Next week's super moon is going to be a big one – and so too the high tides.

The November full moon on the 15th is the biggest, closest and brightest super moon of the year. It is the closest since January 1948 and it won't come as close again until November 2024.

Moonrise on November 15 will take place on the North Island's east coast from 8.30pm onwards.

The super moon is also expected to raise high-tide levels to 100-year peaks (not counting potential sea level rise due to climate change or storms) on the Bay of Plenty and Coromandel coasts.

According to the MetService, the highest tides in Tauranga will take place next week on Thursday at about 10am, and the Friday at about 11am. While down in Whakatāne, the higher tides begin on the Tuesday at about 8pm and will remain high until Saturday afternoon.

While on the east coast of the Coromandel, the highest tides occur on Thursday at about 9.30am and Friday at about 10.30am. Over on the Firth of Thames coasts they are Wednesday at about 9am and Thursday at about 10am.

To help build their understanding of where tides reach under such extreme conditions, the Waikato Regional Council staff are asking keen local photographers to send in their snaps of the tides.

'We'd really appreciate any photos people take so that we can document what's happening and get a clearer picture of potential coastal hazards,” says senior regional hazards advisor Rick Liefting.

People can also use the council's coastal inundation modelling tool to see where the king tides are likely to reach.

The ‘Max Tide' figures on the site show maximum high tides levels, not taking into account any storm or wave effects and also don't account for any projected sea level rise under global warming, explains Rick.

'However, the tool can be used to see what impact future projected rises in sea level may occur. The king tides next week are expected to be at around those ‘Max Tide' levels due to the super moon's impacts.”

Council's regional hazards team will issue advice if the king tides are likely to coincide with weather or wave conditions that would lead to any heightened risks for communities.

Email your photos, observations and locations of next week's king tides to: [email protected]