am6:06 pm
25Sun
Low 2:31 am 1.1 ftHigh 8:48 am 6.2 ftLow 3:28 pm -0.3 ftHigh 9:38 pm 4.6 ft
6:59 am6:05 pm
26Mon
Low 3:00 am 1.4 ftHigh 9:18 am 6.5 ftLow 4:10 pm -0.7 ftHigh 10:25 pm 4.3 ft
7:00 am6:04 pm
27Tue
Low 3:30 am 1.7 ftHigh 9:51 am 6.6 ftLow 4:57 pm -0.8 ftHigh 11:19 pm 3.9 ft
7:00 am6:03 pm
28Wed
Low 4:02 am 2.1 ftHigh 10:29 am 6.5 ftLow 5:50 pm -0.6 ft
7:01 am6:02 pm
29Thu
High 12:22 am 3.6 ftLow 4:38 am 2.5 ftHigh 11:13 am 6.3 ftLow 6:52 pm -0.4 ft
7:02 am6:01 pm
30Fri
High 1:41 am 3.4 ftLow 5:23 am 2.8 ftHigh 12:09 pm 5.8 ftLow 8:02 pm -0.1 ft
7:03 am6:00 pm
31Sat
High 3:21 am 3.4 ftLow 6:45 am 3.2 ftHigh 1:24 pm 5.3 ftLow 9:22 pm 0.1 ft
7:04 am6:00 pm

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