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National City, San Diego Bay Tide Times

California · Station 9410152 · Updated Sep 19, 2026

National City, San Diego Bay runs a mean tidal range of about 4.2 ft. This month the highest water, 7.0 ft, comes on the evening of Sep 8, and the lowest, a -0.7 ft minus tide, on the morning of Sep 9.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: SAN Diego (Broadway) (9410170), about 5 mi away, high and low tides here run on average about 7 min later.

Predictedno live gauge

Next low tide 1.3 ft at 11:49 PM

Predicted

Today's tides
High tide	2:39 PM	4.8 ft
Low tide	11:49 PM	1.3 ft

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder Flood tide ≥ ft Low tide ≤ ft

🌊 Biggest flood tides at National City, San Diego Bay this month: Sep 7, Sep 8, Sep 9, Sep 10, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.

🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at National City, San Diego Bay this month: Sep 6, Sep 7, Sep 8, Sep 9, Sep 10, Sep 11. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock, prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

September 2026

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Fri

Sat

1H:4.7L:1.5H:6.0L:1.1

2H:4.0L:2.0H:6.0L:1.1

3🌗H:3.4L:2.6H:5.8L:1.0

4🌗H:3.3L:3.1H:5.8L:0.5

5🌗H:3.8L:3.4H:6.0

6🌗L:-0.0H:4.2L:3.0H:6.4

7L:-0.4H:4.7L:2.4H:6.8

8L:-0.7H:5.1L:1.8H:7.0

9L:-0.7H:5.5L:1.2H:7.0

10L:-0.5H:5.9L:0.8H:6.7

11🌑L:-0.2H:6.1L:0.6H:6.3

12🌑L:0.3H:6.3L:0.5H:5.7

13🌑L:0.9H:6.2L:0.6H:5.0

14L:1.5H:6.1L:0.8

15H:4.4L:2.1H:5.8L:1.1

16H:3.7L:2.6H:5.5L:1.4

17H:3.3L:3.0H:5.1L:1.5

18🌓H:4.8L:1.3

19🌓H:4.0L:3.8H:4.8

20🌓L:0.9H:4.2L:3.4H:5.2

21🌓L:0.6H:4.5L:2.9H:5.5

22L:0.4H:4.8L:2.4H:5.8

23L:0.2H:5.1L:1.9H:6.0

24L:0.2H:5.5L:1.4H:6.1

25🌕L:0.3H:5.8L:0.9H:6.0

26🌕L:0.4H:6.2L:0.5H:5.8

27🌕L:0.8H:6.5L:0.2H:5.4

28🌕L:1.2H:6.7L:0.1H:4.9

29L:1.6H:6.7L:0.1

30H:4.3L:2.1H:6.6L:0.3

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for National City, San Diego Bay, 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 🌓	5:51–7:51 PM 6:16–8:16 AM	1:00–3:00 PM 10:42–12:42 AM	41
Sat Sep 19 🌓	6:41–8:41 PM 7:06–9:06 AM	1:48–3:48 PM —	43
Sun Sep 20 🌓	7:30–9:30 PM 7:55–9:55 AM	2:30–4:30 PM 11:37–1:37 AM	56
Mon Sep 21 🌓	8:18–10:18 PM 8:43–10:43 AM	3:06–5:06 PM 12:35–2:35 AM	68
Tue Sep 22 🌔	9:03–11:03 PM 9:28–11:28 AM	3:39–5:39 PM 1:34–3:34 AM	79
Wed Sep 23 🌔	9:47–11:47 PM 10:12–12:12 PM	4:08–6:08 PM 2:34–4:34 AM	87
Thu Sep 24 🌔	10:30–12:30 AM 10:55–12:55 PM	4:36–6:36 PM 3:33–5:33 AM	93

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 9410152. 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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