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King Tides are coming to Newport Beach, bringing the highest tides of the entire year– tomorrow.
So far, even the largest tides have measured 6’6 (above 0.0ft — standard sealevel). Tomorrow morning at 7:46am and Wednesday at 8:30am, they will be 6feet, 9.6 inches. While that small increase doesn’t sound like much, it could breach some areas of our seawall or send docks floating off of their pilings.
If you have an older dock with shorter pilings, you can help weigh it down by dragging a few trash cans out to it and filling them up with water. If your pilings aren’t newer ones, this will help keep the dock just a few inches lower in the water, and keep your dock from literally floating away. This knowledge is particularly important for first-time dock owners, who may not have experienced tides like these before.
Our low tides will also be quite low, at -1.5 below 0.0ft — our lowest of the year.
The last time we had a tide this big was almost three years ago– Jan 1st of 2014, at 8:14am… but I am assuming nobody was awake to see that one 🙂
Here are the tide charts for the upcoming week of high tides 6 feet and above:
| Mon 12 | 12:53 AM PST / 1.3 ft | 7:04 AM PST / 6.6 ft | 2:14 PM PST / -1.2 ft | 8:24 PM PST / 4.2 ft | 6:47 AM PST | 4:44 PM PST | ||
| Tue 13 | 1:38 AM PST / 1.4 ft | 7:46 AM PST / 6.8 ft | 3:00 PM PST / -1.5 ft | 9:15 PM PST / 4.3 ft | Full Moon | 6:47 AM PST | 4:44 PM PST | |
| Wed 14 | 2:24 AM PST / 1.5 ft | 8:30 AM PST / 6.8 ft | 3:46 PM PST / -1.5 ft | 10:05 PM PST / 4.3 ft | 6:48 AM PST | 4:44 PM PST | ||
| Thu 15 | 3:11 AM PST / 1.7 ft | 9:14 AM PST / 6.6 ft | 4:33 PM PST / -1.3 ft | 10:57 PM PST / 4.2 ft | 6:49 AM PST | 4:45 PM PST | ||
| Fri 16 | 4:01 AM PST / 1.9 ft | 10:00 AM PST / 6.2 ft | 5:21 PM PST / -1.0 ft | 11:52 PM PST / 4.1 ft | 6:49 AM PST | 4:45 PM PST |
It should make for some great photos– so get those Cameras ready– and if you are in a low-lying area, you may want to get some sand bags, too!
