Florida King Tides 2026: Dates, Flooding Times, and Why Streets Flood Without Rain

November 7 update: what is confirmed

At 1:19 a.m. EST, the National Weather Service in Miami kept a Coastal Flood Statement in effect through Sunday evening for Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County, and Coastal Miami-Dade County. The product, header WHUS42 KMFL 070619, says the concern is isolated minor coastal flooding, with some water on low-lying roads and property. The instruction is not to drive through flooded roadways. The product code ends at 0000 UTC on November 9, which is 7:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, November 8. Recheck the product before you treat that clock as still current. Rain is not required for this kind of flooding. The statement does not name a particular street as flooded this morning.

At 12:08 p.m. EST the same day, the National Weather Service in Key West kept a Coastal Flood Statement for the Upper, Middle, and Lower Keys through early Sunday morning. It says minor saltwater flooding of low-elevation streets and lots is likely, some storm drains will overflow, some seawalls and docks will be overtopped, and boaters should expect less clearance under fixed bridges. It also says persistent puddles around high tide are almost certain to contain saltwater. The product code ends at 1000 UTC on November 8, which is 5:00 a.m. EST Sunday.

Miami Beach’s November 5 notice, using NOAA predictions at the Virginia Key gauge, lists Saturday’s high tides at 7:14 a.m. and 7:22 p.m. Those are predicted times. They are not a measurement of when a particular street flooded. The city’s own words are that higher-than-normal tides may cause flooding in low-lying areas, that the peak varies by location, and that the times do not include wind or rain.

Use the calendar to know when to pay attention. Use the live alert and the road report to decide whether a street, a beach crossover, or a waterfront parking space is usable. The Florida weather page, the beach-flag guide, and the hurricane page cover different hazards.

Florida king-tide calendar: remaining 2026 dates

There is no single king-tide calendar that describes every Florida neighborhood. Cities pick planning windows from tide predictions, local elevations, and the streets they already know flood. NOAA publishes station-by-station predictions and flooding outlooks. The South Florida Water Management District publishes wider regional windows.

SFWMD’s August 4 season forecast also keeps a wider east-coast window of October 22–November 12, then November 22–29 and December 22–27. It marks October 27 as the annual predicted peak for that east-coast list, and October 28 and 30 as the annual predicted peaks for the Keys. Those are predicted peaks. They are not a ranking of every flood that was later measured. The district says peaks vary by location, and that wind, currents, and other conditions can push water above or below the astronomical prediction.

Earlier fall 2026 dates

These windows are past. They are the published seasonal lists, not a current alert.

Fort Lauderdale also lists extra inundation dates outside that main set: April 17–19 and May 15–19, which the city labels spring tides, plus August 11–14 and December 5–8. The city says greater-than-average tides can occur at other times, and that rain, wind, and a high water table can cause flooding outside the printed windows.

November 26 falls inside Miami’s November 23–26 window and Fort Lauderdale’s November 22–28 window. That is a reason to check access and parking before Thanksgiving travel. It is not a forecast that the whole region will be impassable.

Miami Beach: published November high-tide times

The City of Miami Beach posted these NOAA peak predictions for the Virginia Key gauge on November 5. They are planning times for Miami Beach. They are not the Fort Lauderdale times, the Key West times, or the Port Canaveral times. Water can stay noticeably high for 1½ to 2 hours before and after the peak. The posted minute is not the only time to avoid a low parking space.

The City of Miami’s king-tide page, checked the same day, lists one clock time for each of those November dates, and the time matches the morning column above. It does not print the evening time. A blank evening cell on that page is not the same thing as “no evening tide.” For November 23–26 the same city page lists these morning times and does not list an evening time: Monday, November 23 at 7:33 a.m.; Tuesday, November 24 at 8:23 a.m.; Wednesday, November 25 at 9:13 a.m.; Thursday, November 26 at 10:04 a.m. This guide does not invent the missing evening minutes.

Report flooding in Miami Beach to the Public Works Control Room at 305-673-7625, flooding@miamibeachfl.gov, or the Miami Beach Gov app. The City of Miami points flood reports to its public-works email, internetpublicworks@miamigov.com.

Fort Lauderdale’s November 5–11 times are different

Fort Lauderdale’s November 2 notice gives its own peak times. Do not substitute the Miami Beach pair.

That notice says road closures from tidal flooding are possible, and it tells people not to drive through standing water. The city’s beach-conditions page for November 7 is a separate bulletin. On the check for this article it listed a Saturday high tide at 6:36 p.m., a different minute from the 6:45 p.m. in the November 2 king-tide notice, and it also listed a chance of afternoon showers. Keep those products apart. Neither one is a measured depth on a named street. Report an impassable Fort Lauderdale road at 954-828-8000 or through FixIt FTL.

What happened in Brevard County

The late-October damage was not an ordinary high tide by itself, and the 14-foot figure was not 14 feet of water covering the county.

The weather system and the tide arrived together

Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection entered Emergency Final Order OGC 26-2181 for the October 2026 Northeaster Event. The order says a pressure pattern affected the east coast during the week of October 24–29, with persistent northeast winds gusting to gale force and large ocean swells. Offshore buoys measured seas from about 10 feet to as high as 19.4 feet. Those are offshore wave measurements. They are not a claim that every Brevard beach had a 19.4-foot breaking wave, and they are not a claim that seawater rose 19.4 feet over the streets.

The order says the waves and tides caused major to moderate beach and dune erosion from Jacksonville Beach south through Miami Beach, including damage to walkovers, decks, pools, beach access, and beachfront structures. The emergency area named in the order includes Nassau, Duval, St. Johns, Flagler, Volusia, Brevard, and Indian River, and it continues with the additional Atlantic-coast counties written in the order. Brevard is in that area. Read the order for the full county list and for what repair work it authorizes.

The sand cliffs

An October 28 WFTV report, drawing on a county photo summary of the South Beaches from October 26, identified these erosion faces. They are the height of the cut sand, documented during the event. They are not a permanent map of the shoreline, and they are not a flood depth.

The same report said a Mid Reach summary showed erosion near public-access stairs south of the Paradise Beach Club seawall, in Indian Harbour Beach, and at Bicentennial Park. County officials called the stretch an “extraordinary coastal weather/tide event”: strong northeast winds at the same time as the highest tidal cycle of the year. Dune loss was described as strongest on the narrower parts of the Mid Reach and the South Beaches.

ClickOrlando’s October 27 reporting from Satellite Beach said sand at Seagull Park was piled halfway up the staircase. Anna Johnson, manager of Las Olas Beach Club Resort, told the station she had not seen erosion like it since the last hurricane, and the resort sits just feet from the cliffed shoreline. That story’s list of affected access, which should be treated as a historical report from October 27, named Val M. Steele Park, Chris’ Break Crossover, S.P.R.A. Park, Howard E. Futch Memorial Park at Paradise Beach, Canova Beach Park (north crossover open, central and south closed), Bonsteel Park, and Kelly Park East Shoreline. Check the agency that manages a ramp or crossover before treating it as closed, or as reopened, today.

Spectrum News 13 reported on October 29 that the surf took enough sand at the Melbourne Beach Resort, on State Road A1A, for an ocean-facing deck and stairs to collapse. Brevard beaches program manager Mike McGarry said portions of the shoreline were dramatically eroded by the wind and tide event while other segments were in better shape. The same report said Hurricanes Ian and Nicole damaged that beachfront property in 2022, when it was called Sandy Shoes.

Then Brevard had a separate rainfall emergency

The next disaster should not be renamed a king tide.

On November 2, the National Weather Service in Melbourne said a Flood Warning covered portions of Brevard and Indian River counties until 9:30 p.m. EST, and that 16 to 22 inches of rain had fallen. Earlier that morning the office’s warning text declared a Flash Flood Emergency for West Melbourne and Palm Bay. By early afternoon the office said that southern Brevard emergency had been lowered one category, to a considerable flash-flood warning, while flooding impacts continued. Florida Today’s account of that afternoon’s forecast discussion placed the 16-to-22-inch totals in southern Brevard between the Melbourne area and Grant-Valkaria.

Executive Order 26-227, issued November 2, declares a state of emergency for the 2026 fall flooding. It attributes the emergency to a broad area of low pressure that crossed the Florida peninsula from October 31 through November 2 and produced widespread heavy rainfall and consequential flooding. The original order names seven counties: Brevard, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, and St. Lucie. Executive Order 26-228, issued November 4, amends that emergency and expands the declared area to Brevard, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, Seminole, St. Lucie, and Volusia. The amendment also says parts of Palm Beach County, including Riviera Beach, saw more than 19 inches of rain in twelve hours.

South Florida’s late-October water level was a separate record

On October 27, the National Weather Service in Miami said the Virginia Key gauge recorded a preliminary peak of 2.54 feet above mean higher high water between 10 and 11 a.m. Since consistent records began at that gauge in 1994, the office called it the third-highest peak, behind Hurricane Wilma at 2.55 feet and Hurricane Irma at 3.63 feet. The same office added the limit on that comparison: the current record at Virginia Key starts in 1994, so it does not include hurricanes before then. That October 27 reading belongs to the earlier event. It is not a new record claimed for November 7.

What is a king tide?

NOAA says “king tide” is a popular, non-scientific name for an exceptionally high tide. It is not a hurricane category, a tsunami warning, or a separate kind of storm. Tides are the long ocean waves raised by the moon and the sun. Higher-than-usual tides commonly occur around new and full moons, and also when the moon is closer to Earth. NOAA does not define “king tide” as one water level that means the same thing on every Florida shore.

The City of Miami uses the same everyday meaning: a higher-than-normal tide, often in September through November, that can put water on a street when it is not raining. The city says a typical episode lasts about three hours.

Does “spring tide” mean it happens in spring?

No. NOAA says a spring tide is the larger tidal range around a new or full moon, from the idea of the tide springing forth. It happens twice each lunar month all year. It is not the season named spring. Fort Lauderdale uses “Spring Tides” as its own label for April 17–19 and May 15–19, which the city lists as extra dates when low areas may flood. Those city dates are not a statement that spring tides occur only in spring.

Why fall matters on the Florida coast

The highest predicted tides of this South Florida season fall in October, which is why both Miami’s calendar and the water-management district mark late October as a peak. Seasonal water levels along the coast are often already higher in late summer and early fall, so an astronomical peak starts from a higher baseline. Wind, air pressure, waves, and ocean currents, including shifts tied to the Gulf Stream, can add still more water, or can hold water down. SFWMD’s season forecast says its outlooks exist because those conditions can push tides beyond the plain astronomical prediction. Two dates with similar tide-table heights can still produce very different streets.

How a street floods when the sky is clear

The surprising part is that the water does not have to arrive as a wave running up the beach.

1. Water can come back through the storm drain

A drain is built to carry street water toward a bay, canal, or the ocean. When that receiving water is high enough, the pipe cannot empty. In some systems the flow reverses and water rises out of the street drain or the ditch. Fort Lauderdale’s October 26 explanation says this directly: tidal flooding is ocean water pushed through waterways and drainage systems and over seawalls, which is a different problem from rain filling a street.

2. Water can cross a seawall, a dock, or a low shore

The November 7 Key West statement warns of overflowing drains and overtopped seawalls and docks on low streets and lots. The same connection is why a house on a canal can flood without sitting on an ocean beach. The City of Miami also says some low areas that are not on the coast can flood during these tides.

3. High groundwater leaves less room for the next rain

Elevated coastal water can raise the groundwater under a low neighborhood. The ground then absorbs less of any rain that arrives later. That is one reason a king-tide week and a rainstorm should be read together, and also why the Brevard rainfall emergency is still its own event.

4. The weather can lift the water above the tide table

An astronomical table does not include the wind and pressure that actually occur. Onshore wind and ocean swell can raise the observed water. The October 27 Virginia Key reading, well above the predicted tide and close to hurricane marks without a hurricane ashore, is the recent Florida example. A forecast that does not mention rain is not a forecast of “no coastal water.”

How to use NOAA’s tide calendar

NOAA publishes several products. They answer different questions.

Inside five days of a high tide, use the local National Weather Service forecast. NOAA’s own outlook pages exist because weather can cause flooding on a day the monthly calendar did not highlight, and can also keep a highlighted day from flooding.

Pick the station that faces the water you are using

A station number is not a promise that the same height and the same minute apply to every nearby canal. Do not paste a Port Canaveral ocean prediction onto every spot in the Indian River Lagoon. Do not paste a Florida Bay reading at Vaca Key onto every Atlantic-side shoreline in the Keys. SFWMD’s enhanced forecast covers Virginia Key, Port Everglades, Lake Worth, Key West, Vaca Key, Naples, and Fort Myers. That list is still not every community.

A tide height is not the depth on the road

Check the date, the time zone, the units, and the vertical reference. “Four feet” on a tide chart is not four feet of water on the asphalt. A height above mean lower low water, MLLW, is measured from a tidal reference. Mean higher high water, MHHW, is a different reference. The National Weather Service used MHHW for the October 27 Virginia Key peak. Street flooding is the depth of water above the land at that address. Those are different measurements. A prediction is also not an observation. The Coastal Inundation Dashboard is useful because it keeps those apart.

How long the water stays, and why the calendars disagree

How long does king-tide flooding last?

The City of Miami says a king tide typically lasts about three hours, and that water can be high for about an hour and a half before and after the peak. Miami Beach says the same 1.5-to-2-hour window, and that the time varies by location. Wind, a high background water level, blocked drains, groundwater, and rain can keep a street wet longer than one tide cycle. Waiting three hours is not a rule for every road.

The Keys need a local check. SFWMD’s season windows are long on purpose. In Key Largo, Monroe County’s late-October update on the Twin Lakes flood project said the pump station was scheduled to start on Thursday, November 5, with troubleshooting expected during testing, and that king-tide flooding before the system is operating does not show what the finished project is meant to do. A scheduled start date, read on November 7, is not proof that the pumps are already running as designed.

Why Miami and Fort Lauderdale print different dates

Miami’s November window is the 6th through the 9th. Fort Lauderdale’s is the 5th through the 11th. Both can be right for the threshold each city chose. The tide station, the elevation of the vulnerable streets, and the planning cutoff do not have to match. Always read the year on the page. A county page that still shows last year’s list should not be relabeled as this year’s forecast. For the Keys, this article uses the dated 2026 SFWMD season forecast rather than an undated local list.

What residents and visitors should do

Move the car before the water reaches the space

Avoid low curb spaces beside canals and other spots with a history of tidal flooding. Check the route in as well as the parking space. Monroe County’s king-tide guidance, as published in the November county notice reported by local Keys press, warns that tidal street water is often saltwater and can damage a vehicle. A road that is open when you park can be under water when you come back. Miami Beach says not to park in low-lying areas, and to have a car that touched floodwater checked and cleaned.

Do not drive or walk through the water

Follow barricades. Water hides holes, debris, and the edge of a canal. The National Weather Service instruction on the November 7 statements is not to drive through flooded roadways. Fort Lauderdale adds a local point: drive slowly where a wake can push water toward houses, and secure trash carts on streets that usually flood so they do not float into the road. A lifted truck is not permission to pass a closure. Keep children and pets out. The City of Miami says floodwater can hold trash, pollutants, broken glass, and other debris, and that skin that touches it should be washed with soap and hot water.

Waterfront property and boats

Move what you can before the peak, and keep drain openings clear when it is safe to do that. Get qualified advice before changing a seawall or a private drain. Fort Lauderdale tells neighbors in usually affected areas to protect entries, including with sandbags where the city is offering them, and it describes seawalls, valves, drainage work, and pumps as parts of a longer program. None of those steps makes every property immune.

A higher tide lowers the air space under a fixed bridge and can put water over a dock. The Key West statement says boaters should expect less clearance. Check the station for the water you are on. Do not reuse the clearance from the last trip.

Ask a hotel about the access, not only whether the building is open

Useful questions are whether the property or its access road floods during king tides, where to park, whether the beach crossover is open, and what other route the property recommends. A hotel can be open while the usual beach walkway is closed. Brevard’s late-October crossover closures are the recent example. Beach safety flags are a separate check, on the flag page and with the local beach patrol. Surf and tide for a beach day also belong on the surf pages and the beach list.

Can a pump or a seawall stop king-tide flooding?

They can reduce one pathway. A tidal valve can limit water backing up a drain. A pump can move water that has already collected. A seawall can block water at one shoreline. Fort Lauderdale has said tidal flooding is different from rain flooding because the ocean pushes saltwater through waterways and drains and over seawalls, which is why pumping alone does not empty every flooded street. A project that has been announced, or a pump scheduled to start, is not proof that the system is already running.

Is the baseline higher than it used to be?

NOAA’s sea-level trend pages and its high-tide flooding outlooks are the place to see the measured change at a station. A higher starting level lets the same tide, or the same onshore wind, reach farther onto land. It does not mean the moon started pulling harder in one week. The distinction that matters for a trip is still the one on the dashboard: the astronomical prediction, the observed water level, and the flood threshold at that station.

Where to report flooding

Questions people ask

Does “spring tide” mean it happens in spring?

No. NOAA says a spring tide is the larger tidal range around a new or full moon, from the idea of the tide springing forth. It happens twice each lunar month all year. It is not the season named spring. Fort Lauderdale uses “Spring Tides” as its own label for April 17–19 and May 15–19, which the city lists as extra dates when low areas may flood. Those city dates are not a statement that spring tides occur only in spring.

Why can a street flood when it is not raining?

The ocean, bay, or canal can be high enough that a storm drain stops emptying and water comes back out onto a low street. Water can also cross a seawall, a dock, or a low shoreline. The National Weather Service Key West statement for November 7 said some storm drains would overflow and some seawalls and docks would be overtopped. A blue sky does not cancel that.

Are Miami Beach’s tide times the same in Fort Lauderdale or Brevard County?

No. Miami Beach’s November 7 pair, published from the Virginia Key gauge, is 7:14 a.m. and 7:22 p.m. Fort Lauderdale’s November 2 city notice lists 6:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. for the same date. Brevard’s ocean reference is Trident Pier at Port Canaveral, station 8721604, and that prediction does not describe every spot in the Indian River Lagoon.

How long does king-tide flooding last?

The City of Miami says a king tide typically lasts about three hours, and that water can be high for about an hour and a half before and after the peak. Miami Beach says the same 1.5-to-2-hour window, and that the time varies by location. Wind, a high background water level, blocked drains, groundwater, and rain can keep a street wet longer than one tide cycle. Waiting three hours is not a rule for every road.

Can a pump or a seawall stop king-tide flooding?

They can reduce one pathway. A tidal valve can limit water backing up a drain. A pump can move water that has already collected. A seawall can block water at one shoreline. Fort Lauderdale has said tidal flooding is different from rain flooding because the ocean pushes saltwater through waterways and drains and over seawalls, which is why pumping alone does not empty every flooded street. A project that has been announced, or a pump scheduled to start, is not proof that the system is already running.

The planning rule, and the sources

The date tells you when to pay attention. The forecast tells you what may happen. The observation and the local authority tell you what is happening. A sunny sky does not rule out flooding, and a tide table does not tell the whole story. Brevard’s late-October sand cliffs show what high tides can do when powerful surf arrives with them. Miami’s recurring sunny-day flooding shows that a rainstorm at that address is not required.

Checked November 7, 2026. This Is Florida guide for Florida residents and visitors. Official alerts, closures, and licenses remain with the agencies named here.

• NWS Miami coastal flood statement, 1:19 a.m. EST, November 7, 2026
• NWS Key West coastal flood statement, 12:08 p.m. EST, November 7, 2026
• City of Miami king tides
• Fort Lauderdale king tides and high tides
• Fort Lauderdale higher tides, November 5–11
• SFWMD 2026 king tide season forecast, August 4, 2026
• NOAA: What is a king tide? and what spring tide means
• Virginia Key 8723214, Port Everglades 8722956, Vaca Key 8723970, Key West 8724580, Trident Pier 8721604
• DEP Emergency Final Order OGC 26-2181
• Executive Order 26-227 and Executive Order 26-228
• WFTV, October 28, 2026, Brevard sand cliffs
• ClickOrlando, October 27, 2026, Brevard access
• Spectrum News 13, October 29, 2026, Melbourne Beach Resort
• Florida weather, red tide, tides and fishing limits, parks