Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas

Kauaʻi record · KCA-SC-0006

Spring-neap tidal cycle

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Rocky intertidal and tidepool habitat responding to spring-neap tides.
Rocky intertidal and tidepool habitat responding to spring-neap tides. Representative Atlas visual reused from Rocky intertidal & tidepool ecosystem.

About Spring-neap tidal cycle

Fortnightly modulation of tidal range from Sun-Moon-Earth geometry.

Names and classification

Other names
Spring-neap tidal cycle · Spring-neap tidal · spring tide · neap tide
Record type
cycle

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