Live · 36.61°N 121.89°W

Monterey

6.3ft Tide 12 minutes ago
Wave height11.2ft
Wave period14s
Water temp66.9°F
Wind23kt

Six stations, Crescent City to La Jolla

Next reading in 1:00

Now 4.4ft Fri 9:47 am
-1.22.76.7ThuFriSat
Predicted tide at San Francisco. The lighter line is what the gauge actually recorded.
Predicted tide
TimeHeight
Wed 10:00 am5.4 ft
Wed 2:00 pm4.4 ft
Wed 6:00 pm-0.3 ft
Wed 10:00 pm1.8 ft
Thu 2:00 am4.5 ft
Thu 6:00 am3.5 ft
Thu 10:00 am5.0 ft
Thu 2:00 pm4.9 ft
Thu 6:00 pm0.2 ft
Thu 10:00 pm1.2 ft
Fri 2:00 am4.3 ft
Fri 6:00 am3.7 ft
Fri 10:00 am4.5 ft
Fri 2:00 pm5.2 ft
Fri 6:00 pm0.9 ft
Fri 10:00 pm0.7 ft
Sat 2:00 am3.8 ft
Sat 6:00 am4.0 ft
Sat 10:00 am4.0 ft
Sat 2:00 pm5.2 ft

The San Francisco gauge sits inside the Bay, so its water level is dominated by tidal exchange through a single narrow entrance rather than by open-ocean swell. The range here is large and the timing is sharp — the Bay fills and empties through a gap under a mile wide.

San Francisco

Tide 6.4ft
Wave height 12.8ft
Wave period 14s
Water temp 65.3°F
Wind 25kt
Wind direction S
Air temp — sensor reporting no data
Pressure 1,001hPa

Last seven days

5.210.215.1Fri 9 amFri 8 am
Wave height (ft)
Wave height readings
TimeWave height
Fri 9:50 am9.5 ft
Fri 5:20 pm10.2 ft
Fri 11:20 pm9.5 ft
Sat 5:50 am8.5 ft
Sat 12:40 pm8.9 ft
Sat 8:10 pm9.5 ft
Sun 3:20 am7.2 ft
Sun 10:20 am6.9 ft
Sun 5:40 pm11.5 ft
Mon 12:10 am13.1 ft
Mon 6:50 am11.2 ft
Mon 2:40 pm8.5 ft
Mon 9:10 pm9.5 ft
Tue 4:40 am6.9 ft
Tue 11:10 am7.2 ft
Tue 6:50 pm8.2 ft
Wed 2:20 am7.5 ft
Wed 10:10 am7.9 ft
Wed 5:00 pm6.6 ft
Wed 11:50 pm8.2 ft
Thu 6:40 am7.9 ft
Thu 1:40 pm11.2 ft
Thu 8:10 pm12.5 ft
Fri 3:20 am9.8 ft
62.964.766.4Fri 9 amFri 4 am
Water temp (°F)
Water temp readings
TimeWater temp
Fri 9:50 am65.1 °F
Fri 4:50 pm64.8 °F
Fri 11:10 pm64.8 °F
Sat 6:00 am64.2 °F
Sat 12:10 pm64.9 °F
Sat 6:50 pm64.9 °F
Sun 1:50 am63.1 °F
Sun 8:30 am63.5 °F
Sun 3:30 pm63.9 °F
Sun 9:30 pm63.7 °F
Mon 4:00 am64.9 °F
Mon 12:00 pm65.3 °F
Mon 6:20 pm65.3 °F
Tue 1:10 am64.9 °F
Tue 7:20 am64.9 °F
Tue 2:20 pm65.5 °F
Tue 8:30 pm65.1 °F
Wed 3:40 am65.7 °F
Wed 10:30 am65.7 °F
Wed 5:00 pm66.0 °F
Wed 11:40 pm65.8 °F
Thu 6:50 am65.7 °F
Thu 1:50 pm65.5 °F
Thu 8:40 pm65.5 °F
StationRegionTide · Swell · Water
Crescent CityNorth Coast6.6ft14.4ft—San FranciscoCentral Coast6.4ft12.8ft65.3°FMontereyCentral Coast6.3ft11.2ft66.9°FPort San LuisCentral Coast6.4ft10.5ft70.9°FSanta MonicaSouth Coast6.8ft5.6ft74.3°FLa JollaSouth Coast6.7ft3.6ft75.0°F