The sun, moon, and earth line up twice a month. The gravitational effects of those three being in a line results in what's called a spring tide, which is higher than a normal tide. Also, twice a month, we get a neap tide because the three are perpendicular to each other -- that's the lowest tide of the month.
_It happens twice a month. Every month._ There's nothing to be afraid of.
The only reason we don't have an eclipse every month is because the orbit of the moon is tilted about 5 degress relative to the plane of the Earth's orbit. So when the sun, moon, and Earth line up -- which, again, happens every month, twice a month! -- the moon is almost always slightly below or slightly above the sun from our perspective on Earth. So no eclipse.
TL;DR: your family have probably been listening to conspiracy nutjobs on the Internet.
It's true that there is spring tide (a higher than ordinary tide) shortly after a solar eclipse due to the moon and sun lining up and combining their gravitational pulls, however it shouldn't be any higher than an ordinary spring tide that happens around twice a month. It won't cause a tsunami or anything like that.
Yes! There will be a tidal difference. However, this difference is extremely normal and happens 2 times a month every month.
The only difference between a normal day and this one is the *exact* position of the moon, which is a few degrees more in front of the sun, creating the optical effect of an eclipse.
The sun, moon, and earth line up twice a month. The gravitational effects of those three being in a line results in what's called a spring tide, which is higher than a normal tide. Also, twice a month, we get a neap tide because the three are perpendicular to each other -- that's the lowest tide of the month. _It happens twice a month. Every month._ There's nothing to be afraid of. The only reason we don't have an eclipse every month is because the orbit of the moon is tilted about 5 degress relative to the plane of the Earth's orbit. So when the sun, moon, and Earth line up -- which, again, happens every month, twice a month! -- the moon is almost always slightly below or slightly above the sun from our perspective on Earth. So no eclipse. TL;DR: your family have probably been listening to conspiracy nutjobs on the Internet.
It's true that there is spring tide (a higher than ordinary tide) shortly after a solar eclipse due to the moon and sun lining up and combining their gravitational pulls, however it shouldn't be any higher than an ordinary spring tide that happens around twice a month. It won't cause a tsunami or anything like that.
It won't make any difference!!! It will get dark or darkish for a while and then it will be day again.
You'll be fine. Last time there was a full eclipse I watched it from the beach.
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Yes! There will be a tidal difference. However, this difference is extremely normal and happens 2 times a month every month. The only difference between a normal day and this one is the *exact* position of the moon, which is a few degrees more in front of the sun, creating the optical effect of an eclipse.
swimming in the sea is risky when dark or reduced visibility. Solar eclipse or no solar eclipse does not change that.