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 ...

The highest tides of the year, the king tides or, as they are colloquially referred to, “wicked high tides,” washed up on New England’s shores Thursday afternoon, flooding Long Wharf in Boston and ...

The world’s highest tides, reaching up to 53 feet, were measured in Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy. Did you know these tides set the stage for epic adventures like kayaking, tidal bore rafting, fossil ...

The king tides happening across Southern California later this week are a chance to see the power of the ocean — and sometimes how damaging it can be when high tides reach structures, roads and homes ...

For surfers, tides can be a crucial factor, one of many – including winds, swell direction, et al – which determine whether or not a wave is good or not at any given time. And different places have ...