BAY OF FUNDY

I live 2 miles from the bay of fundy. The town of Burncoat has the highest tides in recorded history. Are you tenting or bringing a trailer? When I was young I used to go camping along the coast. We would push dry driftwood out as the tide went down, light a bohnfire, and let the incoming tide put it out 6 hours later. I can recommend some amazing places to setup a tent along the bay of fundy.
Fred

If you want to camp near Hopewell Rocks, Ponderosa Pines Campground is nice, and not too far away. Alma as mentioned is also a great place to see it. The fishing boats have stands on the bottom of them because they go from floating to grounded twice a day.

I like Fundy National Park near Alam albeit the extra fees. Five Islands is a good place in Nova Scotia.

Old Shipyard Beach
on Spencers Island near Advocate Harbor and Parrsboro. A bit off the usual tourist route. We absolutely loved it. Parked our motorhome facing the beach and watched the tides go in and out and in and out. Local lobster was $6 a pound and the park owners had lobster pots that fit over the fire rings.

Fundy National Park and the village of Alma in New Brunswick are great places to view the high and low tides.

We stayed at a town called Ellsworth , a few yrs back, used that as a central place for mh. Saw Arcadia np, bay of funny, the folks that owned the cg had a shop, a bunch of old stuff , antique s
Nice place, u could put your order in the am for lobster, and the man would go out that day and bring it back in the pm. Wow now that's fresh, and it's all happy-vamping

Five islands Ocean Resort...if you spring for one of the more expensive sites...it is in your backyard (no boats though). The campground was good enough. It is also passport America...we took the cheap seats and because there was only two other trailers there (May) we still got to see it.
Donna

The tides in the Bay of Fundy are most impressive, something that we don’t get to see in the Midwest.

Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy have some of the highest tides in the world and something that I think is very interesting to observe. I was able to see a 48 foot tide.

Another tidal phenomenon is the tidal bore where rivers actually change direction as a wave front moves up the river. There is a Tidal Bore at Truro Nova Scotia where you can watch a wave come up the river and the river flow change directions.

There are several factors that influence the tides but in simplified terms, and highest high tide and lowest low tide occur on the same day and that occurs on or about the new and full moon phases.
Two weeks later, during the first or third quarter phases, the tidal range is the lowest--- lowest high tide and highest low tide.

With basically two high and two low tides a day your viewing time needs to be over six hours for a complete transition. Find a dock where there will be a big change in the tide and stay there for at least six hours to watch the water level change. There is such a dock near Blomidon Provincial park. It is fun to watch the boats go from dock level to resting on the muddy bottom with their decks many feet (10-20) below the dock.

The Bay of Fundy is certainly more impressive during times of greatest tidal range. I always tried to plan my Nova Scotia trips based upon the tide tables. If you still in the planning stages, try to be in Nova Scotia during a Full moon or a New moon to get the tides of highest range.


Link to Tide Tables

New River Beach Provincial Park, Kinsmen Camping in Saint Andrews.
Two I know of.

There are probably a number of campgrounds on the Bay in both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. We stayed a few nights at Century Farm Campground in St. Martin NB. Some of the sites are close to the edge of the Bay.

IMO one of the best places to experience the tides is at Hopewell Rocks. No campground there though.