Using this law as our guideline, we can see how the effect of the Moon influence the tidal patterns here on Earth. With the Moon and the Sun being the two largest heavenly bodies nearest to our planet, the effects of their gravitational pull largely affect us. The tide is governed entirely by gravity. While the gravity on Earth keeps our water from just up and floating away, the Sun and Moon influence the shift and direction of all water bodies on Earth. Tides can best be described as the periodic rise and fall pattern of large bodies of water.
Tides influence everything from wave height to the feeding patterns of the ocean's inhabitants.
Another bulge occurs on the opposite side of the Earth as our planet is pulled towards the Moon. This essentially pulls the Earth away from the water. Because our Earth is constantly pulled toward the Moon while rotating, we have two tides each day. When the sea level rises we have a low tide, when it is decreased, we have a high tide. While the Sun is technically larger than the Moon and therefore has more gravitational pull, it should, for all intents and purposes, govern our bodies of water.