King tides are getting worse in Miami. Predictions show more flooding is coming

Miami Herald · Alex Harris · 2026-11-05 09:30 UTC

King tides, not storms, now cause many of Miami’s high-water days as sea levels rise, with NASA projecting far more tidal floods by 2035 and 2045.

If you have been feeling like South Florida’s king tide floods are getting worse, you aren’t alone.

Last week’s record-breaking king tide on Tuesday was just one day in a record-breaking year for coastal flooding, and data show its only going to get worse.

So far this year, Miami has had 15 days of serious flooding, according to the Virginia Key tidal gauge, which measures water levels. There are two more bouts of king tides coming — this weekend and another the week of Thanksgiving — so that number could rise before the year’s end. The most we’d had in previous years was nine days of flooding. This year could end being double that.

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