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Re:Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong by emmelaich on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:11AM (#23391174)
The moon causes a rise of about 54cm, and the sun around 28cm.

from the wikipedia entry for tides.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide#Amplitude_and_cycle_time

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Re:Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong by Arnt on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:15AM (#23391223)
An amplitude of 54cm is about a meter peak-to-peak.
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