California King Tides Project
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Since 2010, the CA King Tides Project has collected photos of the highest tides to show their impact on the shore. Join the community science project: linktr.ee/californiakingtides
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Thank you to everyone who contributed #KingTides photos to the California King Tides Project. Your photos help us understand the impacts of sea level rise and the climate crisis. Today's king tides are tomorrow's every day high tides. See the photos at arcg.is/0Gy5Cq
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Thank you to everyone who contributed #KingTides photos to the California King Tides Project. Your photos help us understand the impacts of sea level rise and the climate crisis. Today's king tides are tomorrow's every day high tides. See the photos at arcg.is/0Gy5Cq
January 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Thank you to everyone who contributed #KingTides photos to the California King Tides Project. Your photos help us understand the impacts of sea level rise and the climate crisis. Today's king tides are tomorrow's every day high tides. See the photos at arcg.is/0Gy5Cq
Thank you to everyone who contributed #KingTides photos to the California King Tides Project. Your photos help us understand the impacts of sea level rise and the climate crisis. Today's king tides are tomorrow's every day high tides. See the photos at arcg.is/0Gy5Cq
January 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Thank you to everyone who contributed #KingTides photos to the California King Tides Project. Your photos help us understand the impacts of sea level rise and the climate crisis. Today's king tides are tomorrow's every day high tides. See the photos at arcg.is/0Gy5Cq
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California just experienced its warmest December since 1895, shattering the previous record by 1.3 degrees.
That may surprise people in the bay and valley, but late-month warmth also offset the cold start there and a ring of records encircled the state.
Read: www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...
That may surprise people in the bay and valley, but late-month warmth also offset the cold start there and a ring of records encircled the state.
Read: www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
California just experienced its warmest December since 1895, shattering the previous record by 1.3 degrees.
That may surprise people in the bay and valley, but late-month warmth also offset the cold start there and a ring of records encircled the state.
Read: www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...
That may surprise people in the bay and valley, but late-month warmth also offset the cold start there and a ring of records encircled the state.
Read: www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...
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The heat energy we added to the ocean LAST YEAR is the equivalent of:
- Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute
- operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history
- Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used
- Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute
- operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history
- Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used
Ocean heat content increased by 23 billion trillion joules, which was around 39 times greater than global primary energy use this year. This is the largest rise in OHC since 2017; overall OHC has increased by over 500 zettajoules since the 1940s.
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
The heat energy we added to the ocean LAST YEAR is the equivalent of:
- Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute
- operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history
- Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used
- Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute
- operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history
- Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used
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Questions about the highly disruptive recent King Tides in Northern California in the context of sea level rise? How about the potential for a (significant) El Niño event to develop by spring or summer? Join me live on Wed, Jan 7 at 2pm PT to discuss!
Record-breaking King Tides in California and the context of sea level rise. Plus: El Niño cometh? - YouTube
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme #weather and ...
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January 7, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Questions about the highly disruptive recent King Tides in Northern California in the context of sea level rise? How about the potential for a (significant) El Niño event to develop by spring or summer? Join me live on Wed, Jan 7 at 2pm PT to discuss!
China Beach was under water during #KingTides on Jan. 3
January 7, 2026 at 5:04 AM
China Beach was under water during #KingTides on Jan. 3
Yes it did. Saturday Jan. 3 #KingTides
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Yes it did. Saturday Jan. 3 #KingTides
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🌧️Marin County Looked Like ‘a Lagoon’ After King Tides, Heavy Rain
“We’re seeing stronger storms as we go forward, and the predictions are that we are going to continue to see more intensity in the storms and wilder swings,”
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/news/1206864...
“We’re seeing stronger storms as we go forward, and the predictions are that we are going to continue to see more intensity in the storms and wilder swings,”
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/news/1206864...
Marin County Looked Like ‘a Lagoon’ After King Tides, Heavy Rain | KQED
Flooding in Marin County this weekend foreshadows a far wetter future due to human-caused climate change.
www.kqed.org
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
🌧️Marin County Looked Like ‘a Lagoon’ After King Tides, Heavy Rain
“We’re seeing stronger storms as we go forward, and the predictions are that we are going to continue to see more intensity in the storms and wilder swings,”
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/news/1206864...
“We’re seeing stronger storms as we go forward, and the predictions are that we are going to continue to see more intensity in the storms and wilder swings,”
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/news/1206864...
Windy Cove, Morro Bay, #KingTides 1/3/2026
January 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Windy Cove, Morro Bay, #KingTides 1/3/2026
Phew this was quite a #KingTides season. If you haven't uploaded your photos yet, you can do that here survey123.arcgis.com/share/046c76.... We're still catching up with your submissions, and you can see them as they're added to the map: arcg.is/0Gy5Cq. TY for creating this record of coastal change!
King Tides Project Photo Survey Survey123
California King Tides Project
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January 5, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Phew this was quite a #KingTides season. If you haven't uploaded your photos yet, you can do that here survey123.arcgis.com/share/046c76.... We're still catching up with your submissions, and you can see them as they're added to the map: arcg.is/0Gy5Cq. TY for creating this record of coastal change!
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So delighted to join Friends of Sausal Creek and I (Heart) Oakland-Alameda Estuary for a fun and informative nature walk through Jingletown to the water's edge in Oakland.
Well done, team and great time had by all - even in the rain!
#oakland #kingtide #sausalcreek #sealevelrise #wildlife
Well done, team and great time had by all - even in the rain!
#oakland #kingtide #sausalcreek #sealevelrise #wildlife
January 5, 2026 at 12:29 AM
So delighted to join Friends of Sausal Creek and I (Heart) Oakland-Alameda Estuary for a fun and informative nature walk through Jingletown to the water's edge in Oakland.
Well done, team and great time had by all - even in the rain!
#oakland #kingtide #sausalcreek #sealevelrise #wildlife
Well done, team and great time had by all - even in the rain!
#oakland #kingtide #sausalcreek #sealevelrise #wildlife
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Got some footage of the @kingtides.bsky.social overtopping the outer berm at Santa Venetia Marsh. There is a known population of @thesaltymouse.bsky.social here. Winter #KingTides are likely the deadliest time of the year for SMHM. Luckily the weather was pretty mild during these tides.
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Santa Venetia Marsh - King Tide January 4, 2026 Time Lapse
YouTube video by Katie Smith
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January 5, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Got some footage of the @kingtides.bsky.social overtopping the outer berm at Santa Venetia Marsh. There is a known population of @thesaltymouse.bsky.social here. Winter #KingTides are likely the deadliest time of the year for SMHM. Luckily the weather was pretty mild during these tides.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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Vision Road at Sir Francis Drake Blvd on Tomales Bay, Inverness #KingTides 1/3/26
January 5, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Vision Road at Sir Francis Drake Blvd on Tomales Bay, Inverness #KingTides 1/3/26
Butterfly Beach, Montecito #KingTides
January 5, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Butterfly Beach, Montecito #KingTides
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January 4, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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Splash Zone at Fort Point in SF during the King Tides.
January 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Splash Zone at Fort Point in SF during the King Tides.
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The trifecta of King Tides, long period swells and storm surge are pushing crashing waves onto the road at Miramar Beach, Half Moon Bay. (sound on) 1/4/2026
January 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The trifecta of King Tides, long period swells and storm surge are pushing crashing waves onto the road at Miramar Beach, Half Moon Bay. (sound on) 1/4/2026
#UnderwaterBenches in Richmond. #KingTides 1/3/26
January 4, 2026 at 11:41 PM
#UnderwaterBenches in Richmond. #KingTides 1/3/26
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Cruised over the the entrance to the Eastern span of the SF Bay Bridge for #KingTide today. Right up to the Bus Entrance Road, with just the cement barrier in between.
January 4, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Cruised over the the entrance to the Eastern span of the SF Bay Bridge for #KingTide today. Right up to the Bus Entrance Road, with just the cement barrier in between.
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Driving through the flooded street in front of a gas station, Mill Valley 1/2/26 #KingTides
January 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Driving through the flooded street in front of a gas station, Mill Valley 1/2/26 #KingTides
Black's Beach, La Jolla #KingTides 1/3/26
January 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Black's Beach, La Jolla #KingTides 1/3/26
Paddling under the Grand Avenue bridge. Rose Creek, San Diego #KingTides 1/3/26
January 4, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Paddling under the Grand Avenue bridge. Rose Creek, San Diego #KingTides 1/3/26