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Since 2010, people have joined the California King Tides Project in taking and sharing photos of the highest high tides of the year and their impact on the shore. Starting with the 2018/2019 season, photos are compiled in an interactive online map, presenting a geographic view of this community science data. You can also browse nearly 3,000 photos collected on Flickr from past years, search for #kingtides on social media platforms, and view a small selection of photos from various years organized by county below.
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Click on photo below for larger image. Thousands more photos are available on the photo maps, where you may also find larger versions of the photos below. Photos are available for use by the public. We appreciate your acknowledgment of the California King Tides Project in your use of these photos.
Del Norte - Humboldt - Mendocino - Sonoma – Marin – Solano – Contra Costa – San Joaquin County - Alameda – San Francisco – Santa Clara – San Mateo – Santa Cruz – Monterey – San Luis Obispo – Santa Barbara – Ventura – Los Angeles – Orange – San Diego
Wilson Creek Beach, Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, 1/11/24
L Street near Front Street, Crescent City, 12/23/22
Embankment on Anchor Way, Crescent City, 1/3/2022
End of West 4th Street, Crescent City, 1/3/2022
Battery Point Lighthouse, Crescent City, 12/14/2020
Beachfront Park, Crescent City, 1/11/2021
North Pebble Beach Drive near airport, Crescent City, 1/11/2020
South Beach off Anchor Way, Crescent City, 12/14/2020
End of Perch Street, King Salmon, 1/12/24
Pine Hill Road, south of Eureka, 1/12/24
Trinidad State Beach, 1/11/24
Delgada Point, Shelter Cove, 1/11/24
Jackson Ranch Road, Arcata, 12/23/22
Chevron Dock, Eureka, 1/22/23
California Redwood Company, Eureka, 1/22/23
Former Sierra Pacific Industries lumber mill on Mad River Slough, Manila, 12/24/22
Butcher Slough at South H Street, Arcata, 12/23/22
New Navy Base Road near Samoa Boat Ramp, 12/24/22
Field Landing Boat Yard, Humboldt Bay, 12/23/22
Bridge at Mad River Slough, Arcata, 12/5/21
Lost Coast near Shelter Cove, 12/3/21
Off Highway 101 near Indianola Cutoff, Eureka, 1/11/2020
Highway 101 near Indianola Cutoff, Eureka, 1/11/2020
Eel River Delta, 1/12/2021
Seven Mile Beach on Mattole Road near Petrolia, 1/12/2021
Arena Cove, Point Arena, 1/11/24
Glass Beach, Noyo Headlands, 2/9/24
Gualala, 1/12/24
Seaside Beach, 1/12/24
Navarro River Beach, Albion, 12/23/22
Greenwood State Beach, Elk, 1/2/2022
MacKerricher State Park, Fort Bragg, 12/5/2021
Mitchell Creek Beach, Fort Bragg, 1/2/2022
South Noyo Harbor, Fort Bragg, 12/4/2021
Noyo Harbor Entrance, 1/11/2021
Jughandle North Tidal Bench, 11/15/2020
Duncan's Landing, Sonoma Coast, 2/9/24
Black Point Beach, Sea Ranch, 12/23/22
Port Sonoma Marina, 12/23/22
Petaluma River train crossing, Petaluma, 12/4/2021
D Street Drawbridge, Petaluma River, Petaluma, 12/5/2021
Carmet Beach north, Bodega Bay, 12/5/2021
Petaluma, 12/4/2021
Porto Bodega, Bodega Bay, 12/4/2021
Black Point Beach, Sea Ranch, 11/15/2020
Walk On Beach, Sea Ranch, 1/12/2021
Mouth of the Russian River, 12/14/2020
Bothin Marsh, Mill Valley, 2/10/24
160 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley, 2/9/24
Wharf Road, Bolinas, 2/9/24
North San Pedro Road, China Camp State Park, 1/10/24
Gate 5 Road, Sausalito, 1/12/24
Highway 101 North onramp, Sausalito, 1/21/23
North San Pedro Road, China Camp State Park, 12/23/22
Petaluma River at Highway 37, 12/23/22
Stinson Beach, 1/20/23
Mooring Road, San Rafael, 1/22/23
Larkspur Landing, 1/21/23
Mill Valley - Sausalito Path, 1/1/2022
Highway 1 exit, Mill Valley, 12/4/2021
Highway 1 at Bolinas Lagoon, 1/1/2021
Waldo Point, Sausalito, 12/4/2021
Canal Street apartments, San Rafael, 12/4/2021
Larkspur Plaza Drive, 12/31/2021
Bothin Marsh South, Mill Valley, 12/14/2020
Mare Island, Vallejo, 1/22/23
W I Street, Benicia, 1/21/23
Yacht basin, Suisun City Harbor, 1/21/23
Rio Vista Public Boat Ramp, 12/4/2021
Foot of 1st Street, Benicia, 1/2/2022
Three Mile Slough Bridge, Rio Vista, 12/13/2020
West 14th Street, Benicia, 12/13/2020
Vallejo Waterfront, 11/14/2020
Pittsburg Marina, 1/9/24
Ferry point picnic area Martinez Regional Shoreline Park, 1/22/23
Alhambra Creek Martinez Regional Shoreline Park, 1/22/23
Martinez Marina, 1/22/23
Phillips 66 Marine Terminal, Richmond, 12/5/2021
Point San Pablo Harbor, Richmond, 11/16/2020
Richmond Ferry Terminal, 12/5/2021
Marina Park, Richmond, 11/16/2020
McLeod Lake looking toward Fremont Avenue, Stockton, 1/10/24
Center Street looking forward W. Weber Avenue, Stockton, 1/11/24
Bay Farm Island, Alameda, 2/9/24
Hayward Regional Shoreline, 2/10/24
Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center, Hayward, 1/21/23
Looking toward Veterans Court, Alameda, 12/23/22
Mulford Gardens neighborhood, San Leandro, 12/23/22
Virginia Street, Berkeley, 12/23/22
Mulford Point, San Leandro, 12/23/22
Doolittle Drive at Martin Luther King Jr Regional Shoreline Center, Oakland, 12/23/22
East Eighth Street underpass, Oakland, 12/23/22
Bay Bridge Toll Plaza Beach, Oakland, 1/2/2022
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newark, 12/4/2021
Crab Cove, Alameda, 12/13/2020
Pier 3, San Francisco, 2/9/24
Near St. Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco, 1/11/24
Embarcadero at Mission, San Francisco, 1/22/23
Illinois street at Islais Creek, San Francisco, 1/22/23
Crissy Field South Beach, San Francisco, 12/23/22
Pier 3, San Francisco, 12/4/2021
Pier 14, San Francisco, 1/2/2022
China Basin Park and Oracle Park, San Francisco, 12/5/2021
Fort Funston, San Francisco, 11/15/2020
Heron's Head Park, San Francisco, 11/15/2020
Ferry Gate G, San Francisco, 2/9/2020
Embarcadero at Pier 14, San Francisco, 2/9/2020
Baylands Nature Preserve, Palo Alto, 2/9/24
EcoCenter in the Palo Alto Baylands, 1/21/23
Gold street Bridge, Guadalupe River, 12/13/2020
Palo Alto Baylands 2.9.2020
Beach Boulevard south of Salada Avenue, Pacifica, 1/11/24
Oyster Point Marina, South San Francisco, 1/11/24
Highway One, El Granada, 2/9/24
Bean Hollow State Beach, 2/9/24
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Seal Cove Stairs, 12/23/22
Dumbarton Bridge, Menlo Park, 1/22/23
Smith Slough, Redwood City, 1/21/23
Maple Street, Redwood City, 1/21/23
Pacifica Municipal Pier, 1/4/2022
Pacifica Municipal Pier, 1/4/2022
San Francisco Bay Trail, north of the Oyster Point Marina, South San Francisco, 12/14/2020
Redwood City, 2/9/2020
30th Ave stairs at Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz, 1/11/24
Rockview, Santa Cruz, 1/11/24
Capitola Beach, 12/23/22
Mitchell's Cove, Santa Cruz, 1/2/2022
Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz, 12/4/2021
Pelican Point, Pajaro Dunes, 1/11/2021
Santa Cruz Main Beach, San Lorenzo River Mouth, 12/14/2020
W Beach Road, Watsonville, 1/12/2021
Train, ~1.5 hours after king tide, Elkhorn Slough Estuarine Reserve, 2/10/24
Del Monte Beach, Monterey, 1/11/24
Seaside, 1/23/23
Cannery Row, Monterey, 12/4/2021
Elkhorn Slough Estuarine Reserve, 12/5/2021
Kirby Park, Elkhorn Slough, 12/4/2021
San Carlos Beach, Monterey, 11/15/2020
Lovers Point, Pacific Grove, 12/14/2020
Whalers Cove, Point Lobos, 12/14/2020
Salinas River State Beach parking lot, Moss Landing, 12/14/2020
Perkins Park, Pacific Grove, 1/10/2020
Del Monte Beach, Monterey, 1/11/2021
Pismo Beach, 2/9/24
Morro Bay, 1/11/24
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Viewpoint, 1/21/23
Cayucos Pier, 1/22/23
Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, 1/21/23
Port San Luis, 1/22/23
Pico Creek, San Simeon, 12/23/22
Vista del Mar Avenue and Ocean Boulevard, Shell Beach, 12/24/22
Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, Los Osos, 12/4/2021
Ebb Tides Park, Shell Beach, 12/4/2021
Pier west of Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, Los Osos, 12/13/2020
Pismo Pier, 1/21/2019
Lampton Cliffs Park, Cambria, 1/11/2020
Morro Bay State Park, 1/19/2019
Eldwayden Ocean Park, Pismo Beach, 12/14/2020
Camino Majorca beach access, Isla Vista, 2/9/24
Refugio State Beach, 12/23/22
Santa Barbara Beach, 12/23/22
Thousand Steps Beach, Santa Barbara, 12/4/2021
Santa Barbara Harbor Breakwater, 11/15/2020
East Beach volleyball courts, Santa Barbara, 12/14/2020
Isla Vista Beach, 12/13/2020
Devereux Beach, Isla Vista, 2/8/2020
Goleta Beach Park, 1/19/2019
Butterfly Beach, Montecito, 1/20/2019
Haskell Beach, Goleta, 1/21/2019
Hendrys Beach, Arroyo Burro Park, Santa Barbara, 1/20/2019
Mondos surf break, Ventura, 1/11/24
Emma Wood State Beach, Ventura, 1/22/23
Rincon looking towards La Conchita, 12/24/22
Marina Park, Ventura, 1/22/23
Emma Wood State Beach, Ventura, 12/5/2021
Ventura Seaside Park, 12/4/2021
Port Hueneme Beach, 11/16/2020
Solimar Beach, Ventura, 2/9/2020
Faria Beach, 1/12/2020
Solimar, Ventura, 1/21/2019
Richfield Pier, Ventura, 1/21/2019
Bluff Cove, Pacific Palisades, 1/11/24
Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, 12/23/22
Claremont Avenue, Long Beach, 1/21/23
Malibu Lagoon State Beach, 12/24/22
Marine Stadium, Long Beach, 12/4/2021
Belmont Shore, Long Beach, 12/4/2021
Ballona Creek, Los Angeles, 1/2/2022
Naples Canal, Long Beach, 12/5/2021
Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, 12/15/2020
King Harbor patrol building, Redondo Beach, 12/14/2020
Redondo Pier, south of inner breakwall, 12/14/2020
Bayshore Beach, Long Beach, 2/9/2020
Lifeguard station, Newport Beach, 2/9/24
Marine Safety Building, San Clemente, 1/22/23
Poche Beach, Dana Point, 12/23/22
Flag Point, Laguna Beach, 12/24/22
Balboa Island ferry landing, 12/24/22
Harbor at Sunset Beach along PCH, Huntington Beach, 12/23/22
E. Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, 12/23/22
Capistrano Beach at Palisades, Dana Point, 1/2/2022
Beach Road, Capistrano Beach, 12/5/2021
Highway 1 at Bolsa Chica Wetlands, Huntington Beach, 12/5/2021
Bolsa Chica Ecological reserve north parking lot, Huntington Beach, 12/5/2021
Entrance to Baby Beach, Dana Point, 12/5/2021
Magnolia Marsh and AES Huntington Beach, 12/4/2021
10th Street Beach, Newport Beach, 12/14/2020
Pacific Coast Highway at San Gabriel River, Seal Beach, 1/10/2020
Cypress Street, Newport Beach, 2/9/2020
Foot of Hayes, South Oceanside, 1/11/24
Casablanca Cove, Ocean Beach, San Diego, 2/9/24
Near Ocean Beach Pier, San Diego, 1/11/24
Coronado Cays, Coronado, 2/9/24
El Paseo Grande & Camino del Oro, La Jolla Shores, 1/11/24
Foot of Hayes, South Oceanside, 2/9/24
Coronado Beach at Ave de las Arenas, Coronado, 2/9/24
La Jolla, 1/11/24
Solana Beach, 1/22/23
Cañon Street and Anchorage Lane, San Diego, 12/5/2021
Torrey Pines State Beach, 1/2/2022
Cardiff reef, Encinitas, 12/4/2021
Strand Bike Path from Coronado to Imperial Beach, 1/3/2022
South Mission Beach, San Diego, 12/4/2021
Broadway Pier, San Diego, 12/5/2021
Swami's Beach, Encinitas, 12/4/2021
Descanso Street, Imperial Beach, 1/11/2021
East Briarfield Court, San Diego, 12/14/2020
Briarfield Cove, Mission Bay, San Diego, 1/12/2020
San Onofre sea wall, 12/14/2020
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