Zazzy, as far as a landing spot in the US, SE or NW. The West Coast, bordered oddly enough, by the *Pacific* Ocean, particularly the areas you mention, Northern CA, OR & Southern WA, all have coastal cliffs well above sea-level, with rugged shorelines and crashing waves.

Now, on the East Coast, areas you mention, bordered by the Atlantic, all have broad, wide beaches, with adjacent topography much nearer to sea-level. Both beautiful, but different - just depends upon your coastal preference.

Not sure, but I imagine coastal Nova Scotia is much closer, meaning similar, to the Pacific NW in the US, as a function of relatively closer latitudes. What is the tidal difference (range, high to low) in Nova Scotia?