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Prisoners Harbor, Santa Cruz Island Tide Times

California · Station 9410971 · Updated Sep 19, 2026

Prisoners Harbor, Santa Cruz Island runs a mean tidal range of about 3.5 ft. This month the highest water, 6.1 ft, comes on the evening of Sep 8, and the lowest, a -0.7 ft minus tide, on the morning of Sep 8.

Nearest gauge measuring live water level: Santa Barbara (9411340), about 27 mi away, high and low tides here run on average about 4 min earlier.

Predictedno live gauge

Next low tide 1.1 ft at 11:59 PM

Predicted

Today's tides
High tide	2:57 PM	4.2 ft
Low tide	11:59 PM	1.1 ft

Monthly tide calendar

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

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Prisoners Harbor, Santa Cruz Island this month: Sep 6, Sep 7, Sep 8, Sep 9, Sep 10, 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 Prisoners Harbor, Santa Cruz Island 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

Sun

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Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1H:3.9L:1.5H:5.2L:1.0

2H:3.3L:2.0H:5.2L:1.0

3🌗H:2.8L:2.6H:5.1L:0.8

4🌗H:2.9L:3.1H:5.1

5🌗L:0.3H:3.3L:3.3H:5.3

6🌗L:-0.2H:3.7L:3.0H:5.6

7L:-0.6H:4.0L:2.4H:5.9

8L:-0.7H:4.4L:1.8H:6.1

9L:-0.7H:4.7L:1.3H:6.1

10L:-0.5H:5.0L:0.9H:5.8

11🌑L:-0.2H:5.3L:0.6H:5.4

12🌑L:0.3H:5.4L:0.5H:4.8

13🌑L:0.9H:5.4L:0.5H:4.2

14L:1.5H:5.3L:0.7

15H:3.6L:2.1H:5.1L:1.0

16H:3.1L:2.6H:4.8L:1.2

17H:2.8L:3.0H:4.5L:1.3

18🌓H:4.2L:1.1

19🌓H:3.5L:3.7H:4.2

20🌓L:0.8H:3.6L:3.3H:4.5

21🌓L:0.5H:3.8L:2.9H:4.8

22L:0.3H:4.1L:2.4H:5.0

23L:0.2H:4.3L:1.9H:5.2

24L:0.2H:4.6L:1.4H:5.3

25🌕L:0.2H:5.0L:0.9H:5.2

26🌕L:0.5H:5.3L:0.5H:4.9

27🌕L:0.8H:5.6L:0.2H:4.6

28🌕L:1.2H:5.8L:0.1H:4.1

29L:1.7H:5.8L:0.1

30H:3.6L:2.2H:5.8L:0.2

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Prisoners Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, 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 🌓	6:01–8:01 PM 6:26–8:26 AM	1:16–3:16 PM 10:48–12:48 AM	41
Sat Sep 19 🌓	6:52–8:52 PM 7:17–9:17 AM	2:03–4:03 PM —	43
Sun Sep 20 🌓	7:41–9:41 PM 8:06–10:06 AM	2:44–4:44 PM 11:43–1:43 AM	56
Mon Sep 21 🌓	8:28–10:28 PM 8:53–10:53 AM	3:20–5:20 PM 12:42–2:42 AM	68
Tue Sep 22 🌔	9:14–11:14 PM 9:39–11:39 AM	3:52–5:52 PM 1:42–3:42 AM	79
Wed Sep 23 🌔	9:58–11:58 PM 10:23–12:23 PM	4:20–6:20 PM 2:42–4:42 AM	87
Thu Sep 24 🌔	10:41–12:41 AM 11:06–1:06 PM	4:47–6:47 PM 3:42–5:42 AM	93

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 9410971. 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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