California

The tide at Santa Monica

Southern California runs a mixed tide: two highs and two lows a day, rarely the same size. Some low tides open the reef, most do not.

A Wavepane display showing the tide at Santa Monica, California: the current water level as a wave, the next tide time, and today's weather.

A Wavepane at Santa Monica, California. See it live →

What the water does here

Santa Monica runs two highs and two lows a day, and rarely the same size twice. Between low and high the water moves about 3.6 feet, averaged across a week of predictions.

A Wavepane on the wall shows that as a picture rather than a table: the water sits where the water sits, and the wave on top grows or flattens with the swell outside. It wakes every half hour, redraws, and goes back to sleep. Nothing to open, nothing to check.

See Santa Monica live

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