dead low tide
Example Sentences
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We were starting out on a full moon at dead low tide, but Clymer assured me the fish would be hungry once the tide turned.
From Time Magazine Archive
Photo: Courtesy of Cook Manufacturing Corp.Conditions were perfect: dead low tide, clear water and not a breath of wind.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wal, you see it'll soon be dead low tide, an we can't go on any further when it turns.
From Lost in the Fog by De Mille, James
To tell the truth, however, Tom is looking for more than zoophytes, and has been doing so at every dead low tide since he was wrecked.
From Two Years Ago, Volume I by Kingsley, Charles
The Caribbee was headed directly towards a shoal place called the "Oil Spot," and as it was dead low tide, Levi thought she could not pass over it.
From Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World by Optic, Oliver
