Steve, thanks for thinking about that and posting. We're not going toward the mouth, we're going "upriver." As Michael mentioned, neither of us has kayaked the north side of the island, but I paddled there with the Lumpy Water folks on the south side of the island with an almost identical tide situation. Michael visited and took pictures on another similar tide day, though he didn't kayak that day. We agree 100% that you have to be careful about the tides, and we have given that thought and are addressing it.