Double tide

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double tide

(Also known as agger, gulder.) A double-headed tide with a high water consisting of two maxima of similar height separated by a small depression (double high water), or a low water consisting of two minima separated by a small elevation (double low water).

Examples occur at Southampton, England, along the coast of the Netherlands, and off Cape Cod, Massachusetts.


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