The Earth's oceans respond to the moon's gravitational pull by bulging and dipping as the moon rotates around the Earth. As the ocean bulges toward the moon, a high tide is created. The high tide on the side of the Earth facing the moon is called the high high tide. The high tide caused by the bulge on the opposite side of the Earth is called the low high tide. (A low high tide may be understood as the moon's tidal force pulling the planet—not the ocean—toward it.)