At high tide, the little bay looks deep and blue and can even develop some modest whitecaps. |
Every 12 hours the water level oscillates between high tide and low tide, but the pattern of tidal waves is surprisingly complex. |
As high tide approached early Monday afternoon, surface winds pushed water against the sea wall and flooded a short stretch of Sunrise Drive. |
At high tide it is fully submerged, but at low tide the tip of the ceiling is just dry and can be seen from a boat. |
I've been to mud flats where there's a six-foot difference between high tide and low tide. |
The storm arrived slowly, brought in the high tide and the storm surge into this area. |