Pismo Beach Tide Chart
Predicted water level and next high and low tide, Pismo Beach
Thursday, October 1, 11:40 PM
Highest on October 1, 5.8 ft at 1:16 PM
0.9 ft
Rising, high tide at 4:47 AM
Next high tide4:47 AMOctober 2, 3.5 ft
Next low tide7:36 AMOctober 2, 3.3 ft
Tides on Thursday, October 1
- 2:52 AMHigh tide3.5 ft
- 6:42 AMLow tide2.9 ft
- 1:16 PMHigh tide5.8 ft
- 9:15 PMLow tide0.1 ft
Tide chart for Thursday, October 1
Pismo Beach tide table for 7 daysNightDaylight low good for tide poolsHeights in feet above mean lower low water
No tide pool window on Thursday, October 1. Next one: Thursday, October 8 at 3:22 PM, 0.9 ft.
Predictions from NOAA station Port San Luis, 11 km west of Pismo Beach. NOAA has no station in Pismo Beach itself. Port San Luis is a harbor on the same San Luis Obispo Bay, so low and high tide in Pismo Beach, CA may differ slightly from these times. These are predictions, not live readings. How we use NOAA tide data
NOAA predicts the tide times for Pismo Beach at Port San Luis, a harbor about 11 km to the west on the same San Luis Obispo Bay. Pismo Beach has no NOAA station of its own, and the next nearest one is about 62 km away, so Port San Luis is the only close choice.
High and low tide share the top of the page. The tide pool days come last, after the week’s tide times and the calendar, together with what the City of Pismo Beach says about the Shell Beach pools.
Pismo Beach tide times and tide tables
From October 1 to October 7, the lowest tide in Pismo Beach is −0.2 ft on Monday, October 5, at 12:49 AM, after dark.
None of these days has a daylight low tide of 1.0 ft or lower; the lowest one is 1.4 ft on Wednesday, October 7, at 2:36 PM.
The biggest swing is on Thursday, October 1, 5.7 ft between high and low water; the highest tide is 5.8 ft on Thursday, October 1, at 1:16 PM.
Predicted tide from Thursday, October 1 to Wednesday, October 7. The water ranges from −0.2 ft on Monday, October 5, at 12:49 AM to 5.8 ft on Thursday, October 1, at 1:16 PM. No low tide reaches the tide pool range (1.0 ft or lower) in daylight.
Shaded parts are night. The orange band is the tide pool range; orange points are daylight tide pool lows.
| Date | Low tides | High tides | Sunrise | Sunset | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 6:42 AM, 2.9 ft9:15 PM, 0.1 ft | 2:52 AM, 3.5 ft1:16 PM, 5.8 ft | 6:58 AM | 6:46 PM | Waning gibbous, 70% lit |
| Fri 2 | 7:36 AM, 3.3 ft10:37 PM, 0.0 ft | 4:47 AM, 3.5 ft2:20 PM, 5.6 ft | 6:58 AM | 6:45 PM | Waning gibbous, 59% lit |
| Sat 3 | 9:28 AM, 3.5 ft11:49 PM, −0.1 ft | 6:19 AM, 3.7 ft3:45 PM, 5.4 ft | 6:59 AM | 6:43 PM | Last quarter at 6:25 AM |
| Sun 4 | 11:26 AM, 3.2 ft | 7:11 AM, 4.0 ft5:14 PM, 5.3 ft | 7:00 AM | 6:42 PM | Waning crescent, 36% lit |
| Mon 5 | 12:49 AM, −0.2 ft12:45 PM, 2.7 ft | 7:48 AM, 4.3 ft6:29 PM, 5.3 ft | 7:01 AM | 6:41 PM | Waning crescent, 26% lit |
| Tue 6 | 1:38 AM, −0.1 ft1:45 PM, 2.1 ft | 8:19 AM, 4.7 ft7:34 PM, 5.3 ft | 7:01 AM | 6:39 PM | Waning crescent, 17% lit |
| Wed 7 | 2:20 AM, 0.0 ft2:36 PM, 1.4 ft | 8:48 AM, 5.0 ft8:30 PM, 5.3 ft | 7:02 AM | 6:38 PM | Waning crescent, 9% lit |
Daylight low tide good for tide pools. Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
Pismo Beach tide calendar for October and November
Each day shows its lowest low tide between sunrise and sunset, in feet. The deeper the blue, the lower that tide. Orange days have a tide pool window; the stronger orange ones are rated very good.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 1: no low tide in daylight | Friday, October 2: lowest daylight tide 3.3 ft at 7:36 AM | Saturday, October 3: lowest daylight tide 3.5 ft at 9:28 AM | ||||
| Sunday, October 4: lowest daylight tide 3.2 ft at 11:26 AM | Monday, October 5: lowest daylight tide 2.7 ft at 12:45 PM | Tuesday, October 6: lowest daylight tide 2.1 ft at 1:45 PM | Wednesday, October 7: lowest daylight tide 1.4 ft at 2:36 PM | Thursday, October 8: lowest daylight tide 0.9 ft at 3:22 PM, good tide pool window | Friday, October 9: lowest daylight tide 0.5 ft at 4:05 PM, good tide pool window | Saturday, October 10: lowest daylight tide 0.2 ft at 4:47 PM, good tide pool window |
| Sunday, October 11: lowest daylight tide 0.1 ft at 5:29 PM, good tide pool window | Monday, October 12: lowest daylight tide 0.1 ft at 6:11 PM, good tide pool window | Tuesday, October 13: no low tide in daylight | Wednesday, October 14: no low tide in daylight | Thursday, October 15: no low tide in daylight | Friday, October 16: no low tide in daylight | Saturday, October 17: no low tide in daylight |
| Sunday, October 18: lowest daylight tide 3.6 ft at 10:48 AM | Monday, October 19: lowest daylight tide 3.2 ft at 12:11 PM | Tuesday, October 20: lowest daylight tide 2.8 ft at 1:03 PM | Wednesday, October 21: lowest daylight tide 2.2 ft at 1:45 PM | Thursday, October 22: lowest daylight tide 1.6 ft at 2:24 PM | Friday, October 23: lowest daylight tide 1.0 ft at 3:02 PM, good tide pool window | Saturday, October 24: lowest daylight tide 0.4 ft at 3:42 PM, good tide pool window |
| Sunday, October 25: lowest daylight tide −0.1 ft at 4:24 PM, very good tide pool window | Monday, October 26: lowest daylight tide −0.5 ft at 5:09 PM, very good tide pool window | Tuesday, October 27: lowest daylight tide −0.7 ft at 5:59 PM, very good tide pool window | Wednesday, October 28: no low tide in daylight | Thursday, October 29: no low tide in daylight | Friday, October 30: no low tide in daylight | Saturday, October 31: lowest daylight tide 3.4 ft at 8:00 AM |
October has 10 tide pool days, 3 rated very good. The lowest daylight tide is −0.7 ft on Tuesday, October 27 at 5:59 PM.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, November 1: lowest daylight tide 3.3 ft at 8:55 AM | Monday, November 2: lowest daylight tide 2.8 ft at 10:35 AM | Tuesday, November 3: lowest daylight tide 2.2 ft at 11:48 AM | Wednesday, November 4: lowest daylight tide 1.5 ft at 12:47 PM | Thursday, November 5: lowest daylight tide 0.8 ft at 1:36 PM, good tide pool window | Friday, November 6: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 2:20 PM, good tide pool window | Saturday, November 7: lowest daylight tide −0.1 ft at 3:00 PM, very good tide pool window |
| Sunday, November 8: lowest daylight tide −0.3 ft at 3:39 PM, very good tide pool window | Monday, November 9: lowest daylight tide −0.4 ft at 4:17 PM, very good tide pool window | Tuesday, November 10: lowest daylight tide −0.3 ft at 4:56 PM, very good tide pool window | Wednesday, November 11: no low tide in daylight | Thursday, November 12: no low tide in daylight | Friday, November 13: no low tide in daylight | Saturday, November 14: no low tide in daylight |
| Sunday, November 15: lowest daylight tide 3.6 ft at 6:48 AM | Monday, November 16: lowest daylight tide 3.5 ft at 8:54 AM | Tuesday, November 17: lowest daylight tide 3.1 ft at 10:33 AM | Wednesday, November 18: lowest daylight tide 2.5 ft at 11:35 AM | Thursday, November 19: lowest daylight tide 1.8 ft at 12:24 PM | Friday, November 20: lowest daylight tide 1.1 ft at 1:07 PM | Saturday, November 21: lowest daylight tide 0.3 ft at 1:49 PM, good tide pool window |
| Sunday, November 22: lowest daylight tide −0.4 ft at 2:31 PM, very good tide pool window | Monday, November 23: lowest daylight tide −0.9 ft at 3:15 PM, very good tide pool window | Tuesday, November 24: lowest daylight tide −1.3 ft at 4:02 PM, very good tide pool window | Wednesday, November 25: no low tide in daylight | Thursday, November 26: no low tide in daylight | Friday, November 27: no low tide in daylight | Saturday, November 28: no low tide in daylight |
| Sunday, November 29: lowest daylight tide 3.0 ft at 7:11 AM | Monday, November 30: lowest daylight tide 2.8 ft at 8:50 AM |
November has 10 tide pool days, 7 rated very good. The lowest daylight tide is −1.3 ft on Tuesday, November 24 at 4:02 PM.
Tide pools in Pismo Beach
A tide pool window is a low tide between sunrise and sunset at 1.0 ft or lower; at 0.0 ft or lower we rate it very good.
In the next 30 days (October 1 to October 30), Pismo Beach has 10 tide pool windows, 3 of them very good. The lowest is −0.7 ft on Tuesday, October 27 at 5:59 PM.
| Date | Low tide | Height | Rating | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 8 | 3:22 PM(tide pool window) | 0.9 ft | Good | 6:36 PM |
| Friday, October 9 | 4:05 PM(tide pool window) | 0.5 ft | Good | 6:35 PM |
| Saturday, October 10 | 4:47 PM(tide pool window) | 0.2 ft | Good | 6:34 PM |
| Sunday, October 11 | 5:29 PM(tide pool window) | 0.1 ft | Good | 6:32 PM |
| Monday, October 12 | 6:11 PM(tide pool window) | 0.1 ft | Good, close to sunset | 6:31 PM |
| Friday, October 23 | 3:02 PM(tide pool window) | 1.0 ft | Good | 6:18 PM |
| Saturday, October 24 | 3:42 PM(tide pool window) | 0.4 ft | Good | 6:16 PM |
| Sunday, October 25 | 4:24 PM(tide pool window) | −0.1 ft | Very good | 6:15 PM |
| Monday, October 26 | 5:09 PM(tide pool window) | −0.5 ft | Very good | 6:14 PM |
| Tuesday, October 27 | 5:59 PM(tide pool window) | −0.7 ft | Very good, close to sunset | 6:13 PM |
Heights in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
Lowest daylight tide for each day in the next 30 days, October 1 to October 30. The lowest is −0.7 ft on October 27. 10 days reach 1.0 ft or lower: October 8 (0.9 ft), October 9 (0.5 ft), October 10 (0.2 ft), October 11 (0.1 ft), October 12 (0.1 ft), October 23 (1.0 ft), October 24 (0.4 ft), October 25 (−0.1 ft), October 26 (−0.5 ft) and October 27 (−0.7 ft). 9 days have no low tide in daylight.
Orange bars are tide pool windows (0.0 ft or lower is very good). Small dots mark days with no low tide in daylight.
Shell Beach tide pools, Pismo Beach
The two parks the City of Pismo Beach lists with tide pools, Eldwayen Ocean Park and Margo Dodd Park, next to Dinosaur Caves Park, are both in the Shell Beach area:
- Margo Dodd Park, an ocean-bluff park, has beach access to tide pools where Pier Street ends.
- Eldwayen Ocean Park is a 1½-mile park along the ocean with stairs down to a sandy beach and tide pools.
Experience Pismo Beach also names Spyglass Beach, where a trail leads down to a rocky area. The same guide warns that the tide can come back in fast, suggests watching the ocean for ten minutes before going near the water, and asks visitors to leave shells, rocks and animals as they found them.
One set of times for town and Shell Beach
On this tide chart, Pismo Beach, CA, and its Shell Beach bluffs share one set of predictions, made for Port San Luis. The harbor is west of town, so of the two, Shell Beach is the closer to the station. Neither gets a correction of its own from NOAA.
Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
Pismo Beach is one of the communities along Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, which NOAA designated in 2024.
Common questions about tides in Pismo Beach
When is high tide at Pismo Beach?
As of Thursday, October 1, the next high tide in Pismo Beach is Friday, October 2 at 4:47 AM, 3.5 ft. The one after that is Friday, October 2 at 2:20 PM, 5.6 ft. Pismo Beach has two high tides on each of the next 7 days.
When is low tide in Pismo Beach?
As of Thursday, October 1, the next low tide in Pismo Beach is Friday, October 2 at 7:36 AM, 3.3 ft. The one after that is Friday, October 2 at 10:37 PM, 0.0 ft. Pismo Beach has two low tides on 6 of the next 7 days and one on the others.
What time is high tide in Pismo Beach?
On Thursday, October 1, high tide in Pismo Beach is at 2:52 AM (3.5 ft) and 1:16 PM (5.8 ft). The higher one is at 1:16 PM.
What time is low tide in Pismo Beach today?
On Thursday, October 1, low tide in Pismo Beach is at 6:42 AM (2.9 ft) and 9:15 PM (0.1 ft). The lower one is at 9:15 PM.
Where are the tide pools in Pismo Beach?
They are in the Shell Beach area. The City of Pismo Beach lists tide pools at Margo Dodd Park, with beach access at the end of Pier Street, and at Eldwayen Ocean Park, which has stairs down to the beach. Pick a date from the tide pool table on this page, since the pools are only uncovered at low tide.