Vancouver seawall submerged under water, closed temporarily (PHOTOS)
The Vancouver and West Vancouver seawalls received a salty beating this morning as high tides and strong winds combined, flooding the seawall around much of the city. Many people were able to take pictures of the rare sight, making for some stunning photography of the city on this sunny day.
In response, the Vancouver Park Board has closed the seawall between English Bay and Lumberman’s Arch until further notice due to crashing logs, waves and high tide.
As of Friday at noon, winds were gusting to about 44 kilometres per hour at YVR, according to Environment Canada. The day’s high tide peaked at 10:41 a.m. at 4.8 metres.
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huge swells today soaking the West Van seawall pic.twitter.com/kgK39o3ste
— Danyael Halprin (@DanyaelHalprin) November 28, 2014
You know it’s a high tide when the False creek seawall is underwater… pic.twitter.com/4zcTc3ak0K
— False Creek Ferries (@FalseCreekFerry) November 27, 2014
A video posted by Chad Weir (@chadweir) on
Wow! #hightide on the Seawall #Ambelside #WestVancouver @HelloBC pic.twitter.com/WCMpzcc3aq — JoAnne M Strongman (@Jo_STylin) November 28, 2014
huge swells today soaking the West Van seawall pic.twitter.com/kgK39o3ste — Danyael Halprin (@DanyaelHalprin) November 28, 2014
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