Bay of Fundy Tide Times & Tide Tables

Twice a day, the Bay of Fundy moves about 160 billion tonnes of seawater in and back out again — more than the combined flow of all the world's freshwater rivers. Nowhere feels that like Burntcoat Head, on the Minas Basin, where the tide has been measured across a record 16.3 metres and an everyday swing of 12 to 14 metres is simply the norm. This page carries a full year of Canadian Hydrographic Service predictions for Burntcoat Head plus three more ports, so you can plan around the water instead of guessing at it.

Reading the tables is easy. Every time is Atlantic Time, from the America/Halifax zone, shown year-round. Every height is in metres above chart datum — the reference plane the Canadian Hydrographic Service measures from — so a height near zero means the seabed is almost fully exposed. And because the tide cycle runs about 24 hours 50 minutes, each high and low arrives roughly 50 minutes later than the day before. Pick a port and a month in the tables below and the rest is a lookup.