As the school year wanes, the school-bus visits to Alki and vicinity increase, for low-tide field trips. Just before noon today, we spotted those six Issaquah School District buses south of Alki Point – they’re way off to the right in our beach photo:

Today’s tide wasn’t nearly as low as last full moon, but still low enough for good exploration, -2.0 – and tomorrow just past 12:30 pm, it’ll be a bit lower, -2.2. But this month’s lowest tides aren’t for two more weeks – June 14-16, we’ll see minus-three-foot tides again. (Here’s our favorite chart.)