![]() ![]() Mixed tides: gravitational tides during which one of the high tides is much higher than the other ![]() Semidiurnal tides: gravitational tides which rise and fall twice a dayģ. Diurnal tides: gravitational tides which cycle once per dayĢ. There are three types of tides that are most likely to affect the beach you visit:ġ. However, the actual timing and peak of tides are also determined by factors like wind and atmospheric pressure. They are primarily caused by the Moon and Sun’s gravitational forces and the rotation of the Earth. Tides are the rise and fall of the ocean’s water level. Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable. Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency. This status does not indicate current water quality. This means that this site has been issued a Blue Flag status for the current swimming season. We may manually set the status for a specific beach if we have concerns about the sampling protocol, if there is an emergency, if monitoring practices don't exist or have recently changed, or other reasons that render this site "special." Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more. Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time. Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more. This means that rather than displaying current data it displays the beach's average water quality for that year. When swimming season is over or when a beach's water quality data has not been updated frequently enough (weekly) it goes into historical status. Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable. Red means the beach’s most recent test results failed to meet water quality standards. ![]() Green means the beach’s most recent test results met relevant water quality standards. ![]()
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