The Isle au Haut thoroughfare at low tide. Many people seem to have a preference for high water. I agree that high tide has its charm (and certainly smells better than low!), but I have always preferred the ebb tide.

The shores are ripe for exploring when the tide is out; this is when crabs and starfish are most easily found and the island's tidepools are exposed. Clam digging and gathering mussels are low tide activities, although fishing for mackerel and pollock seems to be most productive when the tide is nearly full.