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Well, darling, during spring tides, the sun, moon, and earth are all aligned in a straight line, with the gravitational pull of the sun and moon combining to create some wickedly high high tides and shamefully low low tides. It's like a celestial dance where the ocean is the dance floor, and these big players are just twirling everyone around like it's some cosmic game of musical chairs. So, if you're a stickler for seeing some extreme tidal action, spring tides are where it's at, baby.

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