John Feldhans, a spokesman for the Santa Barbara Airport, said the flooding was the worst the airport had seen during the recent spate of storms that has battered the state.

The storm arrived on a day when the sun, earth and moon were aligned in a way that their gravitational pull combined to create exceptionally high tides known as king tides.

#Flood #KingTide #California #CaliforniaCoast
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/california-flood-mudslide-santa-barbara.html
Heavy Rain and King Tides Cause Flooding in California

Highways were blocked and a regional airport shut down on Saturday when the latest in a long run of drenching rainstorms coincided with especially high tides.

The New York Times
#HumansOfBlueSky #Scape Surfers at Pismo Beach looking to catch some waves from a King Tide. #EastCoastKin #Surfers #PismoBeach #KingTide #LandscapePhotography
King Tides are rising—coastal flooding, forced migration, and ecosystem loss are already here. Watch our experts break down the climate crisis and what’s next for coastal communities. #ClimateEmergencyForum #KingTide #SeaLevelRise https://youtu.be/nzIhKOUKjaw

#nswweather Huge swells and a powerful king tide have battered Sydney beaches, forcing Botany Bay residents to evacuate overnight as homes were inundated. A warning is in place for hazardous surf and coastal erosion from the Illawarra to the Hunter. Stay safe!

#sydney #kingtide #storms #coastalerosion #hazardoussurf #news #australia #weatherwarning

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/swells-king-tide-sydney-coast-bondi-cronulla-wollongong-bronte/105125616

Massive swells and king tides combine to batter parts of Sydney's coast, causing damage at Bondi, Cronulla and Bronte Beach

Huge swells, a massive king tide and storm surges have battered some of Sydney's beaches including Bondi in the city's east and Cronulla in the south overnight, with more damage set to come with another large high tide forecast later today.

ABC News

King Tide - Shore Acres State Park, Oregon

📷 Canon R10 Mirrorless - Tamron SP 75-300mm Lens - ISO: 100 - Aperture: f5.6 - Shutter Speed 1/800 sec.

#Photo #Photography #Ocean #KingTide #CoosBay #Oregon #ShoreAcresStatePark #MILC #Mirrorless #CanonR10 #TamronLens #GiMP

This second set from 11/7 is pure gas. So much so I tried to ride straight into the fucking ocean
#goose #MTB #kingtide

A still Napa Creek during a King Tide on a puffy cloud fall day.

Seen from the footbridge behind the Opera House.

#Napa #Califorina #fall #autumn #KingTide

King Tide on the shore of Napa River in the Oxbow Common.

#Napa #Calfornia #KingTide #tide

Full moon setting on
Western Horizon reminds
Watch out for King Tides

#Oregon #KingTide #PNW
#BadPoetry

On vacation for a few days, getting some work done on my #darkacademiasweater #knitting and watching the tide roll in and out. Reclaiming my equilibrium and sanity at one of my favorite places with one of my favorite people. He brought a lego project, which he finished today.

#cannonbeachor #kingtide