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 ...

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 ...

The tide goes in, the tide goes out... and we can explain that! This week, we’re exploring that slow ebb and flow across the globe. * As gradual as those rises and falls can be, they’re impressive in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As spring inches closer to summer, beach-going Pacific Northwesterners might notice Puget Sound tides inching farther out, ...

King tides are the highest tides of the year, but scientists have a different name for them: perigean spring tides. The name doesn’t refer to the season of the year — along the California coast, the ...

MURRELLS INLET, S.C. (WMBF) - The Spring Tide clean up, a staple event in Murrells Inlet, is making its return this weekend. In its thirty-third year, the event has become South Carolina’s largest ...

As spring inches closer to summer, beach-going Pacific Northwesterners might notice Puget Sound tides inching farther out, exposing more of the sea floor during the day. Thanks to Earth's 23.5-degree ...