Submerged Surprise for This Family

A couple with their kids are standing knee-deep in water at the beach. Instead of having fun, they look cautious, checking on a car almost submerged in the water. This car might be a victim of high tide. This is when the ocean’s water level reaches its highest point.

Tides are the regular rise and fall of sea levels caused by the moon’s and the sun’s gravitational pull combined with the Earth’s rotation. High tides occur twice a day, roughly every 12 hours and 25 minutes. Parking too close to the shore during high tide can result in the sea claiming your car, as this family discovered.