Escalation: Record Tide Reached 8.02 Feet in San Pedro

The San Pedro tide gauge hit 8.02 feet Monday morning, the highest sea level ever recorded at Los Angeles Harbor. It topped the mark set Jan. 10, 2005, variously listed as 7.93 feet or 7.92.

As the morning high tide peaked, seawater surged from Newport Harbor onto Balboa Peninsula streets, flooding some Balboa Fun Zone businesses. Long Beach also saw flooding along Bayshore Beach, Naples and the Peninsula. Newport Beach crews pumped out knee-high water and reinforced sandbags after residents picked up about 25,000 sandbags over the weekend, and no significant widespread damage was reported there by midday.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources