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Check out the San Diego tide chart with these easy-to-read graphical tide charts for San Diego, California. Tide table made simple! No more complicated San Diego tide chart tables to try to interpret! Last updated March 1, 2010.
March San Diego Tide Chart
Coastal Tide Predictions
La Jolla and San Diego California
Free Pocket Tide Chart
Would you like a free printed 2010 San Diego Tide Chart booklet, showing the graphical tides for 2010? Sign up for our newsletter and receive your free San Diego Tide Chart booklet. These are a nice 4 x 5 inch size that can fit in your pocket or beach bag.I love this visual graph of the San Diego tide table showing low and high tide. This graphed tide chart shows the forecast of San Diego tides, to help you better plan your time at the San Diego beach. The vertical axis ranges from minus 2 to 8 feet, and the horizontal axis shows 24 hour days, with grids at 6 AM, noon, and 6 PM. These show the San Diego, California tide predictions, which are a good representation for San Diego coastal tides, from San Diego to North County (including Coronado, Imperial Beach, Point Loma, La Jolla, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad, and Oceanside). You can easily see the predicted San Diego high and low tides on the graph. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a federal agency focused on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere. They provide the official predicted tide schedules and tide charts for San Diego, La Jolla, San Clemente and other locations in southern California. You can choose the days you would like to see, and either a tide chart or tide table. Check them out at NOAA, or see their tide tables below. Caution: Actual tides can vary from predicted tides depending on current weather conditions, such as when a Surf Advisory is in effect. These tide predictions are provided for your convenience with no representation that they are accurate or reliable. Your safety is important. More 2010 San Diego Tide Tables
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March 2010 Low and High Tides
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What are Tides?
What are Tides? Tides are the rise and fall of the sea surface along the coastline. They are caused by many factors, the biggest being the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun. Tides are actually very long-period waves that originate in the oceans and move toward the coast. When this wave reaches its crest or highest point, high tide occurs. At the trough of this wave or low point, low tide occurs. The tides vary considerably at different locations on Earth.
What Causes San Diego Tides?
What Causes San Diego Tides? Many things influence the timing, range and interval of tides in San Diego Cal. The biggest factors are the gravitational force from the sun and moon. Other factors include the depth of the water, shape of the coastline, ocean-floor topography, barometric pressure, winds and weather. Our tides are on a 24 hour 50 minute cycle (corresponding to the lunar day), which means the high and low tides appear 50 minutes later each day. Most days will have two high tides and two low tides, but the magnitude of the tidal range between the tides high and low varies considerably. For more information about tides, go to NOAA Tide Information.
San Diego Tide Predictions
San Diego Tide Chart and Tide Table
Many of the factors that effect the tides are known, so predicted tides are shown in the San Diego tide chart or table, based upon average weather conditions. Actual tides for any day can vary from predicted, especially when the weather is bad, which is not that common in San Diego CA, which is why we locals love this climate!
Generally when the moon is full or new, it is lined up with the earth and sun, creating strong gravitational forces that result in San Diego high and low tides that are more extreme like this example shown above, with a high tide of 6 feet and a minus low tide of -1 foot. These are also called Spring Tides.
When the moon is near its quarter phase, the gravitational forces are weaker so the San Diego tides are less extreme, in this example shown above, ranging from a high tide of 4.5 feet to a low tide of 1 foot. These are also called Neap Tides.Be sure to take the actual weather conditions into account when making tide-critical decisions. When storm surges or extreme weather conditions are approaching, be safe and sure by checking the San Diego Weather Forecast to see how it may influence San Diego tides. As a general rule, prolonged onshore winds or a low barometric pressure results in a higher sea level than predicted. Offshore winds or a high barometric pressure generally results in a lower sea level than expected. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admiintration, or NOAA, is responsible for predicting the tides. They publish predicted tide tables, which were used to generate these charts.
Why are San Diego Tides Important?
Beach walkers and joggers look for low tide levels for walking or jogging long distances on the beach. For example, you can jog from La Jolla Shores to Del Mar, Cal. when the tide is low, but you won't make it past the tidepools south of Black's Beach if the tide is too high.Tidepool explorers look for minus tides, which are low tides that are below average, to find good times to explore tidepools. Surfers use the tides as one criteria is selecting the best surfing spot for that day. Beach visitors to smaller, local beaches may find these narrower beaches disappear at some high tide levels, only to reappear as the tide falls. Fishermen use their knowledge of the tides to improve their catch of fish, as fish or bait may concentrate in certain areas based upon the tidal conditions. Many people have been caught by surprise because they didn't understand the importance of the tides. Don't walk up to a secluded beach at low tide, and be unable to return because it is now high tide. Don't climb on some interesting rocks along the shore, and now be overwhelmed by large waves from the rising tide. Don't take a boat into an area at high tide, and now be stranded at low tide. So for your safety, always check the predicted San Diego tide schedule and the weather.
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