Long Beach, Terminal Island tide chart
California · near Long Beach (2 mi) · NOAA station 9410680 · times in local time (PDT)
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Tides today, Sunday, October 11
- Low 3:37 AM 1.2 ft
- High 9:50 AM 6.1 ft
- Low 4:35 PM -0.1 ft
- High 10:46 PM 4.4 ft
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Sunrise 6:55 AM · Sunset 6:25 PM · New moon (0%)
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Biting around here in October
- Striped bass In seasonSF Bay and Delta on moving water
- Calico bass In seasonKelp and rocks in Southern California
- Yellowtail In seasonSouthern California, warm water
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Tide times this week
| Day | High and low tides | Sunrise / sunset | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Oct 11 | L 3:37 AM 1.2 ftH 9:50 AM 6.1 ftL 4:35 PM -0.1 ftH 10:46 PM 4.4 ft | 6:55 AM / 6:25 PM | New moon (0%) |
| Mon Oct 12 | L 4:00 AM 1.7 ftH 10:15 AM 6.1 ftL 5:14 PM 0.0 ftH 11:32 PM 4.0 ft | 6:56 AM / 6:24 PM | New moon (2%) |
| Tue Oct 13 | L 4:22 AM 2.2 ftH 10:40 AM 5.9 ftL 5:56 PM 0.2 ft | 6:57 AM / 6:23 PM | Waxing crescent (6%) |
| Wed Oct 14 | H 12:25 AM 3.6 ftL 4:40 AM 2.6 ftH 11:07 AM 5.6 ftL 6:46 PM 0.5 ft | 6:57 AM / 6:21 PM | Waxing crescent (13%) |
| Thu Oct 15 | H 1:40 AM 3.2 ftL 4:51 AM 3.0 ftH 11:38 AM 5.2 ftL 7:50 PM 0.7 ft | 6:58 AM / 6:20 PM | Waxing crescent (20%) |
| Fri Oct 16 | H 12:19 PM 4.8 ftL 9:13 PM 0.9 ft | 6:59 AM / 6:19 PM | Waxing crescent (30%) |
| Sat Oct 17 | H 1:33 PM 4.4 ftL 10:34 PM 0.8 ft | 7:00 AM / 6:18 PM | First quarter (40%) |
Tidal currents near Long Beach, Terminal Island
From NOAA's current predictions for Queens Gate at 35 ft depth, 3.3 miles away. Slack is when the current turns and the water is calmest; flood runs in with the rising tide and ebb runs out with the falling tide. Times are the peak of each run, in knots. The flood runs toward the NE (48°) and the ebb toward the WSW (257°). The strongest current this week is 0.2 knots.
| Day | Slack water and peak currents |
|---|---|
| Sun Oct 11 | Slack 3:55 AMSlack 7:14 AMEbb 10:47 AM 0.1 knSlack 2:42 PMFlood 5:15 PM 0.1 knSlack 7:33 PMEbb 11:28 PM 0.2 kn |
| Mon Oct 12 | Slack 4:23 AMSlack 7:51 AMEbb 11:37 AM 0.1 knSlack 3:29 PMSlack 7:52 PMEbb 11:59 PM 0.2 kn |
| Tue Oct 13 | Slack 4:46 AMSlack 8:27 AMEbb 12:23 PM 0.1 knSlack 4:21 PMSlack 8:06 PM |
| Wed Oct 14 | Ebb 12:30 AM 0.2 knSlack 5:12 AMSlack 8:57 AMEbb 1:05 PM 0.1 knSlack 5:16 PMSlack 8:13 PM |
| Thu Oct 15 | Ebb 1:02 AM 0.2 knSlack 5:45 AMSlack 9:14 AMSlack 6:19 PMSlack 8:06 PM |
| Fri Oct 16 | Ebb 1:36 AM 0.2 knSlack 6:37 AMSlack 8:54 AMSlack 7:46 PM |
| Sat Oct 17 | Ebb 2:24 AM 0.2 knSlack 8:14 AMSlack 2:12 PMSlack 5:18 PMSlack 9:01 PM |
Current predictions can differ a lot over short distances: check the station location on NOAA before planning a passage.
Best fishing times at Long Beach, Terminal Island
The bite score (0 to 100) adds up what anglers watch most: moving water (a tide running harder than usual here scores higher), solunar periods (major periods of about two hours centred on the moon overhead or underfoot, minor periods of about an hour on moonrise and moonset), dawn and dusk light, and how close it is to the new or full moon. Best times are the stretches of the day scoring near that day's top.
| Day | Bite score | Best times | Major periods | Minor periods |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Oct 11 | 96 · Excellent | 1:00 PM–2:00 PM, 1:00 AM–2:00 AM | 12:10 AM–2:10 AM, 12:33 PM–2:33 PM | 7:37 AM–8:37 AM, 6:22 PM–7:22 PM |
| Mon Oct 12 | 81 · Excellent | 2:00 PM–3:00 PM | 12:56 AM–2:56 AM, 1:19 PM–3:19 PM | 8:39 AM–9:39 AM, 6:55 PM–7:55 PM |
| Tue Oct 13 | 68 · Good | 2:00 PM–4:00 PM | 1:43 AM–3:43 AM, 2:08 PM–4:08 PM | 9:39 AM–10:39 AM, 7:32 PM–8:32 PM |
| Wed Oct 14 | 50 · Fair | 3:00 PM–5:00 PM | 2:33 AM–4:33 AM, 2:58 PM–4:58 PM | 10:38 AM–11:38 AM, 8:16 PM–9:16 PM |
| Thu Oct 15 | 37 · Fair | 4:00 PM–6:00 PM | 3:23 AM–5:23 AM, 3:49 PM–5:49 PM | 11:32 AM–12:32 PM, 9:05 PM–10:05 PM |
| Fri Oct 16 | 44 · Fair | 5:00 PM–6:00 PM | 4:14 AM–6:14 AM, 4:39 PM–6:39 PM | 12:22 PM–1:22 PM, 9:59 PM–10:59 PM |
| Sat Oct 17 | 45 · Fair | 6:00 PM–7:00 PM | 5:04 AM–7:04 AM, 5:29 PM–7:29 PM | 1:05 PM–2:05 PM, 10:56 PM–11:56 PM |
A planning aid, not a guarantee. Wind, water clarity, bait and pressure changes matter too; the forecast above adds live wind and pressure when you open the page.
Best daylight low tides in the next two weeks
The lowest water that falls between sunrise and sunset, for tide pooling and beachcombing.
- -0.1 ft at 4:35 PM on Sunday, October 11
- 0.0 ft at 5:14 PM on Monday, October 12
- 0.0 ft at 2:52 PM on Saturday, October 24
- 0.2 ft at 5:56 PM on Tuesday, October 13
- 0.6 ft at 2:15 PM on Friday, October 23
- 1.3 ft at 1:39 PM on Thursday, October 22
Tide table: October 11 to November 10, 2026
Full 2026 tide table Full 2027 tide table
| Day | High and low tides | Sunrise / sunset |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Oct 11 | L 3:37 AM 1.2 ftH 9:50 AM 6.1 ftL 4:35 PM -0.1 ftH 10:46 PM 4.4 ft | 6:55 AM / 6:25 PM |
| Mon Oct 12 | L 4:00 AM 1.7 ftH 10:15 AM 6.1 ftL 5:14 PM 0.0 ftH 11:32 PM 4.0 ft | 6:56 AM / 6:24 PM |
| Tue Oct 13 | L 4:22 AM 2.2 ftH 10:40 AM 5.9 ftL 5:56 PM 0.2 ft | 6:57 AM / 6:23 PM |
| Wed Oct 14 | H 12:25 AM 3.6 ftL 4:40 AM 2.6 ftH 11:07 AM 5.6 ftL 6:46 PM 0.5 ft | 6:57 AM / 6:21 PM |
| Thu Oct 15 | H 1:40 AM 3.2 ftL 4:51 AM 3.0 ftH 11:38 AM 5.2 ftL 7:50 PM 0.7 ft | 6:58 AM / 6:20 PM |
| Fri Oct 16 | H 12:19 PM 4.8 ftL 9:13 PM 0.9 ft | 6:59 AM / 6:19 PM |
| Sat Oct 17 | H 1:33 PM 4.4 ftL 10:34 PM 0.8 ft | 7:00 AM / 6:18 PM |
| Sun Oct 18 | H 7:02 AM 3.8 ftL 10:19 AM 3.6 ftH 3:31 PM 4.2 ftL 11:33 PM 0.7 ft | 7:01 AM / 6:16 PM |
| Mon Oct 19 | H 6:59 AM 4.0 ftL 11:44 AM 3.1 ftH 5:00 PM 4.3 ft | 7:01 AM / 6:15 PM |
| Tue Oct 20 | L 12:14 AM 0.6 ftH 7:09 AM 4.3 ftL 12:29 PM 2.6 ftH 6:00 PM 4.5 ft | 7:02 AM / 6:14 PM |
| Wed Oct 21 | L 12:46 AM 0.5 ftH 7:22 AM 4.6 ftL 1:05 PM 2.0 ftH 6:48 PM 4.7 ft | 7:03 AM / 6:13 PM |
| Thu Oct 22 | L 1:13 AM 0.5 ftH 7:39 AM 5.0 ftL 1:39 PM 1.3 ftH 7:32 PM 4.8 ft | 7:04 AM / 6:12 PM |
| Fri Oct 23 | L 1:39 AM 0.6 ftH 7:58 AM 5.5 ftL 2:15 PM 0.6 ftH 8:14 PM 4.8 ft | 7:05 AM / 6:11 PM |
| Sat Oct 24 | L 2:06 AM 0.8 ftH 8:21 AM 6.0 ftL 2:52 PM 0.0 ftH 8:58 PM 4.8 ft | 7:06 AM / 6:10 PM |
| Sun Oct 25 | L 2:33 AM 1.0 ftH 8:47 AM 6.4 ftL 3:31 PM -0.5 ftH 9:43 PM 4.6 ft | 7:06 AM / 6:09 PM |
| Mon Oct 26 | L 3:02 AM 1.4 ftH 9:17 AM 6.7 ftL 4:14 PM -0.8 ftH 10:32 PM 4.3 ft | 7:07 AM / 6:07 PM |
| Tue Oct 27 | L 3:33 AM 1.7 ftH 9:51 AM 6.9 ftL 5:01 PM -0.9 ftH 11:28 PM 4.0 ft | 7:08 AM / 6:06 PM |
| Wed Oct 28 | L 4:06 AM 2.1 ftH 10:30 AM 6.8 ftL 5:55 PM -0.9 ft | 7:09 AM / 6:05 PM |
| Thu Oct 29 | H 12:34 AM 3.6 ftL 4:43 AM 2.5 ftH 11:15 AM 6.5 ftL 6:57 PM -0.6 ft | 7:10 AM / 6:04 PM |
| Fri Oct 30 | H 2:01 AM 3.4 ftL 5:30 AM 2.9 ftH 12:09 PM 6.1 ftL 8:10 PM -0.4 ft | 7:11 AM / 6:03 PM |
| Sat Oct 31 | H 3:47 AM 3.5 ftL 6:51 AM 3.2 ftH 1:21 PM 5.5 ftL 9:28 PM -0.2 ft | 7:12 AM / 6:02 PM |
| Sun Nov 1 | H 4:06 AM 3.9 ftL 8:07 AM 3.2 ftH 1:55 PM 5.0 ftL 9:39 PM -0.1 ft | 6:13 AM / 5:02 PM |
| Mon Nov 2 | H 4:53 AM 4.3 ftL 9:59 AM 2.7 ftH 3:31 PM 4.8 ftL 10:37 PM 0.0 ft | 6:14 AM / 5:01 PM |
| Tue Nov 3 | H 5:29 AM 4.8 ftL 11:13 AM 2.0 ftH 4:50 PM 4.7 ftL 11:23 PM 0.2 ft | 6:14 AM / 5:00 PM |
| Wed Nov 4 | H 6:01 AM 5.3 ftL 12:08 PM 1.2 ftH 5:55 PM 4.6 ft | 6:15 AM / 4:59 PM |
| Thu Nov 5 | L 12:01 AM 0.5 ftH 6:30 AM 5.7 ftL 12:54 PM 0.6 ftH 6:50 PM 4.5 ft | 6:16 AM / 4:58 PM |
| Fri Nov 6 | L 12:34 AM 0.9 ftH 6:57 AM 6.0 ftL 1:36 PM 0.0 ftH 7:39 PM 4.4 ft | 6:17 AM / 4:57 PM |
| Sat Nov 7 | L 1:04 AM 1.3 ftH 7:23 AM 6.2 ftL 2:13 PM -0.3 ftH 8:24 PM 4.2 ft | 6:18 AM / 4:56 PM |
| Sun Nov 8 | L 1:31 AM 1.6 ftH 7:48 AM 6.3 ftL 2:49 PM -0.5 ftH 9:07 PM 4.0 ft | 6:19 AM / 4:56 PM |
| Mon Nov 9 | L 1:57 AM 2.0 ftH 8:14 AM 6.3 ftL 3:25 PM -0.5 ftH 9:51 PM 3.8 ft | 6:20 AM / 4:55 PM |
| Tue Nov 10 | L 2:22 AM 2.3 ftH 8:40 AM 6.2 ftL 4:01 PM -0.5 ftH 10:36 PM 3.6 ft | 6:21 AM / 4:54 PM |
Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero line on most US nautical charts. A minus height means the water drops below that line.
Around Long Beach, Terminal Island
Beaches
- Long Beach City Beach 3.5 mi
- Cabrillo Beach 4.3 mi
- Alamitos Bay Beach 5.5 mi
Marinas
- California Yacht Marina - Wilmington 1.7 mi
- Leeward Bay Marina 1.9 mi
- Rainbow Harbor 2.0 mi
- Long Beach Shoreline Marina 2.4 mi
Distances from the tide station. Places from © OpenStreetMap contributors; links open in Google Maps.
Fish in the waters around Long Beach, Terminal Island
40 kinds of fish, sharks and rays have been recorded within 15 km (about 9 miles) of this spot, most often Kelp Bass, Garibaldi, California Sheephead. The bar shows how many records each has.
- Kelp Bass Paralabrax clathratusSalt water · 2129 records
- Garibaldi Hypsypops rubicundusSalt water · 1322 records
- California Sheephead Semicossyphus pulcherSalt water · 1295 records
- Senorita Oxyjulis californicaSalt water · 1272 records
- Black Perch Embiotoca jacksoniSalt water · 1174 records
- Barred Sand Bass Paralabrax nebuliferSalt water · 1030 records
- Blacksmith Chromis punctipinnisSalt water · 971 records
- California Lizardfish Synodus luciocepsSalt water · 854 records
- Rock Wrasse Halichoeres semicinctusSalt water · 746 records
- Spotfin Croaker Roncador stearnsiiSalt water · 619 records
- Dogface Witch Eel Facciolella equatorialisSalt water · 563 records
- Opaleye Girella nigricansSalt water · 527 records
- White Seabass Atractoscion nobilisSalt water · 482 records
- California Corbina Menticirrhus undulatusSalt water · 420 records
- Kelp Perch Brachyistius frenatusSalt water · 385 records
- Yellowfin Croaker Umbrina roncadorSalt water · 316 records
- Pile Perch Rhacochilus vaccaSalt water · 236 records
- Rainbow Seaperch Hypsurus caryiSalt water · 217 records
- Kelp Rockfish Sebastes atrovirensSalt water · 130 records
- California Halibut Paralichthys californicusSalt water · 126 records
- Woolly Sculpin Clinocottus analisSalt water · 123 records
- White Croaker Genyonemus lineatusSalt water · 122 records
- Giant Kelpfish Heterostichus rostratusSalt water · 120 records
- Northern Anchovy Engraulis mordaxSalt water · 118 records
- Shiner Perch Cymatogaster aggregataSalt water · 116 records
- Sargo Anisotremus davidsoniiSalt water · 97 records
- Rubberlip Seaperch Rhacochilus toxotesSalt water · 93 records
- Queenfish Seriphus politusSalt water · 92 records
- Topsmelt Atherinops affinisSalt water · 85 records
- Halfmoon Medialuna californiensisSalt water · 70 records
- White Seaperch Phanerodon furcatusSalt water · 66 records
- California Tonguefish Symphurus atricaudusSalt water · 65 records
- Round Stingray Urolophus halleriSalt water · 63 records
- Painted Greenling Oxylebius pictusSalt water · 62 records
- Pacific Staghorn Sculpin Leptocottus armatusSalt water · 61 records
- Speckled Sanddab Citharichthys stigmaeusSalt water · 61 records
- Hornyhead Turbot Pleuronichthys verticalisSalt water · 59 records
- Diamond Turbot Hypsopsetta guttulataSalt water · 58 records
- Pacific Sanddab Citharichthys sordidusSalt water · 54 records
- California Grunion Leuresthes tenuisSalt water · 54 records
Records from GBIF datasets released under CC0 or CC BY 4.0 (museum collections, surveys and community sightings). It shows what has been found here, not a complete list. Check your state rules before keeping fish.
About the tides at Long Beach, Terminal Island
Long Beach, Terminal Island gets two high tides and two low tides most days, but one high is clearly higher than the other (and one low clearly lower), which is called a mixed tide. Over the next month the water typically rises or falls about 3.9 ft between a high and the next low.
The biggest swings in this window come around Tuesday, October 27, when the day's range reaches 7.8 ft, and again around Monday, November 9 (6.8 ft). Here the biggest ranges depend on the moon's phase and on how far north or south of the equator it is, so they don't always line up with the new and full moon. The calmest day is Sunday, October 18, with only 3.5 ft between the day's highest and lowest water.
The lowest tide of the month is -0.9 ft at 5:01 PM on Tuesday, October 27. There are 14 minus tides (lows below the chart's zero line) in this window: the best times for tide pools, clamming and walking the flats.
The highest predicted tide is 6.9 ft at 9:51 AM on Tuesday, October 27. Onshore wind or a storm can push the real water level above that.
This is a reference (harmonic) station: NOAA predicts its tides directly from years of measured water levels here, which makes it among the most reliable predictions on the coast.
Station details
- NOAA station ID: 9410680
- Type: reference (harmonic)
- Location: 33.7517, -118.2270