In photos: the phenomenon of the "sea of ​​sizigia" which made back the ocean in Acapulco, Guaymas and Veracruz

Did you hear about the natural phenomenon called "sea of ​​sizigia"This term has been used by the Veracruz Civil Protection Secretariat to name the retreat up to 20 meters from the sea on the beaches of Veracruz and Boca del Rio; This, he said, does not represent a risk for the population. Something similar happened this week in the tourist areas of Acapulco, Guerrero and Sonora.

This event occurs when the sun, the moon and the earth meet on the same linewhich concentrates the attraction forces of the star and the natural satellite on one side, producing high to high tides of high value and lower-than-average waves

The agency said in a statement "the gravitational force of both simultaneously pulls the tides towards one side of the planet, with which the tide rises or falls sharply according to the face of the earth in which it is in the sun and the moon ".

State Civil Protection added that this phenomenon was not dangerous ", but This is very spectacular and striking, as the sea recedes several meters"he added.

This week, hundreds of tourists gathered on the beaches of three states of the Republic because the sea went down between 10 and 20 meters., which was attractive for swimming and taking pictures in Mexican tourist areas.

Veracruz, Sonora and Acapulco are the places where the "sea of ​​sizigia" was recorded this week; but that was in Miramar Beach, Tamaulipas, where the tide dropped about 100 meters in early January.

At that time, Roberto Chávez Ortega, director of civil protection, said that "the current draws you if you do not know how to swim, it takes you to sea, yes we had accidents especially among bathers who do not know how to swim.

After the retreat from the sea The beaches of Guaymas and Empalme, in Sonora, The Northwest Biological Research Center (Cibnor) informed Televisa that This natural phenomenon occurs every year in winter.

The "sea of ​​sizigia", according to the Cuartoscuro agency, lasted two consecutive days.

The local civil protection service indicated that this phenomenon was due to an anticyclonic system located on the coast of California, USA, and does not represent a danger to the population.

"The displacement of the sea that occurred yesterday on the beaches of Acapulco It is a natural phenomenon that occurs cyclically in different places and is perceived with a different intensity.", explained the governor of Guerrero, Héctor Astudillo.