Question

During what type of tide is the high tide the highest and the low tide the lowest?

Answer 1

Answer: Spring tides and Neap tides.

The tides are periodic movements of the great masses of water on our planet as part of the gravitational attraction exerted by the moon and the sun on Earth.

In this sense, there are two very special cases:

The Spring and Neap tides.

Spring tides

Occur when there is a full moon or new moon, which makes the tides higher. During these lunar phases, the Moon, the Earth and the Sun are aligned and the gravitational attraction power is greater.

Neap tides

Occur when the moon, the earth and the sun form a right angle (
`90\º`), being the gravity attraction on the masses of water the minimum. This happens in the crescent and wanning phases.