Tides / California / Humboldt County / Samoa
Samoa
Tide station
NOAA station Samoa in Humboldt County, California. Heights are feet above mean lower low water. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (PDT). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time.
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Tide station
Predicted rise and fall
This column is the NOAA prediction. It is the expected high and low from the moon and the sun, in feet above mean lower low water. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat.
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Five-day fishing snapshot
This is the next five days at Samoa. It uses the tide prediction at this station, the sun and moon at this coordinate, and the National Weather Service forecast. A day is highlighted when a high or low falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset. Tide and sun times are local time at this station.
Thursday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 20% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:28 AM and sunset is 6:36 PM. The tides are a high of 5.4 ft at 4:11 AM, a low of 3.6 ft at 9:02 AM, a high of 6.9 ft at 2:51 PM, and a low of 0.5 ft at 10:04 PM. The low at 9:02 AM is 94 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 69°F, wind 3 mph NNW.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 30% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:29 AM and sunset is 6:35 PM. The tides are a high of 5.2 ft at 5:11 AM, a low of 3.9 ft at 9:46 AM, a high of 6.5 ft at 3:26 PM, and a low of 0.8 ft at 10:56 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Partly Sunny, 64°F, wind 2 to 6 mph NNW.
Saturday
The moon is a first quarter, about 40% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:30 AM and sunset is 6:33 PM. The tides are a high of 5.0 ft at 6:18 AM, a low of 4.2 ft at 10:44 AM, a high of 6.1 ft at 4:14 PM, and a low of 1.0 ft at 11:54 PM. The high at 6:18 AM is 72 minutes before sunrise. The forecast is Mostly Cloudy, 61°F, wind 3 to 8 mph NNW.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 50% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:31 AM and sunset is 6:32 PM. The tides are a high of 5.1 ft at 7:25 AM, a low of 4.2 ft at 11:57 AM, and a high of 5.7 ft at 5:33 PM. The high at 7:25 AM is 6 minutes before sunrise. The forecast is Mostly Cloudy, 58°F, wind 2 to 6 mph NNW.
Monday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 61% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:32 AM and sunset is 6:31 PM. The tides are a low of 1.1 ft at 12:52 AM, a high of 5.3 ft at 8:23 AM, a low of 4.0 ft at 1:10 PM, and a high of 5.5 ft at 6:59 PM. The high at 8:23 AM is 51 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Chance Light Rain, 51°F, wind 1 to 5 mph SSE.
Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:57 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:29 AM
- Dawn
- 7:01 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 7:01 AM to 7:11 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 7:11 AM to 8:05 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:28 AM
- Solar noon
- 1:02 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:59 PM to 6:53 PM
- Sunset
- 6:36 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:53 PM to 7:04 PM
- Dusk
- 7:04 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:35 PM
- Last light
- 8:07 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 8 minutes
- Moon
- Waxing Crescent, about 24% lit
- Moonrise
- 12:50 PM
- Moonset
- 9:30 PM
The larger tides, called spring tides, fall near the new moon and the full moon. The smaller neap tides fall near the quarters. Light times are for this coordinate, in local time at this station.
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On the water nearby
The closest named places from OpenStreetMap. A place with no name on that map is left off. Private and customer-only launches are labeled.
Boat ramps
- Fields landing Boat Ramp7.3 mi
Marinas
- Woodley Island Marina1.6 mi
- Eureka Public Marina1.7 mi
Beaches
- Somoa Beach0.6 mi
Parks
- Samoa County Park0.6 mi
- Halvorsen Park1.8 mi
- Manila Community Park2.0 mi
- Kamisu Park2.0 mi
- Jefferson Community Park2.1 mi
- Ross Park2.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Digawututklh0.2 mi
- Manila Dunes Recreation Area1.3 mi
- Humboldt Coastal Nature Center2.3 mi
- Eureka Marsh2.8 mi
- Ma-le'l Dunes South3.1 mi
- Mad River Slough Wildlife Area3.5 mi
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Flood gauge
Measured water, not the tide
This column is a different instrument. A flood gauge reports the water level that is there now and the stages where flooding starts. The orange square on the map is that gauge. It is often not on top of the tide station.
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