Horizontal Falls at slack tide

The Coral Princess normally has two Zodiacs but they wrecked one on the previous cruise (not at the falls) and we made do with one. The driver took four of us at a time through the falls. We all made two trips, once when the tide had just turned, and then another later on when the falls were building. The second, narrower gap can be seen in the distance.

Horizontal Waterfalls and Talbot Bay

May 2nd 2015
Geo: -16.3694, 123.966For me, the Horizontal Falls were one of the main attractions of the cruise. There are two large bodies of water that are landlocked, except for a narrow opening connecting them, and a wider opening connecting one to the sea (Talbot Bay). These openings are too narrow to allow the large tides unimpeded flow, so the water backs up and becomes a horizontal waterfall. We we ... read more

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