MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Why do have highs and low tides everyday? Meteorologist explains why we have tides and what factors can affect tide heights. The reason why we have tides is all thanks to the ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Did you know the moon is actually what dictates our tides? The water does not just rise and fall at different parts of the day and night. Believe it or not, if you weren’t already ...

Paris Alston: This is GBH’s Morning Edition. This afternoon begins the summer solstice, the astronomical start to the season. Many of us will be spending time at the beach in the coming weeks. And as ...

Sitting by the beach and listening to the tide come in is one of my favorite things to do. But if you stop and think about what causes the tide and how our world is so connected, it’s fascinating.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - While spending time at the beach, you’ve probably heard the phrase high tide or low tide, and how those change with time each day. Even though the change in tides takes time, ...

I recently visited family in Panama for a respite from the Chicago winter, but while enjoying a swim in the warm ocean I was stung on the foot by a stingray. Fortunately it was not very serious, just ...

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 ...

The National Weather Service projects that a 7-foot king tide will hit Orange County beaches Friday and Saturday between 7 and 9 a.m. Although flooding is expected to be minor, some parking lots and ...

California King Tides are expected in December and early January but in the Central Coast they make a special appearance on ...

King tides can result in nuisance flooding with water backing up into streets during high tides. The semi-annual king tides are coming up on the last weekend in October. High tides will reach nearly ...

Observe a unique coastal phenomena that only happens during the winter this weekend. King Tides, extremely high and low tides occur when a full or new moon is closest to Earth in its elliptical orbit, ...