tide basics
The Best Time to Go Tide Pooling: Time of Day, Season, and Daylight Timing
Oct 4, 2026Compare morning and afternoon tide-pooling windows in July–December 2026 NOAA predictions, with daylight at low tide checked separately.
What Is a Sneaker Wave? The Science Behind the Ocean's Quietest Trick
Jul 26, 2026Sneaker 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.
How to Plan a Tidepooling Trip Around Minus Tides (Complete 2026 Guide)
Jul 29, 2026The 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.
Why East Coast Tide Pooling Is Different (and When to Go)
Oct 3, 2026Semidiurnal 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 Summer's Lowest Tides Happen at Dawn on the Pacific Coast
Sep 27, 2026Why Pacific summer lows favor mornings, with a July–December 2026 NOAA hour histogram separating daylight windows from daylight at low tide.
What Is a Minus Tide? (And Why Only a Few Each Month Happen in Daylight)
Jul 3, 2026A 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.
How to Read a Tide Table (and What It Won't Tell You)
Sep 25, 2026What 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.
How Low Does the Tide Need to Be for Tide Pools? Testing the −0.5 ft Rule
Jul 2, 2026The '−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.