Another phenomenon of the king tides is that seawater bubbles up through the porous coral rock, inundating low-lying coastal areas.
更驚人的是，巨潮期間，海水會從四面八方通過珊瑚礁孔隙，冒著氣泡滲出地表，將幾處比較低窪及近海的地帶（包括機場跑道尾端與島的末端）淹成水鄉澤國。