A tidal cycle of two high tides and two low tides each day, with the high tides of nearly equal height.

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A tidal cycle of two high tides and two low tides each day, with the high tides of nearly equal height.

Two high tides and two low tides in a 24-hour period, with the two highs nearly equal in height, point to a semidiurnal tidal pattern. In semidiurnal tides the gravitational forces create two highs and two lows each tidal day, and the highs (as well as the lows) are typically similar in height. This distinguishes them from diurnal tides, which have only one high and one low per day, and from mixed tides, where two highs and two lows occur but with noticeably different heights. A stand isn’t a tide type; it refers to a lull in movement rather than the regular two-high/two-low cycle.

Two high tides and two low tides in a 24-hour period, with the two highs nearly equal in height, point to a semidiurnal tidal pattern. In semidiurnal tides the gravitational forces create two highs and two lows each tidal day, and the highs (as well as the lows) are typically similar in height. This distinguishes them from diurnal tides, which have only one high and one low per day, and from mixed tides, where two highs and two lows occur but with noticeably different heights. A stand isn’t a tide type; it refers to a lull in movement rather than the regular two-high/two-low cycle.

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