King tides—a type of perigean spring tide (there’s your science jargon)—occur when extra-high tides line up with some other meteorological anomalies. They’re not a huge deal: The water flowing over the seawall is part novelty, part nuisance. But these rare days hint at a new normal, when sea level rise will render current coastlines obsolete [...]
On January 21 and 22, the king tide will bring San Francisco’s shoreline about a foot higher than average high tide.
— Wired
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it was a real barrel of laughs when I was driving down 101 in Marin Co. near Larkspur and the Bay was begining to lap up on the freeway - I had to change lanes to avoid splashing sea water under my beetle
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