Tides / California / Monterey County / Elkhorn
Elkhorn
Tide station
NOAA station Elkhorn, Elkhorn Slough in Monterey 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. People also look this chart up as Prunedale.
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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 Elkhorn. 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.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 30% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:15 AM and sunset is 6:29 PM. The tides are a high of 3.2 ft at 4:27 AM, a low of 3.1 ft at 7:37 AM, a high of 4.7 ft at 2:32 PM, and a low of 0.4 ft at 10:16 PM. The low at 7:37 AM is 22 minutes after sunrise.
Saturday
The moon is a first quarter, about 40% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset is 6:28 PM. The tides are a high of 3.3 ft at 6:17 AM, a low of 3.2 ft at 8:40 AM, a high of 4.5 ft at 3:33 PM, and a low of 0.5 ft at 11:21 PM. The high at 6:17 AM is 59 minutes before sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 84°F, wind 2 to 9 mph S.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 50% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:17 AM and sunset is 6:27 PM. The tides are a high of 3.5 ft at 7:16 AM, a low of 3.3 ft at 10:21 AM, and a high of 4.4 ft at 4:47 PM. The high at 7:16 AM is 1 minute before sunrise. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 71°F, wind 2 to 10 mph S.
Monday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 61% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:18 AM and sunset is 6:25 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 12:19 AM, a high of 3.7 ft at 7:43 AM, a low of 3.0 ft at 12:06 PM, and a high of 4.4 ft at 5:59 PM. The high at 7:43 AM is 25 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 63°F, wind 5 to 14 mph WNW.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 71% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:19 AM and sunset is 6:24 PM. The tides are a low of 0.5 ft at 1:05 AM, a high of 4.0 ft at 8:08 AM, a low of 2.6 ft at 1:14 PM, and a high of 4.4 ft at 7:00 PM. The high at 8:08 AM is 49 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 64°F, wind 1 to 8 mph E.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:49 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:19 AM
- Dawn
- 6:49 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:49 AM to 7:00 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 7:00 AM to 7:51 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:16 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:52 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:54 PM to 6:45 PM
- Sunset
- 6:29 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:45 PM to 6:55 PM
- Dusk
- 6:55 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:25 PM
- Last light
- 7:55 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 13 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 33% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:14 PM
- Moonset
- 10:30 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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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.
No coastal flood gauge is published within 15 miles of this station.