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Whenever the moon is either full or new,

i.e. Whenever the sun, moon, & Earth are lined up.

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An unusually high tide is called a-?

An unusually high tide is always called a spring tide.


What tide is bigger a neap tide or a spring tide?

Spring :]


When is next proxigean spring tide?

Usually the proxigean tides happen when there is constructive interference of the lunar and solar tide bulges (a spring tide) AND when the moon is closest to earth (perigee). These two phenomena have to coincide for this to happen. If you can find a matching date between these two, you will find a date for an upcoming proxigean tide.


What occurs a spring tide?

a spring tide has a very high tide


What is a perigean spring tide?

A perigean spring tide is when the Moon is closest to the Earth during the spring tide.


What occurs during spring tide?

a spring tide has a very high 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


What is the opposite of a neap tide called?

The opposite of a neap tide is a spring tide. Spring tides occur when the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned, resulting in higher high tides and lower low tides.


What is the lowest the spring tide can get?

The lowest point of a spring tide occurs during the neap tide phase, which is when the difference between high and low tide is the smallest. This typically happens about a week after the spring tide.


What would happen to the height levels of the water during spring tide?

the height of the tides rises up


How does a tide clock work?

it works by a spring the spring is pulled by the moons pull and graphs it by telling you if its high tide or low tide.


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.