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King tides at Rockaway Beach

The highest predicted waters at Rockaway 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 Rockaway Beach

Oregon runs a King Tides Project, and these are the days it asks people to photograph. The highest tides of the year come up over the lower car parks and the promenades, and at Cannon Beach the water reaches the base of the dunes.

A king tide on its own is a spectacle. A king tide with a winter storm behind it is why the state watches them: surge and wind can add a foot or more on top of the figures here, and that is when the roads flood.

King tides still to come

23–27 November 2026

Date High water Height
23 NovMon10:14 am8.8 ft
24 NovTue12:00 am6.4 ft
24 NovTue10:55 am9.1 ft
25 NovWed12:52 am6.6 ft
25 NovWed11:39 am9.2 ft
26 NovThu1:43 am6.6 ft
26 NovThu12:27 pm9.1 ft
27 NovFri2:36 am6.6 ft
27 NovFri1:18 pm8.8 ft

22–26 December 2026

Date High water Height
22 DecTue9:45 am9.2 ft
22 DecTue11:56 pm6.4 ft
23 DecWed10:36 am9.4 ft
24 DecThu12:45 am6.6 ft
24 DecThu11:27 am9.5 ft
25 DecFri1:31 am6.8 ft
25 DecFri12:19 pm9.4 ft
26 DecSat2:17 am7.0 ft
26 DecSat1:12 pm8.9 ft

20–24 January 2027

Date High water Height
20 JanWed9:31 am9.1 ft
20 JanWed11:42 pm6.5 ft
21 JanThu10:28 am9.3 ft
22 JanFri12:24 am6.9 ft
22 JanFri11:22 am9.4 ft
23 JanSat1:04 am7.2 ft
23 JanSat12:15 pm9.1 ft
24 JanSun1:43 am7.6 ft
24 JanSun1:07 pm8.6 ft

2–6 July 2027

Date High water Height
2 JulFri12:36 pm5.7 ft
2 JulFri11:12 pm8.7 ft
3 JulSat1:22 pm6.0 ft
4 JulSun12:05 am8.9 ft
4 JulSun2:06 pm6.3 ft
5 JulMon12:57 am8.9 ft
5 JulMon2:50 pm6.6 ft
6 JulTue1:50 am8.6 ft
6 JulTue3:33 pm6.8 ft

12–16 December 2027

Date High water Height
12 DecSun10:12 am8.7 ft
13 DecMon12:20 am6.3 ft
13 DecMon10:56 am8.9 ft
14 DecTue1:05 am6.5 ft
14 DecTue11:43 am9.0 ft
15 DecWed1:49 am6.6 ft
15 DecWed12:31 pm8.9 ft
16 DecThu2:35 am6.7 ft
16 DecThu1:22 pm8.6 ft

10–14 January 2028

Date High water Height
10 JanMon9:53 am8.9 ft
11 JanTue12:02 am6.4 ft
11 JanTue10:44 am9.2 ft
12 JanWed12:42 am6.8 ft
12 JanWed11:35 am9.2 ft
13 JanThu1:21 am7.1 ft
13 JanThu12:26 pm9.1 ft
14 JanFri2:00 am7.5 ft
14 JanFri1:18 pm8.6 ft

14–18 November 2028

Date High water Height
14 NovTue9:37 am8.7 ft
14 NovTue10:59 pm6.5 ft
15 NovWed10:18 am9.0 ft
15 NovWed11:54 pm6.7 ft
16 NovThu11:01 am9.1 ft
17 NovFri12:46 am6.8 ft
17 NovFri11:44 am9.0 ft
18 NovSat1:37 am6.7 ft
18 NovSat12:28 pm8.7 ft

13–17 December 2028

Date High water Height
13 DecWed9:07 am8.9 ft
13 DecWed11:05 pm6.2 ft
14 DecThu9:55 am9.0 ft
14 DecThu11:57 pm6.5 ft
15 DecFri10:42 am9.0 ft
16 DecSat12:44 am6.6 ft
16 DecSat11:28 am8.9 ft
17 DecSun1:28 am6.7 ft
17 DecSun12:13 pm8.6 ft

7–11 October 2029

Date High water Height
7 OctSun12:10 am7.3 ft
7 OctSun12:13 pm8.3 ft
8 OctMon1:03 am7.3 ft
8 OctMon12:51 pm8.7 ft
9 OctTue1:56 am7.2 ft
9 OctTue1:31 pm8.9 ft
10 OctWed2:51 am6.9 ft
10 OctWed2:14 pm8.8 ft
11 OctThu3:49 am6.6 ft
11 OctThu3:02 pm8.5 ft

5–9 November 2029

Date High water Height
5 NovMon10:36 am9.0 ft
6 NovTue12:01 am6.9 ft
6 NovTue11:19 am9.2 ft
7 NovWed12:54 am7.0 ft
7 NovWed12:03 pm9.2 ft
8 NovThu1:48 am6.9 ft
8 NovThu12:50 pm9.0 ft
9 NovFri2:43 am6.7 ft
9 NovFri1:41 pm8.5 ft

3–7 December 2029

Date High water Height
3 DecMon9:21 am9.0 ft
3 DecMon11:06 pm6.4 ft
4 DecTue10:09 am9.3 ft
5 DecWed12:00 am6.7 ft
5 DecWed10:57 am9.4 ft
6 DecThu12:50 am6.9 ft
6 DecThu11:46 am9.3 ft
7 DecFri1:39 am7.0 ft
7 DecFri12:35 pm9.0 ft

1–5 January 2030

Date High water Height
1 JanTue9:01 am9.0 ft
1 JanTue11:02 pm6.3 ft
2 JanWed9:56 am9.2 ft
2 JanWed11:51 pm6.7 ft
3 JanThu10:48 am9.2 ft
4 JanFri12:36 am7.0 ft
4 JanFri11:38 am9.1 ft
5 JanSat1:19 am7.2 ft
5 JanSat12:27 pm8.8 ft

23–27 November 2030

Date High water Height
23 NovSat9:45 am8.7 ft
23 NovSat11:18 pm6.5 ft
24 NovSun10:29 am9.1 ft
25 NovMon12:10 am6.7 ft
25 NovMon11:14 am9.3 ft
26 NovTue1:00 am6.9 ft
26 NovTue12:02 pm9.3 ft
27 NovWed1:51 am7.0 ft
27 NovWed12:52 pm9.0 ft

22–26 December 2030

Date High water Height
22 DecSun9:16 am9.0 ft
22 DecSun11:11 pm6.3 ft
23 DecMon10:08 am9.3 ft
24 DecTue12:01 am6.7 ft
24 DecTue10:59 am9.5 ft
25 DecWed12:48 am7.0 ft
25 DecWed11:50 am9.4 ft
26 DecThu1:34 am7.3 ft
26 DecThu12:42 pm9.1 ft

King tides already past

31 December – 2 January 2026

Date High water Height
31 DecWed10:51 pm6.0 ft
1 JanThu9:29 am9.2 ft
1 JanThu11:44 pm6.4 ft
2 JanFri10:23 am9.4 ft

1–5 January 2026

Date High water Height
1 JanThu9:29 am9.2 ft
1 JanThu11:44 pm6.4 ft
2 JanFri10:23 am9.4 ft
3 JanSat12:32 am6.7 ft
3 JanSat11:16 am9.4 ft
4 JanSun1:16 am6.9 ft
4 JanSun12:07 pm9.2 ft
5 JanMon1:59 am7.1 ft
5 JanMon12:58 pm8.7 ft