Santa Monica, CA Photography windows for January 2026

Photography planner for Santa Monica, CA, california (united states) in January 2026. This page is a calendar shell for photography at Santa Monica, CA across every day of January 2026. Live tide-window suitability — green-light hours, tide phase, what to watch for — is computed for the rolling 7-day forecast on the place's live photography page; this monthly view is for forward planning around the January 2026 calendar itself. For the underlying high/low extrema and the full tide table for January 2026, use the Santa Monica, CA tide-times page for January 2026. For up-to-the-day window suitability when January 2026 is within the live forecast window, use the Santa Monica, CA photography live page. Tide data comes from NOAA CO-OPS station 9410840, harmonic predictions referenced to MLLW. Heights are relative to MLLW. Window recommendations on the live page are guidance, not a forecast — surf and weather conditions can shift the picture quickly. Not for navigation.

Day-by-day photography planner for January 2026. Live tide-window suitability is computed for the rolling 7 days; for future months use this calendar as a planning shell and check the live page closer to the date.