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- Neap tides occur when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other and the forces of the sun and moon tend to counteract one another.
- Seven days after a spring tide, the sun and moon are at right angles to each other.
- When this happens, the bulge of the ocean caused by the sun partially cancels out the bulge of the ocean caused by the moon.
- This produces moderate tides known as neap tides.
- During Neap Tides, High tides are a little lower and low tides are a little higher than average.
- Neap tides occur during the first and third quarter moon when the moon appears "half full."
- They are about 20% lower than the normal tide.
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