Louisiana Tide Charts
Worldwide Tides

King tides at Shell Beach

The highest predicted waters at Shell Beach, 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.

King tides still to come

28 October – 1 November 2026

Date High water Height
28 OctWed3:06 am2.27 ft
29 OctThu3:59 am2.34 ft
30 OctFri4:55 am2.35 ft
31 OctSat5:49 am2.30 ft
1 NovSun5:47 am2.17 ft

24–28 November 2026

Date High water Height
24 NovTue12:09 am1.98 ft
25 NovWed12:53 am2.09 ft
26 NovThu1:48 am2.14 ft
27 NovFri2:53 am2.14 ft
28 NovSat3:55 am2.07 ft

22–26 September 2027

Date High water Height
22 SepWed6:25 am2.09 ft
23 SepThu7:22 am2.13 ft
24 SepFri8:36 am2.14 ft
25 SepSat9:47 am2.11 ft
26 SepSun11:16 am2.00 ft

18–22 October 2027

Date High water Height
18 OctMon3:48 am2.16 ft
19 OctTue4:31 am2.24 ft
20 OctWed5:16 am2.28 ft
21 OctThu6:04 am2.28 ft
22 OctFri6:59 am2.21 ft

15–19 November 2027

Date High water Height
15 NovMon1:26 am2.10 ft
16 NovTue2:17 am2.15 ft
17 NovWed3:14 am2.18 ft
18 NovThu4:07 am2.14 ft
19 NovFri4:53 am2.02 ft

8–12 October 2028

Date High water Height
8 OctSun5:07 am2.08 ft
9 OctMon5:44 am2.13 ft
10 OctTue6:27 am2.15 ft
11 OctWed7:22 am2.13 ft
12 OctThu8:34 am2.05 ft

19–23 October 2028

Date High water Height
19 OctThu2:20 am2.10 ft
20 OctFri3:00 am2.21 ft
21 OctSat3:52 am2.25 ft
22 OctSun4:46 am2.22 ft
23 OctMon5:38 am2.15 ft

4–8 November 2028

Date High water Height
4 NovSat3:10 am2.05 ft
5 NovSun2:55 am2.10 ft
6 NovMon3:42 am2.13 ft
7 NovTue4:24 am2.12 ft
8 NovWed5:03 am2.05 ft

10–14 October 2029

Date High water Height
10 OctWed3:35 am2.17 ft
11 OctThu4:24 am2.25 ft
12 OctFri5:15 am2.26 ft
13 OctSat6:07 am2.20 ft
14 OctSun7:07 am2.08 ft

25–29 October 2029

Date High water Height
25 OctThu3:53 am2.01 ft
26 OctFri4:35 am2.04 ft
27 OctSat5:15 am2.05 ft
28 OctSun5:51 am2.04 ft
29 OctMon6:27 am1.98 ft

6–10 November 2029

Date High water Height
6 NovTue12:32 am2.06 ft
7 NovWed1:13 am2.18 ft
8 NovThu2:04 am2.23 ft
9 NovFri3:05 am2.21 ft
10 NovSat4:02 am2.13 ft

30 September – 4 October 2030

Date High water Height
30 SepMon4:20 am2.01 ft
1 OctTue4:58 am2.12 ft
2 OctWed5:41 am2.18 ft
3 OctThu6:30 am2.16 ft
4 OctFri7:34 am2.08 ft

28 October – 1 November 2030

Date High water Height
28 OctMon2:46 am2.16 ft
29 OctTue3:35 am2.24 ft
30 OctWed4:30 am2.26 ft
31 OctThu5:21 am2.21 ft
1 NovFri6:11 am2.08 ft

25–28 November 2030

Date High water Height
25 NovMon12:34 am1.97 ft
26 NovTue1:23 am2.03 ft
27 NovWed2:20 am2.03 ft
28 NovThu3:21 am1.96 ft

King tides already past

31 December – 1 January 2026

Date High water Height
31 DecWed10:21 pm1.47 ft
1 JanThu11:29 pm1.54 ft

30 September – 4 October 2026

Date High water Height
30 SepWed4:37 am2.12 ft
1 OctThu5:15 am2.22 ft
2 OctFri6:01 am2.26 ft
3 OctSat6:59 am2.25 ft
4 OctSun8:17 am2.19 ft