What is the simplest method of understanding timing of tides??
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the Earth rotates through two tidal “bulges” every lunar day, coastal areas experience two high and two low tides every 24 hours and 50 minutes. High tidesoccur 12 hours and 25 minutes apart. It takes six hours and 12.5 minutes for the water at the shore to go from high to low, or from low to high.
When the moon and the sun line up with the Earth, as they do here, a high tide occurs. The height of tides is determined by a complex combination of factors relating to the positions of the Earth, sun and moon. ... Thus, its pull is twice as strong as the sun's [source: NOAA: Tides and Water Levels]
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