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King tides at Cocodrie

The highest predicted waters at Cocodrie, through 2030. Every high tide reaching 7.00 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 Cocodrie

The highest tides of the year come over the low roads and into the camps, and on this coast that happens more readily than it used to — the land is sinking as the sea rises, and a tide that was once remarkable is now merely annual.

Add a south wind and the same tide reaches considerably further. The figures here are astronomical only; anything blowing onshore adds to them.

King tides still to come

29 October – 1 November 2026

Date High water Height
29 OctThu12:44 am1.57 ft
30 OctFri1:50 am1.58 ft
31 OctSat2:56 am1.57 ft
1 NovSun2:58 am1.52 ft

22–26 September 2027

Date High water Height
22 SepWed3:32 am1.54 ft
23 SepThu4:41 am1.58 ft
24 SepFri5:58 am1.59 ft
25 SepSat7:25 am1.57 ft
26 SepSun9:11 am1.49 ft

3–6 October 2027

Date High water Height
3 OctSun12:33 am1.55 ft
4 OctMon1:23 am1.58 ft
5 OctTue2:18 am1.57 ft
6 OctWed3:16 am1.54 ft

19–23 October 2027

Date High water Height
19 OctTue1:14 am1.55 ft
20 OctWed2:14 am1.58 ft
21 OctThu3:17 am1.59 ft
22 OctFri4:19 am1.56 ft
23 OctSat5:21 am1.47 ft

22–26 September 2028

Date High water Height
22 SepFri1:03 am1.49 ft
23 SepSat1:54 am1.55 ft
24 SepSun2:54 am1.56 ft
25 SepMon3:58 am1.55 ft
26 SepTue5:05 am1.52 ft

8–12 October 2028

Date High water Height
8 OctSun1:54 am1.51 ft
9 OctMon2:46 am1.54 ft
10 OctTue3:42 am1.56 ft
11 OctWed4:39 am1.54 ft
12 OctThu5:40 am1.48 ft

19–23 October 2028

Date High water Height
19 OctThu11:41 pm1.55 ft
21 OctSat12:38 am1.58 ft
22 OctSun1:39 am1.57 ft
23 OctMon2:38 am1.53 ft

13–17 September 2029

Date High water Height
13 SepThu2:30 am1.46 ft
14 SepFri3:28 am1.50 ft
15 SepSat4:36 am1.52 ft
16 SepSun5:52 am1.51 ft
17 SepMon7:17 am1.48 ft

28 September – 2 October 2029

Date High water Height
28 SepFri2:41 am1.46 ft
29 SepSat3:27 am1.48 ft
30 SepSun4:16 am1.49 ft
1 OctMon5:07 am1.48 ft
2 OctTue6:02 am1.43 ft

10–14 October 2029

Date High water Height
10 OctWed12:12 am1.51 ft
11 OctThu1:06 am1.57 ft
12 OctFri2:07 am1.58 ft
13 OctSat3:09 am1.57 ft
14 OctSun4:10 am1.52 ft

1–5 October 2030

Date High water Height
1 OctTue1:42 am1.50 ft
2 OctWed2:36 am1.54 ft
3 OctThu3:36 am1.55 ft
4 OctFri4:42 am1.53 ft
5 OctSat5:54 am1.46 ft

13–17 October 2030

Date High water Height
13 OctSun12:00 am1.43 ft
14 OctMon12:36 am1.46 ft
15 OctTue1:18 am1.47 ft
16 OctWed2:00 am1.46 ft
17 OctThu2:42 am1.44 ft

29 October – 1 November 2030

Date High water Height
29 OctTue12:30 am1.49 ft
30 OctWed1:24 am1.51 ft
31 OctThu2:18 am1.49 ft
1 NovFri3:12 am1.43 ft

King tides already past

31 December – 2 January 2026

Date High water Height
31 DecWed7:38 pm0.94 ft
1 JanThu8:52 pm0.99 ft
2 JanFri10:07 pm1.02 ft

5–9 September 2026

Date High water Height
5 SepSat5:37 am1.53 ft
6 SepSun7:08 am1.56 ft
7 SepMon8:44 am1.57 ft
8 SepTue10:15 am1.54 ft
9 SepWed11:43 am1.45 ft

1–5 October 2026

Date High water Height
1 OctThu1:52 am1.58 ft
2 OctFri2:57 am1.61 ft
3 OctSat4:10 am1.63 ft
4 OctSun5:29 am1.62 ft
5 OctMon6:55 am1.56 ft