Where does seawater go when it’s low tide?

Question

Where does seawater go when it’s low tide?

In: Physics

Answer 1

It’s not where the water goes, it’s where you go. The gravity of the sun – as we understand it – pulls the water harder in one direction, creates more depth there. But that’s a really slow process, 30 days per revolution. Meanwhile, we are spinning inside that shape every 24 hours and the single point where you are standing sees a rising and falling tide.