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What tide of tide is it called when two high tides and two low tides of approximately equal size occur?(a) Diurnal tide(b) Spring tide(c) Neap tide(d) Semi-Diurnal tideThis question was posed to me by my college director while I was bunking the class.My enquiry is from Tidal Power topic in portion Ocean Energy & Geothermal Energy of Energy Engineering

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Correct ANSWER is (d) Semi-Diurnal tide

To explain: An area has a semidiurnal tidal cycle if it experiences two high and two low TIDES of approximately equal size EVERY lunar DAY. Semidiurnal tides may have daily inequity, where successive high tides have DIFFERENT heights.



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