> Earth’s moon causing ocean bulges on both sides of Earth

That's not really a thing, and tides are way more complicated than that. For example, at any given moment, part of New Zealand's coast is at high tide, and part is at low tide. Same with the coasts around the North Sea, and the Atlantic coast of Patagonia, and Hudson Bay.

Animation of today's tides: https://www.tpxo.net/

Some good tide explanation: http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/121830/does-earth..., discussed three months ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44065458