Canal Alliance hosts High Tide Day

By Marin Independent Journal

PUBLISHED: December 14, 2024 at 6:31 PM PST

Eric Miller with the Exploratorium talks to a group as they measure the water level of San Rafael Creek during High Tide Day (Dia de las Mareas Reales), an event about tides and rising sea levels at the Canal Alliance in San Rafael, Calif. on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. The Canal Alliance event with partners from the Exploratorium featured interactive presentations, art, and experiments among other things. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Connor Williams, 15, of San Rafael looks through a refractometer while learning how to check the salinity in water during High Tide Day (Dia de las Mareas Reales), an event about tides and rising sea levels at the Canal Alliance in San Rafael, Calif. on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024.The Canal Alliance event with partners from the Exploratorium featured interactive presentations, art, and experiments among other things. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Lori Lambertson with the Exploratorium explains to the crowd why we have tides during High Tide Day (Dia de las Mareas Reales), an event about tides and rising sea levels at the Canal Alliance in San Rafael, Calif. on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. The Canal Alliance event with partners from the Exploratorium featured interactive presentations, art, and experiments among other things. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Eric Miller with the Exploratorium follows Carly Finkle with the Canal Alliance as they leads a group outside to do water experiments during High Tide Day (Dia de las Mareas Reales) at the Canal Alliance in San Rafael, Calif. on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Artist Oscar Morales chats with Irene Tan, left, with her son Kaiden of Mill Valley, and Susan Fishman of San Rafael as they create tide related paintings during High Tide Day (Dia de las Mareas Reales) at the Canal Alliance in San Rafael, Calif. on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. The Canal Alliance with partners from the Exploratorium featured interactive presentations, art, and experiments among other things. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Canal Alliance hosts High Tide Day, with partners from the Exploratorium, aimed at families and grade school students to understand tidal patterns and “see the future.”