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King tides at Miami Beach

The highest predicted waters at Miami Beach, 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 Miami Beach

South Florida calls these sunny-day floods, and they are the clearest example anywhere of a tide that floods without a storm. On the highest autumn tides the water comes up through the storm drains in Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale and stands in the streets under a clear sky.

Late September through November is when it happens, when the seasonal high water coincides with the biggest astronomical tides.

King tides still to come

25–29 October 2026

Date High water Height
25 OctSun8:08 am3.5 ft
25 OctSun8:14 pm3.3 ft
26 OctMon8:52 am3.6 ft
26 OctMon8:56 pm3.4 ft
27 OctTue9:37 am3.7 ft
27 OctTue9:41 pm3.4 ft
28 OctWed10:25 am3.6 ft
28 OctWed10:29 pm3.3 ft
29 OctThu11:15 am3.5 ft
29 OctThu11:21 pm3.2 ft

23–27 November 2026

Date High water Height
23 NovMon6:43 am3.4 ft
23 NovMon6:45 pm3.2 ft
24 NovTue7:31 am3.5 ft
24 NovTue7:34 pm3.2 ft
25 NovWed8:20 am3.5 ft
25 NovWed8:24 pm3.2 ft
26 NovThu9:11 am3.5 ft
26 NovThu9:17 pm3.2 ft
27 NovFri10:03 am3.4 ft
27 NovFri10:13 pm3.1 ft

31 August – 4 September 2027

Date High water Height
31 AugTue8:23 am3.3 ft
31 AugTue8:51 pm3.3 ft
1 SepWed9:15 am3.4 ft
1 SepWed9:37 pm3.4 ft
2 SepThu10:04 am3.4 ft
2 SepThu10:22 pm3.3 ft
3 SepFri10:53 am3.4 ft
3 SepFri11:08 pm3.2 ft
4 SepSat11:43 am3.2 ft
4 SepSat11:53 pm3.0 ft

28 September – 2 October 2027

Date High water Height
28 SepTue7:18 am3.5 ft
28 SepTue7:41 pm3.4 ft
29 SepWed8:09 am3.6 ft
29 SepWed8:27 pm3.5 ft
30 SepThu8:57 am3.7 ft
30 SepThu9:11 pm3.5 ft
1 OctFri9:44 am3.7 ft
1 OctFri9:54 pm3.4 ft
2 OctSat10:30 am3.6 ft
2 OctSat10:37 pm3.3 ft

27–31 October 2027

Date High water Height
27 OctWed7:03 am3.5 ft
27 OctWed7:16 pm3.4 ft
28 OctThu7:53 am3.6 ft
28 OctThu8:01 pm3.4 ft
29 OctFri8:39 am3.7 ft
29 OctFri8:45 pm3.4 ft
30 OctSat9:24 am3.6 ft
30 OctSat9:27 pm3.3 ft
31 OctSun10:08 am3.5 ft
31 OctSun10:10 pm3.2 ft

18–22 September 2028

Date High water Height
18 SepMon8:19 am3.6 ft
18 SepMon8:39 pm3.5 ft
19 SepTue9:09 am3.7 ft
19 SepTue9:26 pm3.6 ft
20 SepWed9:59 am3.7 ft
20 SepWed10:13 pm3.5 ft
21 SepThu10:49 am3.6 ft
21 SepThu11:01 pm3.4 ft
22 SepFri11:41 am3.5 ft
22 SepFri11:51 pm3.2 ft

16–20 October 2028

Date High water Height
16 OctMon7:10 am3.6 ft
16 OctMon7:26 pm3.5 ft
17 OctTue8:02 am3.8 ft
17 OctTue8:14 pm3.6 ft
18 OctWed8:51 am3.9 ft
18 OctWed9:02 pm3.6 ft
19 OctThu9:40 am3.8 ft
19 OctThu9:49 pm3.6 ft
20 OctFri10:30 am3.7 ft
20 OctFri10:37 pm3.4 ft

14–18 November 2028

Date High water Height
14 NovTue5:54 am3.5 ft
14 NovTue6:02 pm3.3 ft
15 NovWed6:46 am3.6 ft
15 NovWed6:52 pm3.4 ft
16 NovThu7:35 am3.6 ft
16 NovThu7:41 pm3.4 ft
17 NovFri8:24 am3.6 ft
17 NovFri8:29 pm3.3 ft
18 NovSat9:12 am3.5 ft
18 NovSat9:17 pm3.2 ft

8–12 September 2029

Date High water Height
8 SepSat8:36 am3.4 ft
8 SepSat9:00 pm3.3 ft
9 SepSun9:24 am3.5 ft
9 SepSun9:42 pm3.4 ft
10 SepMon10:12 am3.5 ft
10 SepMon10:30 pm3.4 ft
11 SepTue11:00 am3.5 ft
11 SepTue11:18 pm3.3 ft
12 SepWed11:54 am3.4 ft

7–11 October 2029

Date High water Height
7 OctSun8:18 am3.7 ft
7 OctSun8:30 pm3.6 ft
8 OctMon9:06 am3.8 ft
8 OctMon9:18 pm3.6 ft
9 OctTue9:54 am3.8 ft
9 OctTue10:06 pm3.6 ft
10 OctWed10:48 am3.8 ft
10 OctWed10:54 pm3.5 ft
11 OctThu11:36 am3.6 ft
11 OctThu11:48 pm3.3 ft

4–8 November 2029

Date High water Height
4 NovSun6:06 am3.6 ft
4 NovSun6:18 pm3.5 ft
5 NovMon6:54 am3.7 ft
5 NovMon7:06 pm3.6 ft
6 NovTue7:48 am3.8 ft
6 NovTue7:54 pm3.6 ft
7 NovWed8:36 am3.8 ft
7 NovWed8:48 pm3.5 ft
8 NovThu9:30 am3.7 ft
8 NovThu9:36 pm3.4 ft

27 September – 1 October 2030

Date High water Height
27 SepFri8:40 am3.5 ft
27 SepFri8:53 pm3.4 ft
28 SepSat9:24 am3.6 ft
28 SepSat9:35 pm3.4 ft
29 SepSun10:10 am3.6 ft
29 SepSun10:19 pm3.4 ft
30 SepMon10:58 am3.5 ft
30 SepMon11:07 pm3.3 ft
1 OctTue11:50 am3.4 ft

26–30 October 2030

Date High water Height
26 OctSat8:16 am3.7 ft
26 OctSat8:25 pm3.5 ft
27 OctSun9:04 am3.8 ft
27 OctSun9:12 pm3.5 ft
28 OctMon9:52 am3.8 ft
28 OctMon10:00 pm3.5 ft
29 OctTue10:42 am3.7 ft
29 OctTue10:52 pm3.4 ft
30 OctWed11:35 am3.6 ft
30 OctWed11:48 pm3.3 ft

24–28 November 2030

Date High water Height
24 NovSun6:56 am3.5 ft
24 NovSun7:02 pm3.3 ft
25 NovMon7:46 am3.6 ft
25 NovMon7:53 pm3.4 ft
26 NovTue8:36 am3.6 ft
26 NovTue8:46 pm3.4 ft
27 NovWed9:28 am3.6 ft
27 NovWed9:40 pm3.3 ft
28 NovThu10:20 am3.4 ft
28 NovThu10:37 pm3.2 ft

King tides already past

8–12 October 2026

Date High water Height
8 OctThu7:12 am3.3 ft
8 OctThu7:31 pm3.3 ft
9 OctFri7:59 am3.4 ft
9 OctFri8:12 pm3.3 ft
10 OctSat8:42 am3.5 ft
10 OctSat8:51 pm3.3 ft
11 OctSun9:23 am3.5 ft
11 OctSun9:28 pm3.3 ft
12 OctMon10:03 am3.4 ft
12 OctMon10:05 pm3.2 ft