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Compare morning and afternoon tide-pooling windows in July–December 2026 NOAA predictions, with daylight at low tide checked separately.

Sneaker waves arrive after 10–20 minutes of small surf and run 150+ feet up dry beach. The NWS rules, the infragravity science, and the dawn-window link.

The 2026 daylight minus-tide season region by region: how low is low enough, when to arrive, and why the deepest windows land on weekday mornings.

Semidiurnal tides on an 11 ft range put Maine tide pooling on a different clock than SoCal. Computed Jul–Dec 2026 lows, daylight shares, and timing.

Why Pacific summer lows favor mornings, with a July–December 2026 NOAA hour histogram separating daylight windows from daylight at low tide.

A minus tide is any low tide below 0.0 ft MLLW. What the datum means, why minus tides cluster around new and full moons, and how many land in daylight.

What tide-table heights above MLLW mean, why the two daily lows differ, and how one Newport, OR table row becomes a 285-minute beach window.

The '−0.5 ft or lower' rule for tide pools is a Southern California number. We test it against 2026 NOAA data at Seattle, La Jolla, and Bar Harbor.

Puget Sound's last Exceptional minus tides of 2026 run August 8–13. Port Townsend posts a perfect 100 Sunday, Aug 9; Seattle bottoms at −2.63 ft Tuesday.

Oregon's four tidepool stations share one last deep 2026 dawn run, Aug 11-14 — then deep water moves to December dusk, deeper the farther south you go.

Compare California tide pools for fall 2026: September's modest lows, October's afternoon return, December depths, and Cabrillo/Fitzgerald hours.

Compare La Push, Port Townsend and Seattle tide pools for late 2026: the NOAA low-tide windows left this year, autumn limits and the Rialto closure.

July 11–14 was the deepest daylight run of the 2026 Pacific summer. Where 2026's remaining minus-tide windows land now, from NOAA predictions.

September–October 2026 tide charts for Seattle and Port Townsend, remaining daylight overlaps, historical summer lows, and 2027 return dates.

Every daylight minus tide on the Oregon coast, July–December 2026, computed from NOAA predictions for Garibaldi, Newport, Charleston, and Port Orford.

Oregon's deepest daylight low of 2026 is −2.21 ft at Port Orford on Dec 24 (NOAA 9431647). Battle Rock access, Redfish Rocks rules, the Aug 11–14 dawn run.

Newport's deepest 2026 daylight low is −1.91 ft at dawn on August 12 (NOAA 9435380). Yaquina Head gate math, Otter Rock's Marine Gardens, winter dusk lows.

The best remaining 2026 low at Cape Arago is −2.00 ft on July 16 (NOAA 9432780). Sunset Bay and South Cove windows, the August dawn run, winter dusk tides.

Seattle's last 2026 daylight minus tides ran Sep 8–10; the rest are after dark (NOAA 9447130). Daylight lows return Feb 15, 2027; Exceptional Apr 10–11.

La Push's remaining 2026 lows shift toward dusk. Compare September–December windows, find full tide charts, and check the NPS Rialto access closure.

Port Townsend tide chart through October 2026: every high and low at NOAA station 9444900, plus the four remaining daylight windows and the season record.

Pacific Grove tide pools: next good NOAA window Oct 25, deeper November–December lows, access notes, and no-take rules.

Every remaining daylight low at Pillar Point reef in 2026, from NOAA station 9414131: the Aug 11-14 dawn run, December king lows, parking, and species.

La Jolla's best remaining 2026 tide pool dates from NOAA station 9410230 — December afternoon minus-tide run, fall's pivot, spot notes, and species logs.

A 2026 tide chart and low-tide schedule for Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, computed from NOAA station 9414131 — and which lows actually fit the posted hours.

Cabrillo's gate opens at 9 AM and the tidepools close at 4:30 PM. The minus tides you can still use in 2026: Oct 25, Nov 24–25, and Dec 22–24.

Acadia's September 20–October 31, 2026 tide chart, NOAA Bar Harbor daylight windows, and NPS guidance for Bar Island, Ship Harbor and Wonderland.

Haystack Rock's remaining 2026 tide windows from NOAA Garibaldi station 9437540: the August 11–14 dawn run bottoms at −1.77 ft, plus Marine Garden rules.

Glass Beach tide chart from Port Townsend station predictions: every high and low Sep 22–Oct 31, 2026, four daylight windows, selected 2027 lows.

Winter swell strips sand and restocks the wrack line. The 2026-27 daylight minus-tide windows at La Push and Port Orford, plus NWS sneaker-wave rules.

Winter storms expose Oregon's agate gravel. Computed 2026-27 minus-tide windows at Port Orford and Newport, with sunset limits, plus the one-gallon rule.

Winter swell strips the sand; a daylight minus tide reaches the gravel it hides. Computed winter sea glass windows at Port Orford, OR (NOAA 9431647).

The 2026 dawn season is over; what remains belongs to winter sunsets in the south. La Jolla's Dec 25 window scores 90. Four West Coast station calendars.

How to pick a kid-friendly tide window, what to pack, and the best 2026 weekend low tides for families in Washington, Oregon, and California.

Washington king tide dates 2026-27: a 13.09 ft Seattle high on Jan 25, Christmas-week peaks at La Push, and why Puget Sound's deep lows land at night.

Oregon king tide dates: Nov 23–27 and Dec 22–26, 2026; Jan 20–24, 2027. Compare official photo dates, NOAA high tides and daylight low-tide windows.

King tide dates for 12 NOAA stations: October–December 2026 monthly high-tide peaks, plus low-tide windows through March 2027. Local times and heights.