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What is a spring tide?

What is a spring tide? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The tide which occurs when the moon is new or full; the effects of the Sun and moon being reinforced so that this tide is of maximum range.
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Pollack feed longer during smaller neap tides than they do through a big spring tide.
There was an unusually heavy spring tide and a considerable wind at the back of it, so that the backwash was more than usually severe.
If we get low pressure, a west wind and a spring tide the flooding will occur again.
The current soon builds to a maximum 6-8 knots on a spring tide.
It is also noticeable that during neap tides, the water near the bottom of the sill is denser than during the spring tide.
The last spring tide had brought lots of pieces of fishing nets and plastics.

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