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Mission Bay Overnight — Vacation Isle Laps 2026

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12:14:48 local

Wind · Scripps Pier—

Tide · Mission Bay→ 5.9 ft

steady 0.0 ft/hr

CurrentSLACK

Tide falling 0.0 ft/hr · next slack at SD Bay entrance

Water / Air—

Tide · Quivira Basin, Mission Bay

ft MLLW

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Predicted (Quivira Basin, Mission Bay) (ft)
Sun Aug 9 11:59 latestPredicted (Quivira Basin, Mission Bay) 2.67 ft
Tide at Quivira Basin, Mission Bay
TimePredicted (Quivira Basin, Mission Bay) (ft)
Sat Aug 8 15:05 PDT4.32
Sat Aug 8 15:11 PDT4.40
Sat Aug 8 15:17 PDT4.48
Sat Aug 8 15:23 PDT4.56
Sat Aug 8 15:29 PDT4.63
Sat Aug 8 15:35 PDT4.71
Sat Aug 8 15:41 PDT4.79
Sat Aug 8 15:47 PDT4.87
Sat Aug 8 15:53 PDT4.95
Sat Aug 8 15:59 PDT5.02
Sat Aug 8 16:05 PDT5.10
Sat Aug 8 16:11 PDT5.17
Sat Aug 8 16:17 PDT5.25
Sat Aug 8 16:23 PDT5.32
Sat Aug 8 16:29 PDT5.39
Sat Aug 8 16:35 PDT5.46
Sat Aug 8 16:41 PDT5.52
Sat Aug 8 16:47 PDT5.58
Sat Aug 8 16:53 PDT5.65
Sat Aug 8 16:59 PDT5.71
Sat Aug 8 17:05 PDT5.76
Sat Aug 8 17:11 PDT5.81
Sat Aug 8 17:17 PDT5.86
Sat Aug 8 17:23 PDT5.90
Sat Aug 8 17:29 PDT5.95
Sat Aug 8 17:35 PDT5.98
Sat Aug 8 17:41 PDT6.01
Sat Aug 8 17:47 PDT6.04
Sat Aug 8 17:53 PDT6.07
Sat Aug 8 17:59 PDT6.08
Sat Aug 8 18:05 PDT6.10
Sat Aug 8 18:11 PDT6.11
Sat Aug 8 18:17 PDT6.11
Sat Aug 8 18:23 PDT6.11
Sat Aug 8 18:29 PDT6.10
Sat Aug 8 18:35 PDT6.09
Sat Aug 8 18:41 PDT6.07
Sat Aug 8 18:47 PDT6.04
Sat Aug 8 18:53 PDT6.01
Sat Aug 8 18:59 PDT5.98
Sat Aug 8 19:05 PDT5.94
Sat Aug 8 19:11 PDT5.90
Sat Aug 8 19:17 PDT5.85
Sat Aug 8 19:23 PDT5.79
Sat Aug 8 19:29 PDT5.73
Sat Aug 8 19:35 PDT5.67
Sat Aug 8 19:41 PDT5.60
Sat Aug 8 19:47 PDT5.53
Sat Aug 8 19:53 PDT5.45
Sat Aug 8 19:59 PDT5.37
Sat Aug 8 20:05 PDT5.28
Sat Aug 8 20:11 PDT5.19
Sat Aug 8 20:17 PDT5.10
Sat Aug 8 20:23 PDT5.00
Sat Aug 8 20:29 PDT4.90
Sat Aug 8 20:35 PDT4.79
Sat Aug 8 20:41 PDT4.68
Sat Aug 8 20:47 PDT4.57
Sat Aug 8 20:53 PDT4.46
Sat Aug 8 20:59 PDT4.34
Sat Aug 8 21:05 PDT4.22
Sat Aug 8 21:11 PDT4.10
Sat Aug 8 21:17 PDT3.98
Sat Aug 8 21:23 PDT3.85
Sat Aug 8 21:29 PDT3.72
Sat Aug 8 21:35 PDT3.59
Sat Aug 8 21:41 PDT3.46
Sat Aug 8 21:47 PDT3.33
Sat Aug 8 21:53 PDT3.19
Sat Aug 8 21:59 PDT3.06
Sat Aug 8 22:05 PDT2.92
Sat Aug 8 22:11 PDT2.79
Sat Aug 8 22:17 PDT2.65
Sat Aug 8 22:23 PDT2.51
Sat Aug 8 22:29 PDT2.38
Sat Aug 8 22:35 PDT2.24
Sat Aug 8 22:41 PDT2.10
Sat Aug 8 22:47 PDT1.97
Sat Aug 8 22:53 PDT1.83
Sat Aug 8 22:59 PDT1.70
Sat Aug 8 23:05 PDT1.57
Sat Aug 8 23:11 PDT1.44
Sat Aug 8 23:17 PDT1.32
Sat Aug 8 23:23 PDT1.19
Sat Aug 8 23:29 PDT1.07
Sat Aug 8 23:35 PDT0.95
Sat Aug 8 23:41 PDT0.83
Sat Aug 8 23:47 PDT0.72
Sat Aug 8 23:53 PDT0.61
Sat Aug 8 23:59 PDT0.51
Sun Aug 9 00:05 PDT0.41
Sun Aug 9 00:11 PDT0.31
Sun Aug 9 00:17 PDT0.22
Sun Aug 9 00:23 PDT0.14
Sun Aug 9 00:29 PDT0.05
Sun Aug 9 00:35 PDT-0.03
Sun Aug 9 00:41 PDT-0.10
Sun Aug 9 00:47 PDT-0.16
Sun Aug 9 00:53 PDT-0.23
Sun Aug 9 00:59 PDT-0.28
Sun Aug 9 01:05 PDT-0.33
Sun Aug 9 01:11 PDT-0.38
Sun Aug 9 01:17 PDT-0.42
Sun Aug 9 01:23 PDT-0.45
Sun Aug 9 01:29 PDT-0.48
Sun Aug 9 01:35 PDT-0.50
Sun Aug 9 01:41 PDT-0.52
Sun Aug 9 01:47 PDT-0.53
Sun Aug 9 01:53 PDT-0.54
Sun Aug 9 01:59 PDT-0.54
Sun Aug 9 02:05 PDT-0.54
Sun Aug 9 02:11 PDT-0.53
Sun Aug 9 02:17 PDT-0.51
Sun Aug 9 02:23 PDT-0.49
Sun Aug 9 02:29 PDT-0.47
Sun Aug 9 02:35 PDT-0.44
Sun Aug 9 02:41 PDT-0.40
Sun Aug 9 02:47 PDT-0.36
Sun Aug 9 02:53 PDT-0.32
Sun Aug 9 02:59 PDT-0.27
Sun Aug 9 03:05 PDT-0.22
Sun Aug 9 03:11 PDT-0.16
Sun Aug 9 03:17 PDT-0.10
Sun Aug 9 03:23 PDT-0.03
Sun Aug 9 03:29 PDT0.04
Sun Aug 9 03:35 PDT0.11
Sun Aug 9 03:41 PDT0.19
Sun Aug 9 03:47 PDT0.27
Sun Aug 9 03:53 PDT0.35
Sun Aug 9 03:59 PDT0.44
Sun Aug 9 04:05 PDT0.53
Sun Aug 9 04:11 PDT0.62
Sun Aug 9 04:17 PDT0.72
Sun Aug 9 04:23 PDT0.81
Sun Aug 9 04:29 PDT0.91
Sun Aug 9 04:35 PDT1.01
Sun Aug 9 04:41 PDT1.12
Sun Aug 9 04:47 PDT1.22
Sun Aug 9 04:53 PDT1.32
Sun Aug 9 04:59 PDT1.43
Sun Aug 9 05:05 PDT1.54
Sun Aug 9 05:11 PDT1.64
Sun Aug 9 05:17 PDT1.75
Sun Aug 9 05:23 PDT1.85
Sun Aug 9 05:29 PDT1.96
Sun Aug 9 05:35 PDT2.06
Sun Aug 9 05:41 PDT2.16
Sun Aug 9 05:47 PDT2.27
Sun Aug 9 05:53 PDT2.36
Sun Aug 9 05:59 PDT2.46
Sun Aug 9 06:05 PDT2.56
Sun Aug 9 06:11 PDT2.65
Sun Aug 9 06:17 PDT2.73
Sun Aug 9 06:23 PDT2.82
Sun Aug 9 06:29 PDT2.90
Sun Aug 9 06:35 PDT2.98
Sun Aug 9 06:41 PDT3.06
Sun Aug 9 06:47 PDT3.13
Sun Aug 9 06:53 PDT3.20
Sun Aug 9 06:59 PDT3.27
Sun Aug 9 07:05 PDT3.33
Sun Aug 9 07:11 PDT3.38
Sun Aug 9 07:17 PDT3.44
Sun Aug 9 07:23 PDT3.48
Sun Aug 9 07:29 PDT3.53
Sun Aug 9 07:35 PDT3.57
Sun Aug 9 07:41 PDT3.60
Sun Aug 9 07:47 PDT3.64
Sun Aug 9 07:53 PDT3.66
Sun Aug 9 07:59 PDT3.69
Sun Aug 9 08:05 PDT3.71
Sun Aug 9 08:11 PDT3.72
Sun Aug 9 08:17 PDT3.74
Sun Aug 9 08:23 PDT3.75
Sun Aug 9 08:29 PDT3.75
Sun Aug 9 08:35 PDT3.75
Sun Aug 9 08:41 PDT3.75
Sun Aug 9 08:47 PDT3.74
Sun Aug 9 08:53 PDT3.73
Sun Aug 9 08:59 PDT3.72
Sun Aug 9 09:05 PDT3.71
Sun Aug 9 09:11 PDT3.69
Sun Aug 9 09:17 PDT3.67
Sun Aug 9 09:23 PDT3.65
Sun Aug 9 09:29 PDT3.62
Sun Aug 9 09:35 PDT3.60
Sun Aug 9 09:41 PDT3.57
Sun Aug 9 09:47 PDT3.54
Sun Aug 9 09:53 PDT3.50
Sun Aug 9 09:59 PDT3.47
Sun Aug 9 10:05 PDT3.43
Sun Aug 9 10:11 PDT3.39
Sun Aug 9 10:17 PDT3.35
Sun Aug 9 10:23 PDT3.31
Sun Aug 9 10:29 PDT3.27
Sun Aug 9 10:35 PDT3.23
Sun Aug 9 10:41 PDT3.18
Sun Aug 9 10:47 PDT3.14
Sun Aug 9 10:53 PDT3.10
Sun Aug 9 10:59 PDT3.05
Sun Aug 9 11:05 PDT3.01
Sun Aug 9 11:11 PDT2.97
Sun Aug 9 11:17 PDT2.92
Sun Aug 9 11:23 PDT2.88
Sun Aug 9 11:29 PDT2.84
Sun Aug 9 11:35 PDT2.80
Sun Aug 9 11:41 PDT2.77
Sun Aug 9 11:47 PDT2.73
Sun Aug 9 11:53 PDT2.70
Sun Aug 9 11:59 PDT2.67
Tide at Quivira Basin, Mission Bay. From Sat Aug 8 15:05 to Sun Aug 9 11:59 PDT, predicted (quivira basin, mission bay) ranges -0.54–6.11 ft and reads 2.67 ft at the end.

San Diego Bay (live) is the observed level — where it runs beside the prediction rather than on it, the prediction is running ahead or behind.

Current model · Mission Bay

modeled · not validated · not for navigation

Loading the current model…

Current speed < 0.25 kt0.25–0.50 kt0.50–1 kt≥ 1 kt

Current · San Diego Bay Entrance

phase proxy

Entrance channel peaks ~1.1–1.5 kt on the ebb; tenths of a knot around Vacation Isle. Phase from tide rate + the SD Bay entrance proxy (no station in the bay).

Night

Darkest hours (20:07–02:23, no moon) coincide with the spring ebb — max ebb 22:36.

Daylight17:00–19:41Twilight19:41–20:07Moonless dark20:07–02:23Moonlight02:23–06:08Daylight06:08–10:00SET 19:41MOONRISE 02:23RISE 06:08
DaylightTwilightMoonless darkMoonlight
Darkness timeline for the race
SkyFromTo
DaylightSat Aug 8 17:00 PDTSat Aug 8 19:41 PDT
TwilightSat Aug 8 19:41 PDTSat Aug 8 20:07 PDT
Moonless darkSat Aug 8 20:07 PDTSun Aug 9 02:23 PDT
MoonlightSun Aug 9 02:23 PDTSun Aug 9 06:08 PDT
DaylightSun Aug 9 06:08 PDTSun Aug 9 10:00 PDT
Darkness timeline for the race. The sun sets at 19:41, dark without a moon from 20:07 until moonrise at 02:23, and rises at 06:08.

Waning crescent 21%→12%; moonset 16:36, before the start

Wind around the bay

Mt Soledad4 kt SSE

4 km · 25 min ago · g8

Hilltop ~250 m — reads the gradient / land breeze aloft, not bay surface wind

Shelter Island5 kt SSE

7 km · 30 min ago · g9

Waterfront CWOP — sea-level exposure, siting unverified

San Diego Intl9 kt S

7 km · 30 min ago

ASOS

Montgomery Field—

11 km · 30 min ago

ASOS — inland valley

Notes

  • HW 6.11 ft at 18:18 — right at the gun. 6.65 ft ebb to LW −0.54 ft at 01:56, then flood to HW 3.75 ft at 08:35.
  • SD Bay entrance proxy: slack 18:48 · max ebb 22:36 (−2.3 kt) · slack 02:34 · max flood 05:38 (+1.5 kt) · slack 08:50.
  • Where the current data comes from: no sensor or model exists inside Mission Bay. The EBB/FLOOD phase is derived from how fast the Quivira Basin tide is falling or rising, cross-checked against NOAA’s predicted current at the San Diego Bay entrance (~7 nm south, same tidal rhythm) — that’s where the slack/max times above come from. The ~1.1–1.5 kt entrance-channel figures are from the City of San Diego’s hydraulic modeling; around Vacation Isle expect tenths of a knot.
  • Near-new moon means spring tides: the biggest current of the week runs on the darkest night.
  • 3 km forecast models treat the bay as land — trust the trend, verify against Scripps Pier.

Auto-refreshes every minute while open. Data: NOAA CO-OPS, NDBC, NWS, Open-Meteo — each panel degrades independently if its source drops.