Marketing of season’s King Tides bringing more and more people to the central Oregon coast to witness the waves

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The King Tides making their seasonal splash along the Oregon coast are anything but new.

Ever since the Earth, moon and sun have periodically aligned in the heavens, their combined gravitational pull has created the impressively large waves that now draw droves of visitors to the Oregon coast.

But scientists, area restaurants, shops and lodging owners all say that increased awareness of King Tides is increasing both the general awareness and appreciation of an event that this year will play out over three days this week and again in December and January.

“King tides draw people from all backgrounds and ages, and even folks from out-of-state, to the coast,” Rhiannon Bezore, Oregon King Tides