King tides are the highest tides of the year, but scientists have a different name for them: perigean spring tides. The name doesn’t refer to the season of the year — along the California coast, the ...

I was very lucky to have grown up with access to the Atlantic Coast. Since I was a little kid, I spent my summers fishing and crabbing at the Jersey Shore. This access pushed me into spending too much ...

King tides are expected to hit parts of Washington state, including Olympia and Bellingham. The unusually high tides are a “dramatic feature of Washington winters,” Washington Sea Grant said in a ...