Dec. 4-5 King Tide Photos
Help Rhode Island Sea Grant document King Tides this weekend
Dec 4 @7am & Dec 5 @8am
Last month, over 100 MyCoast volunteers photographed the effects of king tides in their communities throughout Rhode Island's coastal areas. We hope you will join us for the last predicted king tides of 2021 so we can track how these higher-than-normal tides are being felt in flooded parking lots, backyards, roads, parks, and other infrastructure around the state.
You can post your photos to the MyCoast website or upload them right from your phone. And check out these tips for getting great MyCoast photos!
MyCoast king tide photo above by MJ Quincy, Jamestown, November 2021
When:
December 4 @ 7:15 a.m.; December 5 @ 8:07 a.m.
Where:
Barrington: Lathem Park, Willow Street, Barrington Beach, Rte 114 at White Church Bridge, roads that end along the Palmer River
Bristol: Bike Path and Hope Street at Silver Creek, Poppasquash Road south of entrance to Colt State Park
Charlestown: Quonnie Breachway boat ramp and parking lot
Jamestown: North Road
Middletown: Atlantic Beach, Third Beach Road at Maidford River outlet
Narragansett: Middlebridge boat launch area, Bonnet Shores and Great Island causeways
Newport: Downtown, Kings Park, Point District, Wellington Avenue at Spencer Park
North Kingstown: Wickford Harbor
Portsmouth: Common Fence Point Blvd, Island Park, Gull Cove
Providence: Waterplace Park
South Kingstown: Roads along the the Narrow River, Matunuck around Point Judith or Potters Pond
Tiverton: Fogland Road, Riverside Drive
Warren: Jamiel Park, Market Street, Warren Town Beach, Palmer Avenue, Bridge Street
Warwick: Anywhere and everywhere!
Westerly: Atlantic Avenue, Breen Road, Fort Road, Watch Hill Harbor, Weekapaug Road
Your choice - any coastal area!
How:
1. Download the free MyCoast App: Visit the App Store or Get it on Google Play.
2. Take your picture, open the app, and click "Add Report."
3. Select "King Tide."
4. Select photo from library, add comments about the location and any details or damages you observe.
5. Click the map to set your location, and click Submit!
NEED MORE?: Contact the URI Coastal Resources Center/Rhode Island Sea Grant; Pam Rubinoff at rubinoff@uri.edu or Sue Kennedy at sbkennedy@uri.edu.
Stay safe! Don't risk injury for the sake of a photo!
State, municipal, and nonprofit coastal resources managers and planners use these images to help demonstrate how rising sea levels will turn today's unusual high tides into everyday occurrences in the future, and to help communities plan what to do to protect infrastructure and keep people safe.
MyCoast king tide photo above by MJ Quincy, Jamestown, November 2021
DID YOU KNOW?
King tides in October and November 2021 were up to a foot higher than predicted!