King tides will be back in the Myrtle Beach area this weekend. Here’s the latest
King tides will be back in the Grand Strand this weekend, bringing ultra-high tides with the new moon.
The king tides start Friday and are expected to continue through Wednesday. The highest tides are expected Sunday and Monday, in time with Sunday’s new moon.
This set of king tides is the seventh of the year. The next set of king tides is expected mid-December, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control tide tables.
The king tide, also known as the perigean spring tide, occurs when the earth, moon, and sun are aligned during a new or full moon while the moon is the closest it gets to the Earth in its orbit.
The unsually high tides can cause flooding especially when exacerbated by wind and rainfall.
Jenna Farhat
The Sun News