The Isthmus of Kra is located in the Malay Peninsula. It lies between the Ranong and Chumphon provinces of Southern Thailand. It is bordered by the Gulf of Thailand in the east and the Andaman Sea in the west.
The time gap between spring and neap is approximately 7 days. The neap tides refers to a period of moderate tides when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other. The spring tides are high tides.