Eli5:How come some days will have two high tides and two low tides whereas other days have one high tide and two low tides?

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Eli5:How come some days will have two high tides and two low tides whereas other days have one high tide and two low tides?

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There are as many low tides as high tides.

So some days you will also have two high tide and one low tide.

As other stated: the moon is circling the earth, so it is slowly moving the start of the next tide a bit further everyday, having moved them around the earth for a whole day after one (lunar) month.