NOVA SCOTIA COASTLINE
You can't escape it, the salty taste on your lips, the salty smell of seawater. Sooner or later you look out over the Atlantic ocean or one of the bays around Nova Scotia, the coast is never far away. Whether you opt for a ride on beautiful coastal roads – such as the Cabot Trail – or a walk on beach and rocks, the ocean shows its complex character. Ink blue, rippling water in deep inlets, or wild waves with foam heads smashing on the rocks. Sea lions lie resting unperturbed, the cold water temperature does not bother the whales. During an excursion at sea, curious belugas (white dolphins) swim with the boat.
BAY OF FUNDY
The sheer power of the ocean is overwhelming in the Bay of Fundy, where the tidal current comes and goes like a liquid monster. Nowhere in the world are ebbs and flows accompanied by the movement of such a large body of water! Vortexes, current and countercurrents occur at high tide, you will have to look higher. A few hours later you can descend to the seabed, where crabs run across the sand. In the harbour you walk between dried boats.
HOPEWELL ROCKS
On the other side of The Bay of Fundy, on the side of the mainland, the Hopewell Rocks are exposed to the extreme tidal movement. At low tide they rise up to twenty meters high above the sand. The water at high tide includes the foot of the rock formations, which erode further and further into bizarre forms.
