California’s high tides set records this week. They’re going to get higher.

By Amy Graff and Soumya Karlamangla, New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Seawater pushed over shorelines up and down the coast of California and spilled onto roadways Monday and Tuesday as high tides reached record levels. Experts said it was a taste of what the state’s residents should expect throughout the winter as the Pacific Ocean swells from this year’s strong El Niño. Gauges that measure tides along the California coast broke records Monday, with Los Angeles Harbor recording its highest tide ever and San Francisco seeing its highest tide for the month of October, according to the National Weather Service. RELATED: El Niño: Which Northern California places are most at risk this winter? Then it happened again Tuesday. Tides are tricky to measure because the ocean is never flat or stable, and a single sea-level height doesn’t fully represent what the water is doing. Instead, gauges capture a variety of data points. One of those that meteorologists eye closely is the “mean higher high wa