ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Britain at Low Tide

Okay kiddo, have you ever been to the beach? Do you remember when the water was all the way up to the shore and you could swim, but then after a while the water started to go backwards and you could see rocks, sand, and maybe little pools of water where creatures live?

Well, that's what happens in Britain too! Except instead of just one beach, it happens all around the country because Britain is an island! When the water goes back, we can see a lot of cool things we don't normally see like sea creatures, seaweed, and sometimes even shipwrecks!

But be careful, even though we can walk further out into the sea, we need to be aware of the time because the water will come back in and we don't want to get stuck. People who live in Britain are very lucky because we get to experience low tide and high tide every day, and it makes the ocean seem like two different worlds in one day!