the Gulf Coast is strange, has diurnal tides (twice a day)
Diurnal tides are once a day (semidiurnal is twice a day). By the Gulf Coast, I guess you must mean the Gulf of Mexico. I’m living on the other side of the world in the other diurnal region, so I assume our tides are synchronised!
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
Huh. TIL that there are three common types of tidal cycles and which one you get depends on geography, location, ocean currents. https://beltoforion.de/en/tides/tidal_cycles.php
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Thanks. I didn’t know either that there are places, where the sea level does not rise and fall twice a day.
MarieMarion@literature.cafe 5 weeks ago
I was reading Circe, by Madeline Miller, and on several pages some ancient Greeks wait for the tide to sail away, or watch the sea rising while waiting for Odysseus, and so on. Like, woman, did nobody notice at your publishing house?
Wiz@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
Me, too, TIL!