King Tides, formally known as Perigean-Spring Tides, are exceptionally high tides. These usually occur about three times a ...

King tides are predicted to return to Washington between Friday, Jan. 2, and Tuesday, Jan. 6, depending on the location. In ...

Few things in nature are as predictable as ocean tides. Driven by the moon's and sun's gravitational pull, these persistent, short-period, and large-magnitude phenomena are apparent in nearly all ...

During the winter, the Bay Area occasionally experiences what are known as “King Tides” — higher than normal tides caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun. But the phenomena that brings ...

Oregonians have a chance to help researchers determine how rising sea levels are impacting coastal regions. Every year, the Oregon King Tides Project asks people to submit photos taken on the coast ...

Oceanography, Vol. 25, No. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE ON Internal Waves (JUNE 2012), pp. 20-29 (10 pages) ABSTRACT. Ocean tides, and the atmospherically forced oceanic general circulation and its associated ...

When hurricanes or strong storms sweep up the United States' East Coast and meet the shores of the country's largest estuary, Chesapeake Bay, the familiar pattern of storm activity gets a little more ...