King Tides Program
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The South Whidbey Fire/EMS District posted this to its Facebook page on .
This winter’s king tides are going to be November 17-19, December 15-17, and January 12-14. For more information on king tides, visit: https://wsg.washington.edu/community-outreach/hazard-resilience-and-climate-adaptation/king-tides/program/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2OJZq15x06h53_mdhJ2J88uJzvOGrtc-Al1e5o5fO6jCmkNl2sqSVPAuU_aem_CZ456zPhivBpFjt5qs5r3Q
In the simplest terms, king tide is colloquially used to describe an extremely high tide. Ordinary tides are caused by the gravitational pull between the Earth and the moon; king tides happen when astronomical events amplify that pull.
