Where in the world does the sea travel furthest from low to high tide in a day?

MaggieG 5

The Bay of Fundy in Newfoundland has the highest tidal rise and fall in the world which can be 12 to 16 metres depending on conditions and the time of year. http://www.valleyweb.com/fundytides/ May 24 05, 11:48 PM

MaggieG 5

Or is that not what you asked? May 24 05, 11:49 PM

bigponder

Sorry Maggie, you're a great trivia player but you're off by a few hundred miles on this one. The tides are as high as you say they are but the Bay of Fundy is between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, quite a bit west of Newfoundland, which by the way is a fine place to visit for many reasons, but not for its tides. May 24 05, 11:59 PM

robboy

I don't understand the question. If tides are constantly in motion, from what two points can you measure 'travel' distance? If you take exposed sea bed as a measure, the 9 miles of Mont Saint Michel's tides has to be a pretty far distance. Realistically, the tides are sloshing from continent to continent. May 25 05, 7:16 AM

gmackematix

Perhaps if I had said the sea-line it would have been clearer. I was going to ask where the greatest width or length of land between high and low tides was but neither "width" nor "length" sounded right there. Anyway, given that the tides in the Bay of Fundy are that high then cliffs must be stopping the sea travelling very far inland at all so it certainly isn't there. Robboy's 9 miles at Mont St Michelle sounds much more like it. Is that the world record? May 25 05, 10:34 AM

MaggieG 5

Ooops, sorry, bigponder. Geography is not my strong point, but I knew it was in Canada and began with an 'N' so I wasn't so far off, was I? It was a bit early in the morning for me really. May 25 05, 11:49 AM