Water level records were broken in Newport Beach and San Pedro on Tuesday, Oct. 27, as mega high tides brought coastal flooding to several Southern California cities.
Newport Beach recorded tides reaching 8.4 feet, beating Monday’s 8.3-foot tide, which had already drowned historical records, city spokesperson Georgia Rios said.
The predicted tides, she noted, were 6.7 feet, but tidal measures showed they reached 1.7 feet above that level.
“We’re expecting even higher ones from November and December,” she said, referring to the seasonal king tides related to gravitational pull that are expected to top 7 feet.
With an extra two feet of water measured this week, due to warm-water El Niño conditions and possibly other factors that have raised up the sea, that would put the upcoming king tides at nearly 9 feet, with flooding that would overtop many seawalls throughout the city, she said.
A record from January 2005 beat on Monday in San Pedro was bested again on Tuesday, preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s tide gauge showed.
The previous all-time record of 7.93 feet was surpassed with a preliminary report of 8.02 feet recorded in San Pedro on Monday. Both were edged out Tuesday when preliminary data showed 8.19 feet just after 9:45 a.m., the peak of Tuesday’s high tide.
Data for the records dates back to 1923, according to the National Weather Service.
Staff writer Laylan Connelly contributed to this report.
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