{"id":214669,"date":"2026-01-03T10:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T10:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/214669\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T10:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T10:25:08","slug":"west-seattle-blog-king-tides-whats-expected-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/214669\/","title":{"rendered":"West Seattle Blog\u2026 | KING TIDES: What\u2019s expected this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/westseattleblog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/grenouillevert-scaled-e1767420896105.jpeg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/grenouillevert-652x489.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"652\" height=\"489\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1138875\"\/><\/a>(December 25 reader photo of high-tide aftermath on Alki promenade)<\/p>\n<p>The next round of \u201cking tides\u201d \u2013 the year\u2019s highest high tides \u2013 peaks in the next several days, and low atmospheric pressure could mean higher water levels than predicted. First, here\u2019s what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dairiki.org\/tides\/monthly.php\/sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the tide tables<\/a> predict for our area:<\/p>\n<p>Saturday: 12.8 feet, 5:51 am<br \/>Sunday: 12.9 feet, 6:30 am<br \/>Monday: 13.0 feet, 7:08 am<br \/>Tuesday: 12.9 feet, 7:43 am<br \/>Wednesday: 12.8 feet, 8:17 am<\/p>\n<p>WSB reader Lura points out that atmospheric conditions can push the water levels higher than predicted \u2013 see the red line <a href=\"https:\/\/tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov\/waterlevels.html?id=9447130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on this chart<\/a>, for example \u2013 and she notes that if forecast conditions bear out, that could mean 14-foot high tides ahead. The <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gov\/sew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Weather Service<\/a> has a <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/showsigwx.php?warnzone=WAZ315&amp;warncounty=WAC033&amp;firewxzone=WAZ654&amp;local_place1=West%20Seattle%20WA&amp;product1=Coastal+Flood+Advisory&amp;lat=47.5721&amp;lon=-122.3955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Coastal Flood Advisory alert<\/a> for 4 am-8 am Saturday; along the Duwamish River, the city says \u201c\u2026 river overtopping is not forecasted. However, significant street flooding in the industrial area of South Park is expected on the mornings of Saturday, January 3rd and Sunday, January 4th.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(December 25 reader photo of high-tide aftermath on Alki promenade) The next round of \u201cking tides\u201d \u2013 the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-214669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}