I was watching some tidal gauges in California and they were wiggling for longer than 24 hours.

In fact, there is still some residual motion.

Crescent City:
http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=9419750

Santa Barbara:
http://sbc.lternet.edu/data/stearns_wharf/index.php?doTFP=0&doTFP=1&TF=1#plot

Brian