{"id":216930,"date":"2026-01-04T22:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/216930\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T22:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:29:19","slug":"king-tides-storm-system-raise-water-levels-along-sonoma-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/216930\/","title":{"rendered":"King tides, storm system raise water levels along Sonoma Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A wave crashes against Goat Rock during the second day of record king tides, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"Mike<\/p>\n

Mike McCalmond and wife Loretta take their dog Bodega for a walk along Westshore Drive \/ Bay Flat Road in Bodega Bay, as the second day of record king tides, washes debris ashore, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, The McCalmond\u2019s are from Lake Almanor. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"Westshore<\/p>\n

Westshore Drive \/ Bay Flat Road in Bodega Bay is partially flooded by a second day of record king tides, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The king tide digs in to Salmon Creek State Beach, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, as a winter storm deposits additional debris. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"Cormorants<\/p>\n

Cormorants wait for the sun to break from a thunderstorm as a king tide influenced surf breaks at the Bodega Head, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Wolf Moon sets over a building thunderstorm, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, photographed north of Bodega Bay. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/p>\n

Sam Geller, 70, kite surf s at Doran Regional Park in Bodega Bay, aided by strong winds, an incoming storm and the record breaking king tides, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/p>\n

Sam Geller, 70, of Santa Rosa, kite surfs at Doran Regional Park in Bodega Bay, aided by strong winds, an incoming storm and record breaking king tides, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/p>\n

Sam Geller, 70, of Santa Rosa, kite surfs at Doran Regional Park in Bodega Bay, aided by strong winds, an incoming storm and record breaking king tides, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/p>\n

Sam Geller, 70, prepares to kite surf during an incoming storm and record breaking king tides, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, at Doran Regional Park in Bodega Bay. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

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A surfer takes advantage of high tide at Salmon Creek north, influenced by the record king tides, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, north of Bodega bay. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Petaluma River at the D Street bridge reached a record level due to a King Tide, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)\n<\/p>\n

\"Matt<\/p>\n

Matt Hyles with Sonoma County Regional Parks checks on the King Tide inundation of a parking lot at Porto Bodega, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in Bodega Bay. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

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A wave crashes against Goat Rock during the second day of record king tides, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

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Surging seasonal king tides<\/a> and a bout of heavy rain<\/a> Friday and Saturday morning created crashing waves and caused some minor flooding along the Sonoma Coast, raised water levels on the Petaluma River to record highs<\/a> and triggered a coastal flood warning for the San Francisco Bay by the National Weather Service that will last through Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Press Democrat photographer Kent Porter captured the scene in Bodega Bay Friday and Saturday, as debris washed ashore at Salmon Creek State Beach and kite surfers took advantage of high winds at Doran Regional Park.<\/p>\n

According to the Sonoma County road closure map<\/a>, four roads in the region were closed due to flooding as of 3 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

The closures include Todd Road in Santa Rosa, Valley Ford Road in Petaluma, Mark West Station Road in Windsor and Green Valley Road in Graton.<\/p>\n

Calls to county agencies for more information weren\u2019t immediately returned.<\/p>\n

Following a brief break in the rain Saturday, meteorologist Jan Null said showers are expected to resume again on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe king tide digs in to Salmon Creek State Beach, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, as a winter storm deposits additional debris. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)
\n\"SamSam Geller, 70, kite surf s at Doran Regional Park in Bodega Bay, aided by strong winds, an incoming storm and the record breaking king tides, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)
\n\"TheThe Wolf Moon sets over a building thunderstorm, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, photographed north of Bodega Bay. (Kent Porter \/ The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A wave crashes against Goat Rock during the second day of record king tides, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[130930,273,130099,111,139,69,130098,147,52090],"class_list":{"0":"post-216930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-bodega-bay","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-king-tides","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-petaluma-river","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-sonoma-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216930","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=216930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}