Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms: 1  occasional(a)(adj) occurring from time to time. 2  episodic, occasional(adj) occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals. 3  casual, occasional(adj) occurring from time to time.  periodic, occasional(adj) recurring or reappearing from time to time.
Tide Times for Holden Beach, North Carolina. Today's tide charts show that the first high Tide will be at 02:19 am with a water level of 5.02 ft. It is then followed by a low tide at 08:51 am with a maximum water level of -0.39 ft.
This occurs about every 14 days, and is not called spring tide because of the season of spring; it is called spring tide because the tides spring up, so to speak. A neap tide, on the other hand, is when the Sun, Earth, and Moon form a 90 degree angle.hen the Sun-Earth line is at right angles to the Earth-Moon line, we see neap tides, which are lower than average. A tide in which the difference between high and low tide is the least. Neap tides occur twice a month when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to the Earth.