High tide at Scots Bay

It has been claimed that some of the highest tides on the planet can be found in Nova Scotia's Minas Basin. According to some sources, the water level can fluctuate up to 16 metres (52 feet) between high and low tide.

High tides happen every 12 hours and 25 minutes (or nearly an hour later each day) because of the changing position of the Moon in its orbit around Earth. For anybody interested in comparing the spectacular high and low tides, I recommend getting in touch with any of the local tourist bureaus for a tide chart (at the time of writing this, I was unable to find any online tide charts for 2001).