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I use Wolfram Alpha for real on an almost daily basis - before I go for a surf, if you can believe that.

I've found that their tide report is far superior to the other offerings that I've found on the web. See here for an example: http://wolframalpha.com/input/?i=san+diego+tides

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I don't get anything for that result. Or "Los Angeles tides" or "Santa Monica tides."

If I just put in "tides", it'll give me a dropdown where I can select a station -- I'm assuming the station that reports tides -- but after clicking a station near me, I still get nothing.

Wolfram and I have never really gotten along well.

this is google's first response for that:

http://ocean.peterbrueggeman.com/piertide.html

and it's the exact same graph, except its much faster than WA.

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