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I'm guessing that with walking/steps off the table she wants to see some before/after 'look how high that tide is!' action from somewhere directly accessible by car/bus.

 

The reversing falls in town are much less impressive than the name implies, but do give a pretty good example of the fluctuations in water level - and you could easily get a cab from the pier right up to where you can watch. Otherwise any local bus tour to Hopewell Rocks would get you out to the most famous 'walk on the beach then watch the water come pouring in' area - and while there are gravel paths and the seafloor itself is obviously not disability-friendly, there's a shuttle between the upper and lower areas and buses can drop folks off at the bottom before returning to park at the top. Their website is also very useful as it has tide timetables, giving you an easy tool to check whether your port times mean you would actually be able to see the parts you want to see of the process.

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The reversing falls in town are much less impressive than the name implies, but do give a pretty good example of the fluctuations in water level - and you could easily get a cab from the pier right up to where you can watch..

 

I found the reversing falls quite impressive - went to the fast twice - at high tide when water was entering the river and 6 hours later when stream was reversed - you have to got there twice - otherwise just 'an ordinary river'

 

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I found the reversing falls quite impressive - went to the fast twice - at high tide when water was entering the river and 6 hours later when stream was reversed - you have to got there twice - otherwise just 'an ordinary river'

I'm aware that 'before and after' is required in these circumstances - and I've also stood there and watched as the water actually changed direction. The fact the water turned around and flowed against the current was fascinating, as was the changing patterns with whirlpools which was definitely the most interesting part to me - it was the name that confused me as at no point to me did the water going either direction justify using the term 'falls.'

 

 

If it had been called 'the reversing rapids' I'd have had a much more reasonable expectation of what I was going to see - as it stands with the huge tidal range of the area I had expected an actual waterfall of at least tens of feet to disappear and then eventually fall again over another good sized drop the other way for the name 'falls' to be justified.

 

 

Interestingly when I just googled I noticed that New Brunswick Tourism now actually describes them as Reversing Rapids, so perhaps others than I have expressed some disappointment!

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I'm guessing that with walking/steps off the table she wants to see some before/after 'look how high that tide is!' action from somewhere directly accessible by car/bus.

 

The reversing falls in town are much less impressive than the name implies, but do give a pretty good example of the fluctuations in water level - and you could easily get a cab from the pier right up to where you can watch. Otherwise any local bus tour to Hopewell Rocks would get you out to the most famous 'walk on the beach then watch the water come pouring in' area - and while there are gravel paths and the seafloor itself is obviously not disability-friendly, there's a shuttle between the upper and lower areas and buses can drop folks off at the bottom before returning to park at the top. Their website is also very useful as it has tide timetables, giving you an easy tool to check whether your port times mean you would actually be able to see the parts you want to see of the process.

 

Thank you, this has been most helpful. Thanks to all who replied.

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