San Francisco, CA tide times

The hero block at the top shows the next high tide at the Pier 22½ gauge in local Pacific time. Scroll down for the 7-day table covering all four daily extremes. The flood reaches the Golden Gate from the open Pacific and pushes inland; high water at Alameda or Redwood City lags the Gate by 15–60 minutes depending on the station.

Mean range at the Embarcadero gauge is about 1.2 metres. Spring tides push toward 1.7 metres, neap tides drop near 0.7. The current at the Golden Gate, though, is what most paddlers and sailors plan around — it can run over four knots on a strong spring ebb, well out of proportion to the modest height swing.

NOAA CO-OPS station 9414290 at Pier 22½. NOAA computes harmonic predictions from a long historical gauge record at this exact location — high accuracy under normal conditions, typically within a few minutes and a few centimetres of measured water level. See /methodology for the full explanation.

The lowest lows — minus tides below MLLW — cluster around new and full moons, especially in late autumn and winter. Lands End and Sutro Baths' shoreline open up best when the predicted low is below 0 metres MLLW for an hour or more either side. The 7-day table on this page flags each day's lowest predicted tide; pair with sunrise from the sun/moon block.

No. For piloting in or out of the Golden Gate use NOAA's authoritative chart products, the Coast Pilot, and the latest USCG notices to mariners. Currents through the Gate, San Pablo Strait, and Carquinez are sharper than harmonic prediction can fully describe — bay sailing here rewards real navigational sources.