In Venice, high water is always high tide, but high tide is not always high water.
Sea level is subject to a cycle of variable rise and fall over time, fluctuating globally in response to the increasing or decreasing volume of water in the oceans. This variability is mainly influenced by climatic fluctuations caused by periodic changes in the planet's orbital parameters.
The terms high tide and low tide indicate its oscillation up or down according to the mean sea level.
In fact, Venetians use to say "l'acqua sìe ore la crésse, sìe ore la cala”, meaning 6 hours
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