ROCKPORT — Sitting around and idly discussing the weather may be specific to old men. But when it comes to actively grousing about extreme tides the conversation welcomes all comers. We complain when ...

I was very lucky to have grown up with access to the Atlantic Coast. Since I was a little kid, I spent my summers fishing and crabbing at the Jersey Shore. This access pushed me into spending too much ...

Bathers are urged to exercise caution during the upcoming new moon spring tide, which will peak today. The spring tide, a natural phenomenon occurring when the sun, moon, and Earth align, will ...

What causes the ocean to swell? It's not just the Moon that has a gravitational pull on spring tides. The Earth’s gravitational force pulls the waves down, thus resulting in high and low tides. A ...