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When perigean tides coincide with spring tides, extreme tides can be expected.
For Hurricane Bill, waves were weaker than Juan hitting the shore, it did not occur near a perigean spring tide and the surge was less.
There was also a strong surge, but the total water level was not as high due to a perigean neap tide, which averaged 50 cm lower than the perigean springs of the previous weekend on the Atlantic Coast.
Thirdly, the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia experiences two daily high tides, opening two windows of flooding-opportunity each day during a run of perigean spring tides.
The Highest Astronomical Tide is the perigean spring tide when both the sun and moon are closest to the Earth.
The perigean tides are the spring tides that occur soon after the Moon passes its perigee.
Perigean spring tides are outstanding, while apogean spring tides hardly differ from average tides.
