The moon and sun cooperate today to provide a spectacle of the sea floor today as low tide stretches further than it has since June 20, 1951.

TodayB次元官网网址檚 low tide in Victoria is predicted to drop to negative -0.1 metres shortly after 11 a.m. B次元官网网址� which is unusually low, even for an Island.

Tides are low down in the Inner Harbour!

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JuneB次元官网网址檚 spring tides are usually the lowest tides on the coast, but todayB次元官网网址檚 is the first of three extreme lows expected this summer. The moon, as expected, is responsible for all three according to Denny Sinnott, supervisor Tides, Currents and Water Levels, Canadian Hydrographic Service, Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

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The moon is also in perigee, its closest point of its orbit and itB次元官网网址檚 furthest north of the equator in its orbit.

B次元官网网址淭oday it is the lowest of the month at -0.1 metres but thereB次元官网网址檚 another event in July,B次元官网网址� Sinnott said.

The predictions for Victoria, are July 13 at -0.1 metres around 10 a.m. and Aug. 11 for 0.1 metres at 9:45 a.m.

Further up Vancouver Island the tide varies slightly with todayB次元官网网址檚 0.4 metres expected shortly before 1 p.m, July 13 around 12:09 p.m. again at 0.4 metres, and Aug. 11 at 0.6 metres.

TheyB次元官网网址檙e not unusual lows for Campbell River which gets similar 0.4 or 0.5 in December as well.

Predictions can change up to a metre based on weather systems, which today appear fairly stable, Sinnott said.

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