Barry Evans, the Journal‘s eloquent “Field Notes” scribe, sent in these pictures of the Eureka waterfront. It was substantially lower this morning; at minus 2, the tide was at one of its lowest levels of the year. (Open each image in a new tab to view at full resolution.)
This article appears in Queasy Eats.
Along the same lines, last night was one of the highest tides (full moon) I have ever seen in Humboldt Bay. I was at the Marsh late and it was about a foot and a half from the top of the stone outer support facing south.