San Diego and Los Angeles could see their highest tides on record next week, in the latest sign of the impacts of the extraordinarily powerful El Niño.
The Bay Area is also likely to see its highest tides for the month of October next week — just a few weeks after setting a prior record for the month.
The high waters reflect in large part the extraordinary warmth of the oceans off the California coast that accompanies the strong El Niño. When water is warmer, it expands. Even higher tides are expected in California in November, December and January, the traditional king-tide timeframe…