According to the tide tables, is boston experiencing a neap tide or a spring tide on may 26th? explain

Springtide

Explanation:

Springtide period when the tidal waves are at their highest during high tide and lowest during low tide. As observed in the table 26th May has one of the highest high tides at 10. 8m and lowest at - 0.7m for lowest low tide. The other time that Boston experience a Spring tide is on 12th May. A spring tide occurs when the moon is in alignment with the sun and earth hence the gravational pull on the earth's oceans is cumulative (of the sun and moon gravitational pull) and therefore at its strongest- during full and new moons This is also the period when the moon and the sun relatively seem to rise and set together from an earth's perspective. The bulge of the oceans will, therefore, be at its highest.

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  spring tide

Explanation:

A spring tide is one after a full or new moon, where the difference between high and low tide is the greatest. On May 16, the high-low difference is nearly the greatest of any of the dates in the table, so represents a spring tide.