Question

What is the simplest method understand the timing of the tides

Answer 1

Because 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.

Answer 2

Answer:

The simplest method to understand the tides are through the ‘rotation of the earth’, where there are ‘two high tides’ and ‘two low tides’.  

Explanation:

When the earth rotates during the lunar day there are two low tides and two high tides due to the two tidal ‘bulges’ that the earth goes through. The process of rotation takes 24 hours and 50 minutes for the two high and low tides. The water from the shore takes averagely 12.5 minutes to move from high to low or low to high tides.