The term has been used a lot over the past few days, so what exactly is a king tide ?
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Waterfront homes in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales have been lashed by high tides and wild weather over the past few days.
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The term king tide has been used in high rotation as the east coast has experienced wild weather and battering waves over the past few days but it is not technically a scientific term.
Key points: King tide is a term widely used to describe particularly high tides but it is not a technical scientific definition
Mr Ashlin said the problem revolved around the Coast Guard being unable to touch a vessel without owner permission. If we can we try and anchor them or take them down to the public pontoon but unless we get the permission we can t get aboard to do anything about it, he said. The frustrating part is often those boats haven t been visited by the owners for months, the owners might not even be in the general area and we are not allowed to access them. If they re drifting into another boat the owner of the other boat is very adamant that he wants to do something so that puts us in a difficult situation.
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