A new wave of king tides has rolled into the islands this week as officials and businesses are bracing for their potential impact.

Coastal flooding associated with king tides will become apossibility each day going into the upcoming weekend, especiallyalong south facing shores due to elevated surf.

The best chance forcoastal flooding impacts will be through the afternoon periodsaround the times of the peak daily tides.

For schedule of the king tide predictions compiled by NOAA and the University of Hawaii, click here.

Impacts will include flooding of beaches that are normally dry, dueto a combination of wave run-up from the surf along south facingshores and higher than normal water levels.

Ocean water could alsoinundate the typically vulnerable low-lying roads, docks, boat rampsand other coastal infrastructure through this time.

Erosion is also possible with steady increase of water to be seen at the end of the week.

The potential for coastal flooding will begin to lower later in theweekend and early next week as the peak daily tides and surfsteadily trend down.

Help officials and researchers document the king tides by taking photos and entering them into our database. Every photo that is entered into a database providing information about how future changes in sea level may impact coastal areas (and some areas more than others). This will ultimately help to plan and prepare.

You can enter photos into our database manually or using the phone app.

Step by step instructions are here.

Watch Up 2day for what to expect and when the king tides are expected to show up to the islands. We speak with an expert from the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program.

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New wave of June 'king tides' rolls into the islands - KHON2