This trail can only be walked according to tidal schedules, which we found interesting and wanted to check out. The lowest tide was around 4-5pm, so we calculated the timing and planned to enter early, stopping wherever we couldn’t pass and waiting. The website says to report to the campground booth, but the warden was quite harsh, questioning whether we knew when low tide was and thinking we were being reckless by entering early. Of course we knew what we were doing - we reported just to leave a trace in case something happened, at least someone would know we were there. A Korean tourist had gotten stranded here before and had to be rescued by helicopter.

For vehicle safety, we paid $2 to park inside the campground. The outside parking lot is also safe, just requires 5-10 extra minutes of walking.

Shortly after starting, we met a Swiss tourist named Kurt, and since we had the same destination, we walked together. When the tide was too high to pass, we sheltered in a cave, chatting and waiting for it to recede - we did this twice. At the lowest tide, the path still appeared flooded. Kurt suggested taking off our shoes and wading through, but after a short section, there was an endless stretch of water ahead. We judged that even if we pushed through, we’d definitely get trapped on the return. Although we suspected we might have taken the wrong path or missed an entrance, we decided to retreat. This was the right call - the sun set quickly on the way back, and we walked in the dark until 8pm to get out.

By the way, Kurt has a personal website called cool-man.ch