MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - The WMBF First Alert Weather team gave you the First Alert to Spring Tides this week, which could cause some minor flooding for parts of the Grand Strand. But what makes ...

What causes the ocean to swell? It's not just the Moon that has a gravitational pull on spring tides. The Earth’s gravitational force pulls the waves down, thus resulting in high and low tides. A ...

Last week, the North Coast experienced very high tides. King tides refer to extreme tides that happen three or four times a year when the gravitational pull of the sun and moon are maximum. I’ve ...

The highest tides of the year are here, and they could bring flooding even in areas or during times when it is not raining. These higher-than-normal high tides are officially known as the perigean ...

If you soak in the sun from the same spot on the beach all day, you might notice the water retreating from you or inching closer. This is the tide changing throughout the day, and it’s all possible ...

Here on Cape Cod, tides are a daily companion. The titanic tag team of moon and sun use their superpowers to influence the ebb and flow of the sea that surrounds our spindly peninsula. And keeping ...