No, Virginia, the exceptionally high tides you will be able to see early this Saturday and Sunday mornings is not a case of sea-level rising. It is, instead, a case of king tides hitting California’s coast.
This a naturally occurring phenomenon when high tides are at their highest and low tides, likewise, at their lowest.
For those with a taste for the rare and awesome, the king tide is expected to be at its highest — 6.93 feet — this Saturday about 7:30 in the morning and at its lowest — a minus 1.56 feet — at 3:17 in the afternoon. Either way, it’s a spectacular and dramatic event.