Self-Guided Volunteer Opportunity: 2022 King Tides in Alviso

Interested in a volunteer opportunity you can do for school, work, or just for fun!? Looking for an opportunity you can do safely on your own or with your own household? This is also an excellent opportunity for middle and high school students and scout groups! Sign up today and check out https://www.coastal.ca.gov/kingtides/ to learn about this year's King Tide events and how you can participate! The California Coastal Commission uses the Survey123 app to track community science king tide photos. We are inviting you to participate and to send us your photos!

We have a few spots at and around Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge where you can witness the year's highest tides!

Locations in Alviso (North San Jose) are:

• Gold Street Bridge (in the town of Alviso)
• Grand Blvd looking over Coyote Creek(Environmental Education Center)
• Coyote Creek observation point along the Mallard Slough Trail (Environmental Education Center)

*Please see the attached map and images for these exact locations that will provide great viewpoints for this incredible high tide event.

Take pictures to record these high tides and submit them to [email protected]! In addition, you can upload them to social media with the hashtag #KingTidesAlviso2022. Contact us for questions, too!

Exact times of the high tides each day (Alviso):

• Friday, Dec 23rd: 11:27am - 11.88ft
• Saturday, Dec 24th: 12:17pm - 11.84ft

There are lots of other places to observe and document the King Tides! Please send us any pictures you take from the baylands in South San Francisco Bay!

The King Tides also provide visibility for pollution in the SF Bay by bringing up tons of garbage onto our shorelines. For information on how you can help keep our watersheds and the Bay clean by preventing urban runoff pollution, visit: http://www.mywatershedwatch.org/

PHOTO CREDIT: Previous King Tide event at Coyote Creek/Drawbridge observation point. Hope Presley, SFBWS.

This program is brought to you by San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society (SFBWS) and Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program (SCVURPPP).

Host or Publisher San Francisco Bay NWR Complex