MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - The WMBF First Alert Weather team gave you the First Alert to Spring Tides this week, which could cause some minor flooding for parts of the Grand Strand. But what makes ...
What causes the ocean to swell? It's not just the Moon that has a gravitational pull on spring tides. The Earth’s gravitational force pulls the waves down, thus resulting in high and low tides. A ...
CLEVELAND — It's that spring break time of year for a lot of you. So many of you may be sun bathing on your favorite beach, reading a good book, looking for that perfect seashell, all while watching ...
Last week, the North Coast experienced very high tides. King tides refer to extreme tides that happen three or four times a year when the gravitational pull of the sun and moon are maximum. I’ve ...
They roll in and roll out. They're one of the Earth's steadiest forces, moving water from the ocean onto the land and then taking it back. Ocean tides are one of the oldest fields of scientific ...
THE National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has urged beachgoers to exercise caution during this full moon spring tide, which peaked from December 4. According to the NSRI, this natural phenomenon occurs ...