Benicia Tides Today
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Benicia runs a mean tidal range of about 3.7 ft. This month the highest water, 6.5 ft, comes on the afternoon of Nov 25, and the lowest, a -0.6 ft minus tide, on the evening of Nov 26.
| Low tide | 3:31 AM | 0.1 ft |
| High tide | 10:03 AM | 4.8 ft |
| Low tide | 4:04 PM | 0.7 ft |
| High tide | 9:58 PM | 4.1 ft |
Today on the water at Benicia
Today at Benicia: high tide at 10:03 AM (4.8 ft) and 9:58 PM (4.1 ft), low tide at 3:31 AM (0.1 ft) and 4:04 PM (0.7 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for today is sunny with WNW winds 8 mph, 67°F. Sunrise is at 6:36 AM and sunset at 5:07 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Sunny | WNW 8 mph | 67°F |
| Tonight | Partly Cloudy | W 7 mph | 50°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Benicia is
Benicia sits at 38.0433° N, 122.1300° W on San Francisco Bay, at Benicia, CA. The station here is a subordinate tide prediction point. NOAA has no gauge in the water at this spot; its times and heights are published as offsets from a reference gauge, named below. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Martinez-Amorco Pier (NOAA 9415102), 0.7 mi away, and the tide here runs on nearly the same clock. The nearest weather station is Union Pacific Rail Road Bridge, a tide-station weather package reporting wind and water temperature, 0.6 mi away.
The tide at Benicia
Benicia has a mixed tide: two highs and two lows a day, but of unequal size, so one low each day drains noticeably lower than the other. This month's predictions average 1.9 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 5.3 ft, and 3.9 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.5 ft and the lower low sits 0.9 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Bay tides are mixed semidiurnal, two unequal highs a day with a range near 6 ft at the Golden Gate that shifts in time as it moves into the bay and up the rivers.
About this station
- High tide reaches Benicia about 9.6 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- Highest water on record: 7.3 ft on Feb 21, 1980.
- Lowest on record: -1.7 ft on May 2, 1980.
- NOAA predicts tides here from Port Chicago, Suisun Bay, station 9415144. High tide comes about 24 min earlier and low tide about 33 min earlier than there.
- High tide heights run about 1.09 times the reference.
Datum and source
Heights on this page are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero NOAA's nautical charts use for soundings. A predicted 0.0 ft low is the average of the lower low each day; a minus tide is water below chart datum, and a 2 ft high means 2 ft more water than the chart shows. NOAA fixes MLLW at Benicia from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 5.3 ft above it and mean sea level 2.9 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.6 ft below MLLW here, so a water level on this page converts to NAVD88 by adding that amount. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Port Chicago, CA gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 9415111, established 1976, gauge removed 1989. The tide times and heights are published as time and height offsets from its reference gauge; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Benicia
- Martinez-Amorco Pier: 0.7 mi, tides at about the same time
- Crockett: 5.2 mi, tides about 25 min earlier
- Selby: 6.2 mi, tides about 22 min earlier
- Vallejo, Mare Island Strait: 9.1 mi, tides about 9 min earlier
- Pinole Point: 12.8 mi, tides about 64 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides of the month at Benicia this month: Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27. These spring highs run the highest water of the month.
🔻 Lowest tides of the month at Benicia this month: Nov 1, Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 6, Nov 7, Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 22, Nov 23 …. These minus lows are when flats and bars dry out.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Benicia, peak feeding activity is around the moon overhead/underfoot (majors) and moonrise/moonset (minors). Score is the day's activity coefficient (0–100).
| Day | Major windows | Minor windows | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today 🌗 | 7:28–9:28 AM 7:53–9:53 PM | 1:00–3:00 AM 1:46–3:46 PM | 62 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 8:14–10:14 AM 8:39–10:39 PM | 2:08–4:08 AM 2:10–4:10 PM | 74 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 8:59–10:59 AM 9:24–11:24 PM | 3:14–5:14 AM 2:35–4:35 PM | 84 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 9:44–11:44 AM 10:09–12:09 AM | 4:19–6:19 AM 3:01–5:01 PM | 92 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 10:30–12:30 PM 10:55–12:55 AM | 5:24–7:24 AM 3:30–5:30 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 11:18–1:18 PM 11:43–1:43 AM | 6:27–8:27 AM 4:04–6:04 PM | 99 |
| Tue Nov 10 🌑 | 12:08–2:08 PM 12:33–2:33 AM | 7:29–9:29 AM 4:44–6:44 PM | 98 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 9415111. Solunar windows computed from the moon's position for this location. Times shown in the station's local time. Not for navigation.
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