Highest tide this month, measuring +6.6 feet, occurs on Monday, May 16, at 8:58 p.m. Lowest tides of the month, measuring -1.6 feet, occur on Tuesday, May 17, at the inconvenient hour of 3:56 a.m.; and on Wednesday, May 18, at a still inconvenient 4:43 a.m. For early-morning exploration of normally inaccessible coastal areas (like the La Jolla Caves), you might try low tide the following day (Thursday, the 19th). On that morning the low of -1.4 feet happens at 5:30 a.m, not long before sunrise.
Highest tide this month, measuring +6.6 feet, occurs on Monday, May 16, at 8:58 p.m. Lowest tides of the month, measuring -1.6 feet, occur on Tuesday, May 17, at the inconvenient hour of 3:56 a.m.; and on Wednesday, May 18, at a still inconvenient 4:43 a.m. For early-morning exploration of normally inaccessible coastal areas (like the La Jolla Caves), you might try low tide the following day (Thursday, the 19th). On that morning the low of -1.4 feet happens at 5:30 a.m, not long before sunrise.