High Tide moves West across the world at about 940 N MPH at equator.
About half that at Latitude of Whitby.

If the world were all ocean, that would be it.
In seas like North Sea, the water will oscillate, (slosh backwards and forwards) at a rate determined by sea bed and coastline features.

E.g. In Southampton water it does not follow a single sine curve but is the sum of at least two of different frequencies.