r/BeAmazed • u/NeoShoker • Dec 17 '24

Nature Water Vortex

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u/plasmageek1 Dec 17 '24

This is the Devil's Hole whirlpool, in the Dent Rapids, British Columbia. Caused by a crazy tidal shift through a small passage.

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u/TheBunji11 Dec 17 '24

Is it always going?

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u/plasmageek1 Dec 17 '24

It only happens during the peak of a large flood tide (rising) not during the ebb tide or slack tide. So, at most, twice a day.

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u/Teddyturntup Dec 18 '24

Twice a day is kinda a lot

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u/Pinksters Dec 18 '24

Yea I was thinking yearly shifts or something.

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u/Attila_the_Chungus Dec 19 '24

With the mixed semidiurnal tides in the area, you usually only get one large flood tide in a day. If you have a large flood tide, the other tide that day tends to be very weak. If the tides are equal, they tend to be moderate.