Ebb. (the tides ebb and flow)
ebb tides
Ocean Tides... Ebb Tides...
A mixed tide has two ebb tides. The first ebb tide occurs after the high tide, followed by a lower low tide known as a "slack tide." This is then followed by the second ebb tide before the next high tide.
Fish are much affected by the tides both ebb and neap.
Tides ebb and flow twice a day.
Neap tides occur when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other, resulting in lower high tides and higher low tides. Ebb tides refer to the outgoing or falling tide as water moves away from the shore.
The tide tends to ebb and flow. A point of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb. The ebb and flow of the water hypnotized me. Suns rise and tides ebb.
A low tide is often refered to as an "ebb" tide.
Tides are unaffected by sunlight. The gravity attraction from the Moon and the Sun, plus the rotation of the Earth is what affects the ebb and flood of the tides.
A flood tide refers to the rising tide as water moves toward the shore, whereas an ebb tide is the receding tide as water moves away from the shore. Flood tides can lead to higher water levels, while ebb tides result in lower water levels.
A simplistic answer is that the tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun. During the lunar orbit around the earth, spring tides travel high up the beach, and ebb far down the beach. Neap tides only travel part way up the beach, and ebb part way down the beach.