Sentences with phrase «water at low tide»

They do not form the fissures and fractures that retain water at low tide and eventually become rock pools, providing more or less permanent saltwater habitats.

As a crop seaweed is fairly fragile, the fields should remain covered in water at low tide, and must not be subjected to extreme fluctuations in water temperature or salinity.

You can walk along the water at low tide.

If you're visiting a beach with a high tidal range never attempt to reach the water at low tide and always check the tide times before you go.

A low - tide elevation is a naturally formed area of land which is surrounded by and above water at low tide but submerged at high tide.

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By oyster's standards, he had a good life: the sea water was clean, and full of plankton, and the green warmth of the light at low tide made him grow and prosper.

Visitors can walk the ocean floor at low tide, and hours later kayak in 4 stories of water where they had just stood.

Then it's off to the dive boat which at low tide can involve carrying quite a lot of heavy equipment, waddling like ducks across mud and through shallow water to get it into the Zodiac.

Where a low - tide elevation is situated wholly or partly at a distance not exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea from the mainland or an island, the low - water line on that elevation may be used as the baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea.

The footprints were apparently made in water deep enough to have remained submerged even at low tide, which raises the question of what the dinosaurs were doing in waters that deep.

When I look over the edge at low tide, the water is a good 15 feet below the bulwark.

Even when there has been no rain, the fields seem dry when tides at the coast are low, yet at high tides, the water seems to rise and make the fields wet.

«We found that both branching and massive corals exposed at low tide coped better with heat stress than s corals from deeper water,» says co-author Professor Malcolm McCulloch from the Coral CoE.

Schulz and his colleagues suspect that an atmospheric low tide releases a tiny amount of pressure on the air and water in the soil at the surface.

At low tide, the unit reverses, pumping the water out of the tank.

This area, where children often play, is dry during low tide but covered in water at high tide.

From here, he can look down the sloping lawn to the shore, where weed - and barnacle - covered rocks are exposed at low tide, across the brown - green water of Indian Cove, down the end of the Thoroughfare to the open blue of the Penobscot Bay.

Fundy, in fact, has the world's highest tides and at Hopewell Rocks, which also has a visitor centre to explain the phenomenon, you can walk on the ocean floor at low tide and gaze up at the extraordinary shapes sculpted over the millennia by the rise and fall of billions of tonnes of water.

It's best to swim here at high tide and calm days since the low tide and wind can stir up the water.

To the north, at low tide you can stroll on sandbars amid crystalline water as sea eagles plunge for minnows.

It extends for almost 2 km along the Strait of Georgia and being one of the world's most extreme tidal areas, Saratoga Beach can smoothly slope half a kilometer down to the waters edge at low tide.

At low tide this is not so good for swimming, but as with the other beaches, when the water comes back so does the swimming.

The most colorful and visible creatures are the sea stars that are exposed at low tide and the large green anemones just below the water surface.

The reef crest is well defined by a conspicuous line of breaking water that is clearly visible from the shore and at low tide, Staghorn and Elkhorn coral can even be seen protruding above the surface.

Some warn that, at the lowest tide, the water can be uncomfortably hot.

At reef breaks and beach breaks, surfers have been seriously injured and even killed because of a violent collision with the sea bed, the water above which can sometimes be very shallow, especially at beach breaks or reef breaks during low tidAt reef breaks and beach breaks, surfers have been seriously injured and even killed because of a violent collision with the sea bed, the water above which can sometimes be very shallow, especially at beach breaks or reef breaks during low tidat beach breaks or reef breaks during low tide.

On Day 9, we embark on an exciting excursion along the waterways of Tofino, where we hope to spot black bears, who scoop exposed shellfish from the water here at low tide.

Pro-Tip: If you wait for the breakers to crash on the outer reef at low tide, the water is amazingly calm and clear.

This wave gets spiky at low tide so watch yourself, if there is enough swell and water moving around you could pull it off.

You can really only surf it on medium to high tide, at low tide it sticks out of the water and unless you like reef cuts stay away!

The water is shallow here and at low tide it's only deep enough for wading.

The swimming at low tide seems a bit iffy but given how great the water looks, might give it a try as well Thanks for sharing this wonderful list.

When planning a paddling excursion in the Rock Islands, seek local knowledge to determine the best times and routes, as some tunnels and caves can be negotiated only at low tide, and passes and channels are best done at slack or outgoing water.

At high tide it is separated from the mainland by a shallow stretch of water and at low tide it is possible to walk out to explore the islanAt high tide it is separated from the mainland by a shallow stretch of water and at low tide it is possible to walk out to explore the islanat low tide it is possible to walk out to explore the island.

At low tide, snorkeling is an excellent water activity to enjoy along the Marino Ballena shoreline.

Spend hours exploring the colourful exposed caves and water pools at low tide.

Koh Torinla - On the east coast of Koh Torinla, a large coral plateau of staghorn corals and massive porites corals breaks the water's surface at low tide.

With over half a mile to the water's edge at low tide, visitors have plenty of opportunity to enjoy water sports, bracing walks or to beachcomb for beautiful shells.

Check the tides before you visit if you're looking to take a dip; you can walk for half a mile to reach the water's edge at low tide.

At low tide, the clear green water is so shallow that beachgoers can wade several hundred feet into the ocean.

The tide was just approaching the top of the tide at the time and there were already quite a few surfers in the water on both Kuta Reef and Airport Left and even 15 + on the low tide waves of Middle Reef.

At high tide this sandy beach is a great place to relax in the warm water but at low tide an old coral reef is exposeAt high tide this sandy beach is a great place to relax in the warm water but at low tide an old coral reef is exposeat low tide an old coral reef is exposed.

Walk around the resort (at Low tide) or through the restaurant (at High tide) and you come to the beach at White Sand Beach Resort, 500 metres of quiet, perfect sand with clear water.

Coral surrounds the island, making getting into the water without footwear painful, particularly at low tide.

Waves at low tide are said to be quick, steep or dumpy, this is because there is very little water sitting over the sand bank or reef allowing the ocean swells to travel from very deep water straight into very shallow water.

Smugglers Cave: Water washed sandy floored caverns, accessible at low tide, flooded at high tide (make sure you are aware of tide movements).

This secluded tidal pool offers protection from the often stormy Atlantic Ocean and this is where you will find the Boat House where you can swim in the Atlantic Ocean at high tide in lukewarm water, or stroll down to the beach, a mere 50m away and sit and wait for low tide to catch fresh crayfish to be enjoyed with a glass of white wine from the area.

The long sandy beach, fishing boats bobbing up and down on its calm waters and the natural reef peeping out at low tide are the first sights that will greet you when you draw back your curtains in the morning and gaze out of the sea view windows: And all this in the middle of a city.

Is best avoided at low tide as the wave breaks in very shallow water.

A short 5 - minute drive from the hotel at Playa Hermosa, there is a giant tide pool that at low and medium tide becomes a larger - than - Olympic - sized, shallow sea water swimming pool.