WEST SEATTLE SCENE: ‘King tide’ swamps seawall at Alki, and beyond

3:23 PM: Just in – video and photos from Alki, where this afternoon’s high tide has swamped the seawall. The video above is from Kersti Muul of Salish Wildlife Watch; below, photos from Stewart L. further east:

That’s Don Armeni Boat Ramp, and here’s Luna/Anchor Park:

Also, another angle of the Alki promenade from Kersti:

Today’s high tide was 12.3 feet at 2:43 pm; tomorrow will be 12.4 at 3:18 pm. Next week the highest high tides will be in the morning; the chart shows 12.6 at 6:52 am Tuesday and 7:48 am Wednesday. These are the so-called “king tides”; they’ll be even higher in a month, with 12.9 high tides in mid-December.

ADDED 7:19 PM: Aimee pointed out via Twitter that atmospheric conditions caused a high tide well above what was predicted:

And we have one more photo – this one from David Hutchinson at Alki:

Rachel November 13, 2020 (3:38 pm)

It’s flooding up to houses on Vashon. So sad for these people come December!

Mj November 13, 2020 (3:58 pm)

Darn it, it would be kewl to see in person. Please advise of December King Tide timing so people can check it out. Thank you

HappyOnAlki November 13, 2020 (6:54 pm)

If you click on “the chart” in the second line, you can see all the tide info!
- WSB November 13, 2020 (7:07 pm)
  
  And you can also advance it to next month (and far beyond). Sorry we weren’t on this earlier – I tend to pay more attention to low-low tides, and this time of year those happen late at night, so I fall out of habit of keeping an eye on the tide chart. – TR