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Record tides flooded Victoria Avenue near Channel Islands Harbor, and more are coming this winter
Channel Islands Harbor's tides ran high as El Niño builds
- 7.75 feet
- high tide at Channel Islands Harbor, per Tripp, in the week of Oct. 26
- Over 8 feet
- high tide there a day later, as high as the gauge goes
- 83%
- chance this El Niño is the strongest in the modern record
Sources: Nets Wire, Los Angeles Times
If you live near the coast, we suggest watching the tide tables this winter. At Channel Islands Harbor, ocean water crested a rock wall and washed over Victoria Avenue, mostly through storm drains running backward, officials said. "If there was a storm right now, this would be much worse," said Michael Tripp, Ventura County's harbor director.
Last week, all-time sea level records fell in Los Angeles, San Diego Bay, Santa Barbara and La Jolla. A record-hot ocean and higher-than-normal tides drove it.
San Pedro's sea level broke its 2005 record two days running
Source: Los Angeles Times
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Jan. 10, 2005 | 7.93 ft |
| Oct. 26 | 8.02 ft |
| Oct. 27 | 8.19 ft |
- King tides due around Thanksgiving, Christmas and Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Scripps Pier water: 75.4 degrees Saturday, a Halloween record
- Huntington Beach: 114 homes and structures damaged by seawater
Newport Beach officials told residents to keep sandbags in place for the next king tides. Closer to home, forecasters listed Ventura County among the coastlines under advisories for isolated seawater flooding and beach erosion.
