How often do neap tides occur?

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Kaylee C.
Feb 22, 2016

About every two weeks.

Explanation:

Neap tides occur when the gravitational pull of the moon is perpendicular to the gravitational pull of the sun.

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/tides/media/supp_tide06a.html

In the graphic above, we see a month animated. We can see that there are about two spring tides and two neap tides every month, with about a week in between.

Read more about Neap and Spring tides here

Read more about tides in general here

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