https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/09/king-tides-rolling-in-along-the-coast-friday/ > Ocean waters will reach further inland Friday morning, as one of the year’s biggest tides pulls water to its high point. > “King tides,” a general term for these regular and predictable events, return in the first of two such extreme tides this year, with the second round occurring in February.