California Tide Charts
Worldwide Tides

King tides at San Francisco

The highest predicted waters at San Francisco, through 2030. Every high tide reaching 7.0 ft above MLLW.

What counts as a king tide

There is no official definition. NOAA does not publish one, and the California King Tides Project simply means the highest predicted tides of the year. This page lists every predicted high water of 7.0 ft or more above MLLW, which on this stretch of coast picks out the handful of days each winter when the water comes up unusually far.

They happen when the moon is closest to Earth and new or full at the same time, with the Earth near its own closest approach to the sun. That alignment stacks the solar and lunar pulls together, and it lands in November, December and January far more often than not.

These are predictions of astronomical tide only. A winter storm arriving on a king tide is what causes flooding, because surge and wind can add a foot or more on top of the figures here.

What a king tide means at San Francisco

The California King Tides Project runs on these dates, and the Bay is where the photographs come from: the Embarcadero, Mill Valley, the Marin shoreline roads that go under a few times each winter.

The tide alone rarely causes trouble. A king tide with a winter storm and a swollen river behind it is what floods, and the Bay Area gets that combination most years.

King tides still to come

22–26 December 2026

Date High water Height
22 DecTue8:07 am7.1 ft
22 DecTue10:42 pm4.9 ft
23 DecWed8:57 am7.3 ft
23 DecWed11:30 pm5.1 ft
24 DecThu9:48 am7.3 ft
25 DecFri12:16 am5.2 ft
25 DecFri10:41 am7.2 ft
26 DecSat1:01 am5.2 ft
26 DecSat11:35 am6.8 ft

19–23 January 2027

Date High water Height
19 JanTue6:58 am6.8 ft
19 JanTue9:42 pm4.7 ft
20 JanWed7:55 am7.1 ft
20 JanWed10:24 pm5.0 ft
21 JanThu8:50 am7.2 ft
21 JanThu11:04 pm5.2 ft
22 JanFri9:44 am7.2 ft
22 JanFri11:42 pm5.4 ft
23 JanSat10:37 am6.9 ft

1–5 July 2027

Date High water Height
1 JulThu10:34 am4.4 ft
1 JulThu8:43 pm6.9 ft
2 JulFri11:24 am4.7 ft
2 JulFri9:34 pm7.1 ft
3 JulSat12:09 pm4.9 ft
3 JulSat10:26 pm7.2 ft
4 JulSun12:52 pm5.0 ft
4 JulSun11:19 pm7.1 ft
5 JulMon1:34 pm5.2 ft

30 July – 3 August 2027

Date High water Height
30 JulFri10:18 am4.6 ft
30 JulFri8:27 pm7.0 ft
31 JulSat11:00 am4.9 ft
31 JulSat9:24 pm7.2 ft
1 AugSun11:39 am5.1 ft
1 AugSun10:19 pm7.2 ft
2 AugMon12:16 pm5.3 ft
2 AugMon11:13 pm7.1 ft
3 AugTue12:53 pm5.6 ft

10–14 January 2028

Date High water Height
10 JanMon8:17 am6.9 ft
10 JanMon10:44 pm4.9 ft
11 JanTue9:07 am7.1 ft
11 JanTue11:23 pm5.1 ft
12 JanWed9:58 am7.1 ft
13 JanThu12:00 am5.3 ft
13 JanThu10:49 am6.9 ft
14 JanFri12:38 am5.5 ft
14 JanFri11:42 am6.5 ft

14–18 November 2028

Date High water Height
14 NovTue8:05 am6.8 ft
14 NovTue9:34 pm5.0 ft
15 NovWed8:44 am7.0 ft
15 NovWed10:33 pm5.1 ft
16 NovThu9:25 am7.1 ft
16 NovThu11:28 pm5.2 ft
17 NovFri10:08 am7.0 ft
18 NovSat12:22 am5.1 ft
18 NovSat10:52 am6.7 ft

12–16 December 2028

Date High water Height
12 DecTue6:50 am6.7 ft
12 DecTue8:44 pm4.5 ft
13 DecWed7:35 am6.9 ft
13 DecWed9:45 pm4.8 ft
14 DecThu8:20 am7.0 ft
14 DecThu10:38 pm5.0 ft
15 DecFri9:05 am7.0 ft
15 DecFri11:26 pm5.1 ft
16 DecSat9:51 am6.9 ft

22–26 June 2029

Date High water Height
22 JunFri9:11 am4.2 ft
22 JunFri8:04 pm6.8 ft
23 JunSat10:16 am4.5 ft
23 JunSat8:53 pm7.0 ft
24 JunSun11:12 am4.8 ft
24 JunSun9:43 pm7.0 ft
25 JunMon12:01 pm5.0 ft
25 JunMon10:32 pm6.9 ft
26 JunTue12:47 pm5.1 ft
26 JunTue11:20 pm6.7 ft

5–9 November 2029

Date High water Height
5 NovMon9:01 am6.9 ft
5 NovMon10:38 pm5.3 ft
6 NovTue9:43 am7.1 ft
6 NovTue11:35 pm5.3 ft
7 NovWed10:28 am7.1 ft
8 NovThu12:32 am5.2 ft
8 NovThu11:16 am6.9 ft
9 NovFri1:30 am5.1 ft
9 NovFri12:07 pm6.6 ft

3–7 December 2029

Date High water Height
3 DecMon7:48 am7.0 ft
3 DecMon9:46 pm4.9 ft
4 DecTue8:33 am7.2 ft
4 DecTue10:41 pm5.1 ft
5 DecWed9:21 am7.3 ft
5 DecWed11:33 pm5.2 ft
6 DecThu10:09 am7.2 ft
7 DecFri12:23 am5.3 ft
7 DecFri10:59 am6.9 ft

11–15 July 2030

Date High water Height
11 JulThu9:18 am4.3 ft
11 JulThu7:57 pm6.9 ft
12 JulFri10:16 am4.6 ft
12 JulFri8:52 pm7.1 ft
13 JulSat11:06 am4.9 ft
13 JulSat9:46 pm7.2 ft
14 JulSun11:51 am5.2 ft
14 JulSun10:38 pm7.1 ft
15 JulMon12:34 pm5.4 ft
15 JulMon11:30 pm6.9 ft

23–27 November 2030

Date High water Height
23 NovSat8:11 am6.8 ft
23 NovSat9:56 pm4.9 ft
24 NovSun8:53 am7.0 ft
24 NovSun10:51 pm5.1 ft
25 NovMon9:38 am7.2 ft
25 NovMon11:43 pm5.2 ft
26 NovTue10:27 am7.1 ft
27 NovWed12:35 am5.2 ft
27 NovWed11:17 am6.9 ft

22–26 December 2030

Date High water Height
22 DecSun7:42 am7.0 ft
22 DecSun9:54 pm4.8 ft
23 DecMon8:32 am7.2 ft
23 DecMon10:43 pm5.1 ft
24 DecTue9:23 am7.3 ft
24 DecTue11:30 pm5.3 ft
25 DecWed10:15 am7.2 ft
26 DecThu12:15 am5.4 ft
26 DecThu11:07 am6.9 ft

King tides already past

31 December – 2 January 2026

Date High water Height
31 DecWed9:37 pm4.7 ft
1 JanThu7:52 am7.2 ft
1 JanThu10:29 pm5.0 ft
2 JanFri8:45 am7.3 ft
2 JanFri11:15 pm5.2 ft

31 December – 4 January 2026

Date High water Height
31 DecWed9:37 pm4.7 ft
1 JanThu7:52 am7.2 ft
1 JanThu10:29 pm5.0 ft
2 JanFri8:45 am7.3 ft
2 JanFri11:15 pm5.2 ft
3 JanSat9:37 am7.2 ft
3 JanSat11:59 pm5.3 ft
4 JanSun10:29 am7.0 ft

11–15 July 2026

Date High water Height
11 JulSat10:12 am4.4 ft
11 JulSat8:22 pm7.1 ft
12 JulSun11:05 am4.7 ft
12 JulSun9:17 pm7.3 ft
13 JulMon11:52 am5.0 ft
13 JulMon10:12 pm7.3 ft
14 JulTue12:35 pm5.1 ft
14 JulTue11:06 pm7.2 ft
15 JulWed1:16 pm5.3 ft
15 JulWed11:59 pm6.9 ft