Day 358 — Time and Tide
With the highest highs come the lowest lows. I took this photo yesterday about six hours after the King Tide “high” that morning. A rocky beach emerged between Fire Station 35 and Pier 24 Photography.
King tides occur 2–3 times a year between November and January when all the influencing factors combine to form “the perfect storm of tides”. First, the earth is as close as it can be to the sun (perihelion). Second, the earth, sun and moon are in alignment (in the position of a spring tide). A King Tide can occur at either a full or a new moon. But it will be one of either! King tide conditions usually persist for three or four days, when the earth, moon, and sun are closest to being in alignment.
Time and tide wait for no man — Geoffrey Chaucer
