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The moon takes about 24 hours and 50 minutes to orbit the Earth. This is why the tide rises about 50 minutes later each day. This means that the peak of the gravitational force that creates the tides happens about every 12 hours, 25 minutes

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Which tide comes first The high tide or the low tide?

High tide comes before low tide. The tidal cycle starts with high tide, then transitions to low tide, and then returns to high tide before repeating the cycle.


How long is the duration between high tide and low tide?

The duration between high tide and low tide is typically around 6 hours and 12.5 minutes.


How long is between high tide and low tide?

6 hours and 32 minutes


How long does it takes for a high tide to occur after a low tide?

about morning to day


What is a word that comes before tide?

we say "the tide and the low", which means the movements of the sea waves.


What The lowest level of low tide is called .?

neap tide


What are different kinds of tide?

you have a high tide and low tide, tides are affected by the Moon. There is also something called Neap tide and Spring tide. Spring tide occurs in spring and sometime throughout the year. Neap tide is when there is a higher low tide and a lower low tide. Spring tide is when there is a higher low tide and lower high tide


Another name for a low tide?

A low tide is often refered to as an "ebb" tide.


How do high tide and low tide happen?

low tide in the night high tide in the day


What time does high tide and low tide happen?

The time for high tide and low tide depends on the date of the tide, and the place where you are measuring high and low tide. There isn't a fixed number, unfortunately.


What are the names of the ocean tides?

High tide or low tide. There is also summer tide (I think) which is a really large tide, and a spring tide which is a very low tide.


What is a semidiurnal tide?

2 high tides and 2 low tides in one day. All of them have different heights (Ex. One high high tide, then one high low tide, then a low high tide, then a low low tide.