King tides flooded the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday and Tuesday 26-27 October.
First day, the NOAA tide gauge near the Golden Gate reached 1.87 ft [57 cm] above the normal high tide line, a new October record, and on Tuesday it rose even higher. In Mill Valley, the bay covered the Redwood Highway frontage road, police closed the Seminary Drive ramp to Highway 101, and a stranded car had to be towed out of deep water.
Highway 1 flooded beneath Highway 101 near Strawberry, and on Tuesday a Corte Madera neighbourhood around Golden Hind Passage was cut off. The southbound 101 off-ramp at Lucky Drive closed, residents paddled kayaks down flooded roads, and Sausalito's waterfront streets and bike path closed.
In San Francisco, the bay came up through a storm drain on the Embarcadero and cut off Pier 14, and in Palo Alto the Baylands trails went under.
The National Weather Service says warm ocean water linked to El Niño is adding about a foot to the tides. A coastal flood advisory for the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay shores runs until 6 PM Saturday. Marin County officials say next month's king tides could be worse. Never drive into tidal floodwater.
Oct 27, 2026 Streets in southern Marin County communities were flooded on Tuesday amid record high tides, while the National Weather Service extended a coastal flood advisory for the region Widespread flooding in southern Marin County amid record high tides; flood advisory extended KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA Oct 27
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Cars continued driving through flooded streets, people rode their bikes through submerged areas, an electric surfboard cruised through the water, and one boat was even towing a paddleboarder with a Dalmatian riding along. What makes this event especially concerning is that it comes before the heart of winter, when stronger storms and even higher tides could bring additional flooding to vulnerable parts of the Bay Area. VIDEO w Drone footage: MARIN COUNTY IS FLOODED! Cars, Bikes & Surfers in the Streets | King Tides Oct 29, 2026 DroneGuy650 from US on YT since 2021SCREENSHOTS from
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