how come you guys (and girls) only get one tide every 24 hours and on the eastcoast we get 2?

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It's because we have to wait twice as long for everything over here!

This is a histogram I made of the occurrence of high tides at Fremantle. Notice how much more common it is to have a high tide at around 8am - 12pm right when one would rather it be low tide for a morning surf.

This sh1ts me no end.

seems to be a central to south WA thing. northern WA gets 2 tides.

i had a look at most other places and everyone else seem to get 2 tides.

some of the tides for south WA seem to have 2 little ripples when you get to the peak. like bunbury this week. must be related to the moon phase as well as eqator distance.

victoria west coast has both 1 tide and 2 tide days this week where as victoria east coast has 2 tides each day.

being an east coast person my whole life i just assumed everyone got 2 tides.

sydney tides range from 0.01 to 2.1 metres i think and theres 2 per day usually. heights vary with air pressure and surge. no idea about melbourne in that big bay of theres though.

cheers for all the help!

swoosh, you da man!

We had a referendum on two tides, but it got voted out!

Hey, Nice one AUS1111. Love your work.