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King Tides are coming to Newport Beach, bringing the highest tides of the entire year– one week from today– the day before Thanksgiving.
So far, even the largest tides have measured 6’6 (above 0.0ft — standard sealevel). This coming Wednesday, they will be 6feet, 8.5 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 pylons.
If you have an older dock, you can help weigh it down by dragging a few trash cans out to it and filling them up with water. If your pylons 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 -1.24 below 0.0ft — our lowest of the year so far was at at 1.48 inches.
The last time we had a tide this big was almost two years ago– Jan 1st of last year, 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, with Wednesday morning at 7:49am being the big whopper, at 6.7 feet– or 6’8 and a half inches:
| Mon 23 | 12:18 AM PST / 0.9 ft | 6:31 AM PST / 6.2 ft | 1:27 PM PST / -0.5 ft | 7:27 PM PST / 4.4 ft | 6:30 AM PST | 4:45 PM PST | ||
| Tue 24 | 1:01 AM PST / 1.0 ft | 7:10 AM PST / 6.5 ft | 2:12 PM PST / -0.9 ft | 8:19 PM PST / 4.4 ft | 6:31 AM PST | 4:44 PM PST | ||
| Wed 25 | 1:43 AM PST / 1.2 ft | 7:49 AM PST / 6.7 ft | 2:57 PM PST / -1.2 ft | 9:08 PM PST / 4.4 ft | Full Moon | 6:32 AM PST | 4:44 PM PST | |
| Thu 26 | 2:24 AM PST / 1.4 ft | 8:29 AM PST / 6.6 ft | 3:42 PM PST / -1.2 ft | 9:59 PM PST / 4.2 ft | 6:33 AM PST | 4:44 PM PST | ||
| Fri 27 | 3:07 AM PST / 1.7 ft | 9:10 AM PST / 6.4 ft | 4:28 PM PST / -1.0 ft | 10:51 PM PST / 4.1 ft | 6:34 AM PST | 4:43 PM PST | ||
| Sat 28 | 3:51 AM PST / 2.0 ft | 9:52 AM PST / 6.0 ft | 5:15 PM PST / -0.7 ft | 11:47 PM PST / 3.9 ft | 6:35 AM PST | 4:43 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!
