The plots on this page show the forecasted tides for the Palo Alto Baylands Station sailing site on San Francisco Bay in California. The predicted tide level line is colored to show safe sailing tide levels of 6.0 ft and higher during the wind window. The wind window changes through the year and is shown in the bottom right of each plot. The mud starts to show south of stream channel about 50 ft from the dock at a tide level of 3.2 ft from the launch. Most foiling sailors will hit this mud while taxiing above it at about 6.0 feet tide level. The tide level predictions during the wind window below 5.2 ft are colored in red. The tide level predictions during the wind window between 5.2 ft and 6.0 ft are colored in a caution color. Advanced wing foilers will sail at tide levels as low as 3.2 ft because they know the area so well that they are able to stay in the small channel. The first three plots show the tides for the next two, seven, and twenty eight days. The following twelve plots show the tides for the months of the current year. Due to the approximately 23.5 degree inclination of the earth's axis some months have more faverable tides than other months. The monthly plots show that August has the most days with enough water for safe foiling at the Palo Alto Baylands Sailing Station. See the Palo Alto Baylands Sailing Station Tides Information page for more information about how these plots are created. Also see the tides section Ken Poulton's wind report for an excellent textual presentation of the same information. I have enjoyed using Ken's pages for decades.
Michael Schuh
Version 1.3 2026-03-23