California
Santa Monica tides
Tide charts & times for Santa Monica, California · read from NOAA station Santa Monica, Municipal Pier (#9410840)
Municipal Pier · California · NOAA station 9410840 · Tide predictions
34.0083, -118.5000
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48-hour outlook
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Drawn from the high/low predictions — NOAA publishes high/low only for this station.
The next seven days
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H = high tide · L = low tide · highs & lows in local time
Stations named for Santa Monica
- King Harbor, Santa Monica Bay · #9410738
- El Segundo, Santa Monica Bay · #9410777
- Santa Monica, Municipal Pier · #9410840
This page reads the Santa Monica, Municipal Pier station; the others serve nearby shores with the same name.
On the water nearby
Topanga Nearshore, CA (103) buoy · 5 mi W · Station 46268
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Nearby tide stations
- El Segundo, Santa Monica Bay · 7.9 mi SE
- King Harbor, Santa Monica Bay · 12.6 mi SE
- Long Beach, Inner Harbor · 23.3 mi SE
- Long Beach, Terminal Island · 23.7 mi SE
- LOS ANGELES (Outer Harbor) · 23.8 mi SE
Plan ahead
2027 tide extremes for this station
Highest predicted high tide: 7.3 ft — Sun Aug 1 · 9:04 PM
Lowest predicted low tide: -1.9 ft — Thu Jan 21 · 2:56 PM
Biggest single-day swing: 9.0 ft on Fri Jan 22
Best daytime minus tides of 2027
| Date | Low tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Thu Jan 21 | 2:56 PM | -1.9 ft |
| Fri Jan 22 | 3:36 PM | -1.9 ft |
| Wed Jan 20 | 2:16 PM | -1.7 ft |
| Sat Jan 23 | 4:14 PM | -1.6 ft |
| Fri Feb 19 | 2:33 PM | -1.6 ft |
| Thu Feb 18 | 1:57 PM | -1.5 ft |
| Tue Dec 14 | 4:10 PM | -1.5 ft |
| Sat Feb 20 | 3:07 PM | -1.4 ft |
| Mon Dec 13 | 3:26 PM | -1.4 ft |
| Wed Dec 15 | 4:55 PM | -1.4 ft |
189 minus tides (below 0 ft) are predicted here in 2027. The table shows up to the 10 lowest that fall between 7 AM and 7 PM — the ones worth planning a clam dig or tidepool walk around.
About this station
Santa Monica, Municipal Pier is one of NOAA's reference tide stations — its predictions are computed directly from harmonic analysis of water levels observed here, and other nearby stations are calculated from it.
Mixed semidiurnal tides — two unequal highs and two unequal lows a day — with ranges growing as you head north. Harbor entrances feel the swell as much as the tide.