🌊 Ocean Tides from Moon and Sun: Equilibrium Bulge, Spring and Neap Cycle and a Live Tide Gauge — 2D Tidal Shell and Gauge
Interactive 2D companion of the ocean tides lab: a top-down equilibrium tidal shell with the Moon, the Sun and a rotating tide gauge, the gauge record split into lunar and solar parts, daily range against latitude and the spring-neap cycle, using the same maths as the 3D page.
⚙ Under the hood
Interactive 2D companion of the ocean tides lab: a top-down equilibrium tidal shell with the Moon, the Sun and a rotating tide gauge, the gauge record split into lunar and solar parts, daily range against latitude and the spring-neap cycle, using the same maths as the 3D page.
TidesTidal PotentialSpring NeapEarth Moon SunThree.js
2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install