Monterey, CA tide times

The hero block shows the next high tide at the Municipal Wharf 2 gauge in local Pacific time. The 7-day table covers all four daily extremes. Monterey Bay's tide signal closely tracks Santa Cruz on the north arm and the open coast at Carmel just south, with phase differences under 15 minutes.

Mean range at Monterey Wharf is about 1.1 metres, the modest open-coast Southern Pacific signal. Spring tides — around new and full moons — push toward 1.5 metres, neaps drop near 0.7 metres. The submarine canyon offshore changes none of that astronomically; it does shape currents and upwelling more than tide curves.

The lowest lows — minus tides below MLLW — cluster around new and full moons, especially in winter. Asilomar's intertidal shelf and the rocky points at Pacific Grove open up best when the predicted low is below 0 metres MLLW. The 7-day table flags each day's lowest predicted tide. Sunrise from the sun/moon block helps with first-light visits when the pools are clearest.

NOAA CO-OPS station 9413450, Monterey. NOAA harmonic predictions for the Pacific Coast are very high accuracy under normal weather. The submarine canyon offshore doesn't affect the astronomical tide signal — it shapes currents and upwelling, both of which fall outside what tide tables describe.

No. For piloting in Monterey Bay use NOAA's authoritative chart products and the latest USCG notices. Inshore conditions in the bay — wind chop, swell, and the strong upwelling currents — make harbour entries on big-swell days a real-time judgment call, not a tide-table call.