If you aspire to walk on the ocean floor and few hours later kayak at the same spot with 50 feet high tides, then you must visit Hopewell Rocks, home to the highest tidal range in the world!
Hopewell Rocks Park, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada
The Hopewell Rocks Park is one of the Marine Wonders of the World. The rocks at the park are between 40 to 70 feet tall, with unique formations caused by daily tidal flows of up to 50 feet, containing 175 billion tons of sea water flowing in and out daily! The time difference between a high tide and a low tide is about 6 hours.
The Hopewell Rocks Park is located at the coast of the Bay of Fundy, at province of New Brunswick and close to Nova Scotia, Canada. The Bay of Fundy itself is one of the 7 natural wonders of America.
On the way back from Nova Scotia, we stopped at the town of Mocton, New Brunswick. From there we headed to the Hopewell Rocks park which was about half-hour drive. When we reached at the park it was time of low tide, so we took stair to reach “ocean floor”. We strolled at the sea bottom along the base of rocks and admired their unique shapes and enormous size.
A word of advice based on our personal experience. Remember, you will be walking on a wet and muddy ocean floor, so dress appropriately with proper footwear or walk barefoot. There will be water facility to clean your footwear near the stairs.
The base of rocks have been eroded over the years by tides. The rocks harbor diverse sandstone forms and their tops are usually covered with trees. Usually the difference in tides is just few feet at other places, but the size of Bay of Fundy uniquely matches gravitational force of the moon push pull cycle, that results in high tidal waves at Hopewell Rocks.
We strolled through the area while admiring the unique geology on the ocean floor. After few hours, the tide started reversing and ocean water started tricking in. We safely moved above the shore using the stairs and watched as the area below started submerging in ocean water again.
Having watched one of the unique natural wonder of the world, it was time to bid goodbye! Before heading back home, we paused and admired one more time, the complex and unique geological landscape on Earth!
Our rating: 4.5*s out of 5
This concluded our week-long trip to Canada provinces New Brunswick and Nova Scotia .
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