| In 2006 and 2007, spring tide sampling occurred during ebb-to-flood tide periods, when flooding water entered the estuary as a salt wedge. |
| 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. |
| But it said the tides were not as high as their spring tide peak last weekend. |
| There was an unusually heavy spring tide and a considerable wind at the back of it, so that the backwash was more than usually severe. |
| The current soon builds to a maximum 6-8 knots on a spring tide. |
| Exceptional weather conditions combined with a spring tide produced one of the worst floods in living memory for the east coast of England. |
