when it's high or low tide in California, is there a corresponding high/low tide in the rest of the world?
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The short answer is, the high and low tides do not happen at the same time everywhere. High and low tides are like waves that travel around the planet. \n\nThe moon is responsible for about 2/3 of the tide, and the sun is responsible for about 1/3 of the tide. There are also effects from the other planets and celestial bodies, but since they are further away and/or smaller, the effects are much less. \n\nThe tides are caused because on one side of the earth, the gravitational pull of the moon (and other bodies) pulls the water away from the earth, and makes a big lump we call a high tide. On the other side of the earth, the earth gets pulled away from the water, leaving another big lump, a slightly smaller high tide. In between, it is low tide. That is why in most places we see 2 tides a day (although in some places there are no tides, or 1 tide a day, or more than 2 a day). \n\nThere are tides in the atmosphere too, and in the ground, as you might expect. It is not just in the water, but we can see the water tides easiest in the oceans and some big lakes.
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The moon's gravity causes tides, which is not quite the same thing. A "tidal wave," or tsunami, is caused by an earthquake.\nBecause distance is an central factor in gravity, the part of the global ocean that is closest to the moon at any given moment will bulge outward ever so slightly toward the moon. On the opposite side of the earth, the water farthest away from the moon will bulge in the opposite direction, being less influenced by that same gravity. Those two regions will then experience high tide. Halfway between them will be the two areas of low tide.\nAs the earth rotates, each part of the surface eventually passes through each of these gravitational regions, thus experiencing two high tides and two low tides each day.\nThe sun has some influence on tides as well, but its distance from the earth lessens its impact. However, when the sun, moon and earth are in alignment, the combined forces result in unusually high and low tidal patterns.
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you might want to be more specific with your question, but it sounds like you're referring to the Red Tide.
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Not that I know of. I'm in California. =>
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the pacific on the west coast at least. there is the gulf current that runs along the east coast which brings warm water fromt he gulf up. on the western side of the pacific (japan) there are warm currents there also called the kiroshio(sp?) current. it depends what part of the atlantic or pacific you are in =)
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While the high tide is coming in the waves will be bigger with the "tidal push".  The morning usually has better shape unless you have afternoon offshore winds.  Winds that blow onshore tend to flatten the waves and ruin their shape.
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Dude,\nThere are two low tides and two high tides a day on any ocean beach.\n\n   Not bad for a 'mountain boy'..........
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It is raining so much in California this year because there is a big storm brewing up near Hawaii. This is a La Nina weather pattern, and it is expected to continue for up to three months.
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Depends on where in California is your reference. Eastern California will have an earlier sunset time than Western California
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Nah, California will someday fall into the ocean.  The sooner the better.
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Small parts of California may fall into the ocean, but what is really happening--and has been happening for millions of years--is that a strip of western California is traveling northwest, relative to the rest of the continent which is moving southeast. The line between them is called the San Andreas Fault, and that's where many of the California earthquakes happen. \n\nI've seen a map that has that strip splitting off to form an island--or a very long penninsula like that by Baja California--in about 50 million years.
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Tides mean that the water is deeper on the parts of the Earth facing towards and away from the Moon and shallower elsewhere.  There is the same amount of water, it is just redistributed.  When there is high tide in Europe, its low tide on Americas east coast (about 90 degrees away).
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Earthquakes in the Pacific region occur at different seasons of the year and with different frequency. Scientists from the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS and the Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics FEB RAS in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk have proved that these differences are not by chance and that the position of the Earth in its orbit influences their frequency.\n\nThe researchers reviewed the within-year distribution of earthquakes for several subregions of the Pacific Ocean: on the Aleutian Islands, Kuril Islands and Kamchatka, New Zealand and in several points in the south of Oceania and South America. They divided all earthquakes in terms of the magnitude of their nidus and depth. The analysis showed that deep earthquakes occur evenly over the course of the year, while shallow ones occur more often in December.\n\nThey believe that the December peaks of shallow earthquakes are linked in part with tidal effects, while their periodicity is linked with the movement of the Earth in orbit. The perihelion, the minimal distance of the Earth from the Sun, comes in early January. At this time the tidal forces, brought about by the Sun, reach a maximum, just as the Sun’s linear velocity in orbit. The scientists remind us that the catastrophic Indonesian earthquake of 2004 occurred on 26 December, when the Earth was nearing perihelion, in a New Moon, when the total effect of tidal forces of the Sun and Moon had reached a maximum level. The Iranian earthquake of 2003 also occurred on 26 December.
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Yes.  It's highest at noon (not counting Daylight Savings Time) on the first day of summer than any other time in the year.\n\nThis is due to the tilt of the Earth in relationship to the sun.  If you take a globe (or just a beach ball), you can see how it works for yourself.  In the summer, the Earth where you live is tilted towards the sun.  But as the Earth revolves around the sun, the part that's tilted toward the sun in the summer is titled away in the winter.\n\nUse a globe or a ball and walk around a table lamp.  Make sure you hold the globe tilted the same way as you walk around and you'll see what I mean.
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The maximum water level is called "high tide" or "high water" and the minimum level is "low tide" or "low water". High water occurs as two bulges in the height of the oceans; one bulge faces the moon and the other, on the opposite side of the earth, faces away from the moon. For an explanation see below under Tidal physics. There are two low waters positioned at about 90° of longitude from the high waters. At any given point on the ocean, there are normally two high tides and two low tides each day. The common names of the two high tides are the "high high" tide and the "low high" tide; the two low tides are called the "high low" tide and the "low low" tide. On average, high tides occur 12 hours 24 minutes apart. The 12 hours is due to the Earth's rotation, and the 24 minutes to the Moon's orbit. The 12 hours is half of a solar day and the 24 minutes is half of a lunar extension, which is 1/ (29-day lunar cycle). The lunar cycle is what is tracked by tide clocks.\n\nThe time between high tide and low tide, when the water level is falling, is called the "ebb". The time between low tide and high tide, when the tide is rising, is called "flow" or "flood". At the times of high tide and low tide, the tide is said to be "turning".\n\n \nThe height of the high and low tides (relative to mean sea level) also varies. Around new and full Moon when the Sun, Moon and Earth form a line, the tidal forces due to the Sun reinforce those of the Moon, due to the syzygy found at those times.\n\nThe tides' range is then at its maximum: this is called the "spring tide", or just "springs" and is derived not from the season of spring but rather from the German verb springen, meaning "to leap up". When the Moon is at first quarter or third quarter, the sun and moon are at 90° to each other and the forces due to the Sun partially cancel out those of the Moon. At these points in the Lunar cycle, the tide's range is at its minimum: this is called the "neap tide", or "neaps".\n\nSpring tides result in high waters that are higher than average, low waters that are lower than average, slack water time that is shorter than average and stronger tidal currents than average. Neaps result in less extreme tidal conditions. Normally there is a seven day interval between springs and neaps.\n\nThe relative distance of the Moon from the Earth also affects tide heights: When the Moon is at perigee the range increases, and when it is at apogee the range is reduced. Every 7½ lunations, perigee and (alternately) either a new or full Moon coincide; at these times the range of tide heights is greatest of all, and if a storm happens to be moving onshore at this time, the consequences (in the form of property damage, etc.) can be especially severe (surfers are aware of this, and will often intentionally go out to sea during these times, as the waves are more spectacular than ever). The effect is enhanced even further if the line-up of the Sun, Earth and Moon is so exact that a solar or lunar eclipse occurs concomitant with perigee.
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I get what you're asking. The answer is that the tidal cycle from high water to low water is a little longer than twelve hours long. Because of the earth's tilted axis (that's what causes summer and winter) the tidal cycle is not a simple sine curve and the two daily high tides are not equal in height. This cycle repeats on a 14 day period. Anyway, since the Atlantic coast is only 4 hrs different that the Pacific Coast, there are 4 short periods during each 24 hour day when the tides on the Atlantic coast will be moving the opposite direction of the tides on the Pacific Coast. \n\nTo see how this works, go look at the graph on this page title "Mixed, semi-diurnal tide" and look at any given 4 hour period. You'll see the result. \nhttp://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/03-04/marine/res_resourcebkd.htm
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Interesting question.  We would no longer have the moon's tidal forces, so no more high and low tides.  This would destroy the vast ecosystems along shorelines that depend on tides for their existence, and could well cause very negative effects on the Earth's entire balance of life, since these areas produce the most nutrients.