Tides / California / San Diego County / National City
National City
Tide station
NOAA station National City, San Diego Bay in San Diego 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 Coronado. NOAA adjusts this prediction from SAN DIEGO (Broadway).
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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 National City. 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 6:53 AM and sunset is 6:15 PM. The tides are a high of 3.4 ft at 2:57 AM, a low of 3.2 ft at 4:30 AM, a high of 5.2 ft at 12:07 PM, and a low of 1.2 ft at 9:03 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted.
Saturday
The moon is a first quarter, about 40% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:54 AM and sunset is 6:13 PM. The tides are a high of 4.8 ft at 1:18 PM and a low of 1.2 ft at 10:36 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Mostly Cloudy, 84°F, wind 0 to 5 mph NE.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 50% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 6:55 AM and sunset is 6:12 PM. The tides are a high of 4.1 ft at 7:21 AM, a low of 3.8 ft at 9:49 AM, a high of 4.6 ft at 3:30 PM, and a low of 1.0 ft at 11:39 PM. The high at 7:21 AM is 26 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 82°F, wind 0 to 10 mph N.
Monday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 61% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:55 AM and sunset is 6:11 PM. The tides are a high of 4.3 ft at 7:00 AM, a low of 3.4 ft at 11:43 AM, and a high of 4.7 ft at 5:03 PM. The high at 7:00 AM is 5 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny, 77°F, wind 5 to 10 mph N.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 71% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 6:56 AM and sunset is 6:10 PM. The tides are a low of 0.8 ft at 12:21 AM, a high of 4.7 ft at 7:05 AM, a low of 2.8 ft at 12:31 PM, and a high of 5.0 ft at 6:02 PM. The high at 7:05 AM is 9 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 71°F, wind 5 to 15 mph W.
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
- 5:31 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:00 AM
- Dawn
- 6:29 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:29 AM to 6:38 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:38 AM to 7:27 AM
- Sunrise
- 6:53 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:34 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:41 PM to 6:29 PM
- Sunset
- 6:14 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:29 PM to 6:39 PM
- Dusk
- 6:39 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:08 PM
- Last light
- 7:36 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 21 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 33% lit
- Moonrise
- 12:41 PM
- Moonset
- 10:25 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
- Shelter Island Boat Launch7.0 mi
Marinas
- Safe Harbor South Bay3.2 mi
- Marriot Marquee Marina · fee4.0 mi
- PCF-816 Berth · fee5.1 mi
- Pilot · customers5.1 mi
- Sunroad Resort Marina6.0 mi
- Safe Harbor Cabrillo Isle6.4 mi
Beaches
- Coronado Shores Beach3.4 mi
- North Beach3.8 mi
- Central Beach4.2 mi
- Coronado Beach4.3 mi
- North Beach4.6 mi
- Breakers Beach5.6 mi
Parks
- POW Park0.3 mi
- Paradise Creek Educational Park0.7 mi
- Kimball Park1.0 mi
- Pepper Park1.1 mi
- Southcrest Park Community Trails1.8 mi
- Dorthy Petway Park1.9 mi
Nature reserves
- San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge2.9 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve3.5 mi
- Silver Strand State Beach3.6 mi
- Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge7.0 mi
- Cabrillo National Monument7.2 mi
- Cabrillo State Marine Reserve7.3 mi
Nearby tide stations
- South San Diego Bay2.6 mi · San Diego County
- SAN DIEGO (Broadway)4.9 mi · San Diego County
- San Diego7.3 mi · San Diego County
- Quivira Basin9.7 mi · San Diego County
- Mission Bay11 mi · San Diego County
- La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf)16 mi · San Diego County
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.