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Santa Barbara Tide Times

California · Station 9411340 · live gauge · Updated Sep 19, 2026

Santa Barbara runs a mean tidal range of about 3.8 ft. This month the highest water, 6.4 ft, comes on the evening of Sep 8, and the lowest, a -0.7 ft minus tide, on the morning of Sep 8.

1.6 ftobserved 11:00 PM

Next low tide 1.0 ft at 11:57 PM

PredictedObserved

Today's tides
High tide	3:14 PM	4.6 ft
Low tide	11:57 PM	1.0 ft

Monthly tide calendar

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

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara 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

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Thu

Fri

Sat

1H:4.1L:1.6H:5.5L:1.0

2H:3.5L:2.1H:5.5L:0.9

3🌗H:3.0L:2.6H:5.5L:0.7

4🌗H:5.6

5🌗L:0.2H:3.5L:3.2H:5.7

6🌗L:-0.2H:3.8L:3.0H:6.0

7L:-0.5H:4.1L:2.5H:6.3

8L:-0.7H:4.5L:1.9H:6.4

9L:-0.6H:4.8L:1.4H:6.3

10L:-0.4H:5.1L:1.1H:6.0

11🌑L:-0.0H:5.4L:0.8H:5.5

12🌑L:0.5H:5.5L:0.7H:4.9

13🌑L:1.1H:5.6L:0.7

14H:4.3L:1.7H:5.5L:0.8

15H:3.8L:2.2H:5.3L:1.0

16H:3.3L:2.7H:5.1L:1.2

17H:4.8L:1.2

18🌓H:4.6L:1.0

19🌓H:3.7L:3.6H:4.6

20🌓L:0.7H:3.8L:3.3H:4.8

21🌓L:0.5H:4.0L:2.9H:5.1

22L:0.3H:4.2L:2.4H:5.3

23L:0.2H:4.4L:2.0H:5.4

24L:0.2H:4.7L:1.5H:5.4

25🌕L:0.4H:5.1L:1.1H:5.3

26🌕L:0.6H:5.4L:0.7H:5.0

27🌕L:1.0H:5.7L:0.4H:4.7

28🌕L:1.4H:6.0L:0.2H:4.2

29L:1.8H:6.1L:0.1

30H:3.7L:2.3H:6.0L:0.2

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Santa Barbara, 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 🌓	6:02–8:02 PM 6:27–8:27 AM	1:17–3:17 PM 10:47–12:47 AM	41
Sat Sep 19 🌓	6:52–8:52 PM 7:17–9:17 AM	2:04–4:04 PM —	43
Sun Sep 20 🌓	7:41–9:41 PM 8:06–10:06 AM	2:45–4:45 PM 11:42–1:42 AM	56
Mon Sep 21 🌓	8:28–10:28 PM 8:53–10:53 AM	3:21–5:21 PM 12:41–2:41 AM	68
Tue Sep 22 🌔	9:14–11:14 PM 9:39–11:39 AM	3:53–5:53 PM 1:41–3:41 AM	79
Wed Sep 23 🌔	9:58–11:58 PM 10:23–12:23 PM	4:21–6:21 PM 2:41–4:41 AM	87
Thu Sep 24 🌔	10:41–12:41 AM 11:06–1:06 PM	4:48–6:48 PM 3:42–5:42 AM	93

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 9411340. 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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