Mountain View tides today
- Tide now 8.7 ft ↓ falling · low 10:07 pm (-0.7 ft)
- Best time to fish 2:20–3:00 pm good day · 7/10
- Water 66 °F
- Wind · air 6 mph · 69 °F from the N, gusts 7 · overcast
- Sun 7:29 am–6:15 pm 10 h 45 min of daylight
- Moon 91% · 8:03 pm waning gibbous · rises at 8:03 pm
- Pressure 29.97 inHg falling · falling tomorrow
- Coefficient 83 average coefficient · spring tides Oct 26–28
- Coastal Flood Advisory: minor flooding along the shore at high tide. Until Sat 31, 6:00 pm. NWS San Francisco CA
Today in Mountain View there are high tides at 3:16 am (6.5 ft) and 1:58 pm (8.9 ft) and low tides at 8:56 am and 10:07 pm. Tide coefficient 83. Right now the tide is falling toward the low tide at 10:07 pm. The sun rises at 7:29 am and sets at 6:15 pm: 10 h 45 min of daylight. The moon is 91% illuminated (waning gibbous) and rises at 8:03 pm. Major solunar periods run from 1:51 am to 3:51 am and from 2:23 pm to 4:23 pm. The next spring tides arrive from October 26 to 28. There's a light breeze from the north (6 mph). Overcast, 69 °F.
Fishing in Mountain View today
Best time to fish
Solunar activity today: medium- High tide at 1:58 pm, coefficient 81
- Major period 2:23–4:23 pm
- Steady pressure (29.97 inHg) and light onshore wind (6 mph)
- Waning gibbous: a bit more activity than at the quarters
- Highest tide coefficient today: 83 (average tides)
Your day at a glance
The best window, 2:20 pm to 3:00 pm, combines the 1:58 pm high tide, a major period and a light onshore breeze. Also good from 2:20 am to 3:50 am, with the 3:16 am high tide and a major period.
Species with the most records nearby: market squid, lingcod, Chinook salmon and striped bass. October is one of the months when these are seen most: lingcod and black rockfish. What you can catch
Tides in Mountain View
Today's high and low tides
- ▲ High tide 3:16 am 6.5 ft · coef. 83
- ▼ Low tide 8:56 am 1.9 ft
- ▲ High tide 1:58 pm 8.9 ft · coef. 81
- ▼ Next low tide 10:07 pm -0.7 ft
↓ Falling The tide is falling. 7 h 14 min to low tide at 10:07 pm.
Tide coefficient 83 for the 3:16 am high tide and 81 for the 1:58 pm high tide. Average coefficient. The water rises and falls 9.6 ft between the highest high and the lowest low: a large range for this place. 70 is an average tide here; 90 and above means spring tides; below 45, neap tides. What is the tide coefficient?
2026 extremes: the highest tide of the year is on December 24 (9.7 ft) and the lowest, on June 16 (-1.3 ft).
Mixed: two high and two low tides a day, but of quite different heights.
Heights above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero of US nautical charts. Astronomical prediction: wind and air pressure can raise or lower the water by a few inches, and more in a storm. Not for navigation. MLLW
Tide coefficient and range in October
The biggest tides of the month came from October 8 to 10 (coefficient 89, 8.1 ft range). The smallest, from October 17 to 18 (coefficient 40, 6.3 ft).
Tide and solunar table · this week
| Day | Sun | Tide 1 | Tide 2 | Tide 3 | Tide 4 | Coef. | Moon | Major periods | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today, Wed 28 | 7:29 am · 6:15 pm | High tide 3:16 am · 6.5 ft | Low tide 8:56 am · 1.9 ft | High tide 1:58 pm · 8.9 ft | Low tide 10:07 pm · -0.7 ft | Coef. 83 | 91% | Major periods 1:51 am · 2:23 pm | Medium |
| Thu 29 | 7:30 am · 6:13 pm | High tide 4:17 am · 6.3 ft | Low tide 9:45 am · 2.1 ft | High tide 2:46 pm · 8.7 ft | Low tide 11:02 pm · -0.6 ft | Coef. 78 | 83% | Major periods 2:56 am · 3:28 pm | Medium |
| Fri 30 | 7:31 am · 6:12 pm | High tide 5:23 am · 6.2 ft | Low tide 10:45 am · 2.3 ft | High tide 3:41 pm · 8.3 ft | — | Coef. 71 | 73% | Major periods 4:00 am · 4:31 pm | Medium |
| Sat 31 | 7:32 am · 6:11 pm | Low tide 12:04 am · -0.5 ft | High tide 6:31 am · 6.2 ft | Low tide 12:03 pm · 2.3 ft | High tide 4:47 pm · 7.8 ft | Coef. 65 | 62% | Major periods 5:02 am · 5:31 pm | Medium |
| Sun 1 | 6:33 am · 5:10 pm | Low tide 1:11 am · -0.3 ft | High tide 6:35 am · 6.4 ft | Low tide 12:38 pm · 2.2 ft | High tide 5:03 pm · 7.2 ft | Coef. 62 | Last quarter | Major periods 4:59 am · 5:26 pm | Medium |
| Mon 2 | 6:34 am · 5:09 pm | Low tide 1:18 am · -0.1 ft | High tide 7:30 am · 6.7 ft | Low tide 2:05 pm · 1.8 ft | High tide 6:25 pm · 6.8 ft | Coef. 66 | 39% | Major periods 5:51 am · 6:16 pm | Medium |
| Tue 3 | 6:35 am · 5:08 pm | Low tide 2:20 am · 0.1 ft | High tide 8:16 am · 7.1 ft | Low tide 3:15 pm · 1.4 ft | High tide 7:45 pm · 6.5 ft | Coef. 72 | 29% | Major periods 6:40 am · 7:03 pm | Medium |
▲ high tide · ▼ low tide · heights above MLLW. Major periods: start time; they last 2 hours. Activity: based on the moon phase and the solunar periods.
Where this tide comes from
Mountain View has no station of its own, so we use the tide at Palo Alto Yacht Harbor (NOAA), 5.1 mi away. On the open coast the difference is usually a few minutes and inches; inside estuaries, rivers and enclosed bays it can be much larger. It is a NOAA subordinate station: its times and heights come from the San Francisco (Golden Gate) reference station with the official corrections.
Station data attribution: Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database)
The sea at Mountain View
Sea state
The wave model doesn't reach Mountain View: it's on inland water (an estuary, sound or sheltered bay) or far from the open sea. Wind is still available right here.
Wind on the coast and offshore
The model doesn't separate offshore wind here: it's the same as on the coast.
Cross-onshore wind. The coast faces north and the wind comes in from the sea at an angle: a bit more surf at the shore and drift along the coast, toward land.
Water temperature
Water temperature →Water temperature changes how fish behave: in very cold or very warm water they feed less. The water cools over the next few days: about 64.6 °F by Tuesday 3.
Water warmer than normal for late October (+6.6 °F).
Water temperature →Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 2:53 pm (local time).
Nearest marine station
This is a real measurement of the sea, not a forecast. Data from station RTYC1, NOAA National Data Buoy Center (public domain).
Weather in Mountain View
Now in Mountain View
- Low / high
- 47 / 69 °F
- Rain
- 0.00 in · 0%
- Clouds
- 80%
- Humidity
- 36%
- Dew pointDew point
- 41 °F
- Visibility
- 34 mi
- UV indexUV
- 2 · low
- Air qualityAir
- Moderate · 59
- Saharan dust
- No
Pressure and fishing
- ↗ RisingRising Anglers say fish bite less for a while
- → SteadySteady Anglers expect normal activity
- ↘ FallingFalling · now Anglers say fish feed more before the change
Falling now (−0.06 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: −0.06 inHg. Falling pressure: anglers say fish feed more before the change. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.
Today, hour by hourHour by hour
Bars: mean wind. Dashed line: gusts. Arrows point where the wind blows to.
| Time | 12:00 am | 3:00 am | 6:00 am | 9:00 am | 12:00 pm | 3:00 pm | 6:00 pm | 9:00 pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky | Clear | Clear | Clear | Mainly clear | Mainly clear | Overcast | Overcast | Overcast |
| Temperature | 52° | 49° | 49° | 52° | 65° | 69° | 63° | 54° |
| Wind (mph) | 3 S | 2 WNW | 3 WSW | 1 NW | 3 N | 6 NNW | 5 NNW | 2 SE |
| Gusts | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| Rain | 0.00 in | 0.00 in | 0.00 in | 0.00 in | 0.00 in | 0.00 in | 0.00 in | 0.00 in |
- 3:00 pm 69° 6 NNW
- 6:00 pm 63° 5 NNW
- 9:00 pm 54° 2 SE
- 12:00 am 52° 5 SSE
- 3:00 am 51° 3 SSE
- 6:00 am 51° 1 SSE
- 9:00 am 56° 1 E
- 12:00 pm 66° 1 NNE
Next 14 daysComing days
| Day | Sky | Low / high | Max wind | High tides |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today · 28 | 47 / 69 °F | 6 mph NW | 3:16 am · 1:58 pm | |
| Thu 29 | 48 / 69 °F | 5 mph SW | 4:17 am · 2:46 pm | |
| Fri 30 | 50 / 67 °F | 9 mph W | 5:23 am · 3:41 pm | |
| Sat 31 | 50 / 63 °F | 5 mph WNW | 6:31 am · 4:47 pm | |
| Sun 1 | 48 / 65 °F | 9 mph NW | 6:35 am · 5:03 pm | |
| Mon 2 | 48 / 69 °F | 4 mph NNE | 7:30 am · 6:25 pm | |
| Tue 3 | 51 / 70 °F | 4 mph NW | 8:16 am · 7:45 pm | |
| Wed 4 | 51 / 68 °F | 5 mph WNW | 8:56 am · 8:59 pm | |
| Thu 5 | 51 / 67 °F | 6 mph W | 9:31 am · 10:04 pm | |
| Fri 6 | 52 / 66 °F | 6 mph W | 10:03 am · 11:04 pm | |
| Sat 7 | 52 / 67 °F | 5 mph WNW | 10:33 am · 11:59 pm | |
| Sun 8 | 53 / 68 °F | 6 mph NW | 11:02 am | |
| Mon 9 | 54 / 74 °F | 3 mph NW | 12:50 am · 11:30 am | |
| Tue 10 | 57 / 74 °F | 6 mph NNW | 1:39 am · 12:00 pm |
- Thu 29 Overcast 48° / 69° 5 mph
- Fri 30 Overcast 50° / 67° 9 mph
- Sat 31 Heavy drizzle 50° / 63° 5 mph
- Sun 1 Clear sky 48° / 65° 9 mph
- Mon 2 Overcast 48° / 69° 4 mph
- Tue 3 Partly cloudy 51° / 70° 4 mph
- Wed 4 Partly cloudy 51° / 68° 5 mph
Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore. High tides: our own tide calculation.
- The models Partly agree · medium confidence: unsure about rain on Saturday 31. See the models →
- Outlook Next few weeks, compared with normal: a bit warmer and wetter. See the outlook →
- Normal Today, cooler than normal for late October (−2.8 °F; normal high: 72 °F). Climate by month →
Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 2:53 pm (local time).
The sun in Mountain View
Sunrise and sunset
- First light 6:32 am
- Full dark 7:12 pm
- Civil dawn 7:02 am
- Civil dusk 6:41 pm
- Solar noon 12:52 pm (39° high)
- Daylight 10 h 45 min (−2 min)
- Evening golden hour 5:38 pm
- Full dark 7:12 pm
Golden hour and the day-night map
Today the sun is 92,351,584 mi away and looks 32′ 11″ across.
The moon in Mountain View
Moon phase and position
Today the moon is 226,426 mi away and looks 32′ 47″ across.
Solunar periods
Today's activity: medium- 1:51–3:51 am Major · the moon passes overhead · high activity
- 2:23–4:23 pm Major · the moon passes underfoot · high activity
- 10:11–11:11 am Minor · moonset · medium activity
- 7:33–8:33 pm Minor · moonrise · medium activity
According to solunar theory, fish feed more when the moon passes overhead or underfoot (major periods, about 2 h) and when it rises or sets (minor periods, 1 h). It works best around new and full moon.
Upcoming moon phases
2026 moon calendar →- Last quarter Sun, Nov 1 · 12:29 pmNov 1 in 4 days
- New moon Sun, Nov 8 · 11:03 pmNov 8 in 11 days
- First quarter Tue, Nov 17 · 3:48 amNov 17 in 20 days
- Full moon Tue, Nov 24 · 6:54 amNov 24 in 27 days
Perigee on October 28, 226,426 mi away, coinciding with the spring tides from October 26 to 28: they will be stronger than usual.
Where to fish in Mountain View
Piers, ramps and tackle shops nearby
Map: OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles · © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Baylands Sailing Station 5.1 mi
- Dumbarton Pier 8.6 mi
- Boat ramp 3.2 mi
- Boat ramp 4.6 mi
- Boat ramp 5.3 mi
- Boat ramp 6.2 mi
- Alviso Marina 6.4 mi
- Marina 6.4 mi
- Robinson Fishing Store U.S.A 5.8 mi
- Fisherman's Warehouse 6.3 mi
- Laine's Baits 6.5 mi
- Tom Coss Bass Fishing 7.9 mi
Within 9.3 mi. A spot may be missing or closed. Open the map on OpenStreetMap · Missing one? Add it to OpenStreetMap
Spots: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps.
Tides near Mountain ViewTides nearby
- Palo Alto5.0 mi
- East Palo Alto6.5 mi
- Milpitas10 mi
- Newark10 mi
- Redwood City11 mi
- San Carlos13 mi
- Belmont14 mi
- Foster City16 mi
- San Mateo18 mi
- Half Moon Bay20 mi
Mountain View at a glance
- Town or city of about 80,435 people. Coordinates: 37.386° N, 122.084° W.
- It is 426 mi northwest of San Diego, the main place in California. The sun rises 26 min later and sets 13 min later than in San Diego.
- The nearest tide station, Palo Alto Yacht Harbor, is 5.1 mi to the north.
- Its coast faces north.
Questions about Mountain ViewQuestions
What time is high tide today in Mountain View?
Today in Mountain View there are high tides at 3:16 am (6.5 ft) and 1:58 pm (8.9 ft) and low tides at 8:56 am and 10:07 pm. Tide coefficient 83.
What time is sunset today in Mountain View?
At 6:15 pm. There is light until the end of civil twilight, at 6:41 pm.
What time is sunrise tomorrow in Mountain View?
At 7:30 am. First light comes at 6:33 am.
What phase is the moon today?
Waning gibbous, 91% illuminated. New moon on Sun, Nov 8 · 11:03 pm.
When are the next spring tides?
From October 26 to 28, together with the lunar perigee: they will be stronger than usual.
What are today's solunar periods?
Major 1:51–3:51 am, Minor 10:11–11:11 am, Major 2:23–4:23 pm, Minor 7:33–8:33 pm. Today's activity is medium.
What's the weather like today in Mountain View?
Overcast, from 47 °F to 69 °F, with a light breeze from the north (6 mph) and a 0% chance of rain.
When is the best time to visit Mountain View?
The best time to visit Mountain View is from May to September: highs of 74 °F to 80 °F, barely 1 rainy day a month and 10 hours of sunshine a day.
Can I use this data for navigation?
No. These are predictions for fishing and leisure; for navigation, use the official publications.
Where this data comes from
Tide: NOAA station Palo Alto Yacht Harbor (public domain), via Slackwater database. Sun and moon: our own calculation with astronomy-engine. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Coastline: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).