Tides in the Bay of Fundy, the waterway between the Canadian province of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are the highest in the world with approximately 100 billion tons of water rolls in and out of the bay twice a day.
One of the best places to see this phenomenon in action Hopewell Rocks Park. These flower pots “are lined with trees, rocks, rocks are not visible at high tide. Low tide reveals their bases, delicate carvings. At low tide you can walk on the floor actually unveiled Wed As the tide comes, footprints in the sand banks literally disappear for people who the water rises six to eight meters per hour. In some parts of the bay, the difference between high and low water up to 46 feet (14 m).
The Walvis Bay lovers will enjoy the area for the variety of marine mammals, its krill-rich waters attracted during the summer months. Up to fifteen different species of toothed whales and baleen their summer home in the waters just outside the bay. Whale watching cruise departs daily from June to October each year.
For an overview of the history of the planet, a tour of the bay to the fossil cliffs of Jogging. These rocks are rich in sandstone 300 million years old fossils of all, lizards and invertebrates to the original trees of the forest they lived in. The powerful tides of the Bay of Fundy have been steadily eroding rocks, fossils reveal ever.
A visit to the Bay of Fundy would be complete without seeing the Reversing Falls in Saint John. The St. John River flows into the bay by a series of rapids. Legendary Bay at high tide occurs, the flow of sea water forces water from the river back up its course, reversing the direction of the fall.