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King tides at Crystal Beach

The highest predicted waters at Crystal 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.

What a king tide means at Crystal Beach

The highest tides of the year push water over the Bolivar Peninsula roads and into the back bays, and on Galveston's West End the water reaches the dunes. Nothing dramatic happens without weather behind it, but a king tide is what a storm surge is added to.

Late autumn is when they fall, which is also when the first northers arrive. The combination is what floods rather than either alone.

King tides still to come

28 October – 1 November 2026

Date High water Height
28 OctWed1:19 am1.78 ft
29 OctThu2:28 am1.84 ft
30 OctFri3:23 am1.85 ft
31 OctSat4:08 am1.79 ft
1 NovSun3:36 am1.68 ft

21–25 September 2027

Date High water Height
21 SepTue3:56 am1.67 ft
22 SepWed4:59 am1.76 ft
23 SepThu6:01 am1.80 ft
24 SepFri6:58 am1.78 ft
25 SepSat7:40 am1.71 ft

3–7 October 2027

Date High water Height
3 OctSun12:42 am1.67 ft
4 OctMon2:12 am1.74 ft
5 OctTue3:10 am1.76 ft
6 OctWed4:03 am1.75 ft
7 OctThu4:51 am1.71 ft

18–22 October 2027

Date High water Height
18 OctMon1:24 am1.73 ft
19 OctTue2:34 am1.81 ft
20 OctWed3:31 am1.85 ft
21 OctThu4:23 am1.84 ft
22 OctFri5:06 am1.77 ft

22–26 September 2028

Date High water Height
22 SepFri5:54 am1.63 ft
23 SepSat6:12 am1.70 ft
24 SepSun4:06 am1.73 ft
25 SepMon4:53 am1.72 ft
26 SepTue5:33 am1.67 ft

8–12 October 2028

Date High water Height
8 OctSun2:49 am1.72 ft
9 OctMon3:46 am1.77 ft
10 OctTue4:39 am1.79 ft
11 OctWed5:28 am1.76 ft
12 OctThu6:04 am1.68 ft

19–23 October 2028

Date High water Height
19 OctThu3:46 am1.66 ft
20 OctFri12:20 am1.75 ft
21 OctSat1:46 am1.79 ft
22 OctSun2:38 am1.78 ft
23 OctMon3:20 am1.74 ft

12–16 September 2029

Date High water Height
12 SepWed6:36 am1.51 ft
13 SepThu7:00 am1.61 ft
14 SepFri7:36 am1.67 ft
15 SepSat8:30 am1.67 ft
16 SepSun9:36 am1.62 ft

28 September – 2 October 2029

Date High water Height
28 SepFri3:18 am1.61 ft
29 SepSat4:18 am1.65 ft
30 SepSun5:06 am1.67 ft
1 OctMon5:54 am1.66 ft
2 OctTue6:30 am1.61 ft

10–14 October 2029

Date High water Height
10 OctWed4:36 am1.74 ft
11 OctThu2:36 am1.80 ft
12 OctFri3:24 am1.82 ft
13 OctSat4:00 am1.78 ft
14 OctSun4:30 am1.70 ft

30 September – 4 October 2030

Date High water Height
30 SepMon5:15 am1.61 ft
1 OctTue3:08 am1.71 ft
2 OctWed4:03 am1.76 ft
3 OctThu4:47 am1.76 ft
4 OctFri5:17 am1.71 ft

15–18 October 2030

Date High water Height
15 OctTue1:28 am1.63 ft
16 OctWed2:30 am1.64 ft
17 OctThu3:21 am1.64 ft
18 OctFri4:04 am1.62 ft

28 October – 1 November 2030

Date High water Height
28 OctMon12:11 am1.65 ft
29 OctTue1:55 am1.71 ft
30 OctWed2:45 am1.72 ft
31 OctThu3:17 am1.68 ft
1 NovFri3:34 am1.59 ft

King tides already past

31 December – 2 January 2026

Date High water Height
31 DecWed9:34 pm0.89 ft
2 JanFri12:07 am0.94 ft

30 September – 4 October 2026

Date High water Height
30 SepWed2:35 am1.72 ft
1 OctThu3:40 am1.84 ft
2 OctFri4:41 am1.89 ft
3 OctSat5:38 am1.89 ft
4 OctSun6:23 am1.82 ft

14–18 October 2026

Date High water Height
14 OctWed1:21 am1.70 ft
15 OctThu2:25 am1.73 ft
16 OctFri3:20 am1.74 ft
17 OctSat4:11 am1.72 ft
18 OctSun4:58 am1.67 ft