{"id":44798,"date":"2025-11-09T02:31:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T02:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/44798\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T02:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T02:31:43","slug":"capistrano-beach-seal-beach-flood-as-high-tide-big-surf-combine-at-the-coast-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/44798\/","title":{"rendered":"Capistrano Beach, Seal Beach flood as high tide, big surf combine at the coast \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

King tides and a big swell hit the Southern California coastline on Friday, Nov. 7, combining to cause flooding in some areas.<\/p>\n

At Capistrano Beach, the parking lot was closed as the water poured over rocks and k-rails when high tide hit around 9:20 a.m. \u2014 an extreme high tide of about 7 feet that coincided with a strong northwest swell that brought 6- to 8-foot waves at some beaches.<\/p>\n

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The parking lot and beach trail at Capistrano Beach in Dana Point got slammed on Nov. 7, 2025 during a King Tide and big swell that showed up along the Southern California coast. (Photo by Laylan Connelly\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The parking lot and beach trail at Capistrano Beach in Dana Point got slammed on Nov. 7, 2025 during a King Tide and big swell that showed up along the Southern California coast. (Photo by Laylan Connelly\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The parking lot and beach trail at Capistrano Beach in Dana Point got slammed on Nov. 7, 2025 during a King Tide and big swell that showed up along the Southern California coast. (Photo by Laylan Connelly\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The parking lot and beach trail at Capistrano Beach in Dana Point got slammed on Nov. 7, 2025 during a King Tide and big swell that showed up along the Southern California coast. (Photo by Laylan Connelly\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The parking lot and beach trail at Capistrano Beach in Dana Point got slammed on Nov. 7, 2025 during a King Tide and big swell that showed up along the Southern California coast. (Photo by Laylan Connelly\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The parking lot and beach trail at Capistrano Beach in Dana Point got slammed on Nov. 7, 2025 during a King Tide and big swell that showed up along the Southern California coast. (Photo by Laylan Connelly\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The parking lot and beach trail at Capistrano Beach in Dana Point got slammed on Nov. 7, 2025 during a King Tide and big swell that showed up along the Southern California coast. (Photo by Laylan Connelly\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The parking lot and beach trail at Capistrano Beach in Dana Point got slammed on Nov. 7, 2025 during a King Tide and big swell that showed up along the Southern California coast. (Photo by Laylan Connelly\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The parking lot and beach trail at Capistrano Beach in Dana Point got slammed on Nov. 7, 2025 during a King Tide and big swell that showed up along the Southern California coast. (Photo by Laylan Connelly\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The parking lot and beach trail at Capistrano Beach in Dana Point got slammed on Nov. 7, 2025 during a King Tide and big swell that showed up along the Southern California coast. (Photo by Laylan Connelly\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The parking lot and beach trail at Capistrano Beach in Dana Point got slammed on Nov. 7, 2025 during a King Tide and big swell that showed up along the Southern California coast. (Photo by Laylan Connelly\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Spectators stopped to take photos, bicyclists and walkers carefully navigated the beach trail littered with rocks and mud, while county workers scooped up the pebbles and larger boulders tossed into the beachfront parking lot by the ocean.<\/p>\n

Longtime resident Bill Johnson, of Dana Point, thought he was clear of the ocean\u2019s threat by standing up on a planter taking photos of the big waves making a dramatic show, only to be soaked as a set wave jacked up to send a shocking saltwater shower.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love to watch Mother Nature do her thing,\u201d he said, chuckling at the surprise soak. \u201cI can\u2019t believe it, I thought I was safe. You never know.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Heavy equipment is used to create a berm in Seal Beach, CA on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. High tides and swell combined to cause flooding in some areas along the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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A surfer rides a wave in Seal Beach, CA on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. High tides and swell combined to cause flooding in some areas along the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Heavy equipment moves sand that will create a berm in Seal Beach, CA on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. High tides and swell combined to cause flooding in some areas along the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Heavy equipment moves sand that will create a berm in Seal Beach, CA on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. High tides and swell combined to cause flooding in some areas along the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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A man skirts sand and debris along oceanfront homes in Seal Beach, CA on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. High tides and swell combined to cause flooding in some areas along the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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A man cleans up sand and debris along oceanfront homes in Seal Beach, CA on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. High tides and swell combined to cause flooding in some areas along the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Ron Larson washes away sand and debris outside his apartment in Seal Beach, CA on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. High tides and swell combined to cause flooding in some areas along the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Heavy equipment moves sand that will create a berm in Seal Beach, CA on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. High tides and swell combined to cause flooding in some areas along the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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A woman skirts sand and debris along oceanfront homes in Seal Beach, CA on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. High tides and swell combined to cause flooding in some areas along the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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A cyclist rides through sand and debris along oceanfront homes in Seal Beach, CA on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. High tides and swell combined to cause flooding in some areas along the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Heavy equipment moves sand that will create a berm in Seal Beach, CA on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. High tides and swell combined to cause flooding in some areas along the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Heavy equipment is used to create a berm in Seal Beach, CA on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. High tides and swell combined to cause flooding in some areas along the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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In Seal Beach, workers built up a large sand berm, but the ocean water still made its way up to a beach boardwalk, another trouble area that can experience flooding during big swells and high tides.<\/p>\n

Workers continued clean-up efforts and constructing the berm throughout the day, and the city was offering sandbags to residents to prepare for flood events.<\/p>\n

The swell is expected to drop on Saturday, and the tides are expected to ease through the weekend.<\/p>\n

The next king tides are expected on Dec. 4 and Dec. 5, then again on Jan. 2 and 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King tides and a big swell hit the Southern California coastline on Friday, Nov. 7, combining to cause…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1785,7,179,12,23,131,133,132,611,29597,136],"class_list":["post-44798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-beaches","tag-california","tag-community","tag-dana-point","tag-local-news","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-orange-county","tag-seal-beach","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}