The Boar of Britain

I’ve just been watching an incredible program on BBC television today about a phenomenon in Britain called The Boar. The Boar is a massive wave that originates from the estuary of the Severn River in the south of England. Due to the gravitational forces emitted by the sun and the moon, the wave is dragged across the Atlantic Ocean and pushed up into the narrow river opening, but since the river is too narrow to handle the massive amount of water, it swells up into a fifteen foot salty sea wave that battles against the normal direction of the tide, and draws spectators from all over the world to see and surf on it. The same phenomenon occurs in the Canadian Bay of Fundy, but with a much larger amount of water funneling in from the Atlantic. Apparently, the best time to view it is when the sun and moon are in alignment, doubling the force of gravity on the tides. I doubt I’ll have the chance to see it myself but I thought I’d make mention of it as the program piqued my interest. Not to mention it will add a kind of “touristy” dynamism to my otherwise mundane blog!