Viral video prompted concern from community members after reports of locals and tourists disrespecting wildlife in the tide pools over the New Year.

A new round of king tides — higher-than-usual oceanic tides, caused by the moon’s alignment with the Earth — arrived Friday, coinciding with a set of storms that started to drop rain earlier in the week and won’t stop until Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

Large waves crashed along Santa Cruz’s coast during a king tide on Sunday.Aerial footage from Shreenivasan Manievannan shows rough waves splashing onto shore at Lighthouse Point.A coastal flood advisory from the National Weather Service for the pacific coast,