History Main / SandBridgeAtLowTide

** ''Double Dash!'' has a course with a similar gimmick.

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** In historical times, both were ordinary pieces of land - the change to part-time island happened rapidly in geological terms but over a number of human generations. And causeways allow water traffic without having to build a drawbridge - especially if the waterway is too wide for a drawbridge to be practical.

* ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' includes a location in Crab Clan lands called the "Tidal Landbridge" which... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is what you'd expect]]. Inevitably, it is best known for an incident in which a Crab Clan army and reinforcements from their Crane Clan rivals fought a group of Shadowlands invaders until the tide came back in [[KillEmAll with inevitable results]].

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* ''[[{{Film/TheScarletPimpernel1982}} The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' ends up on one (Mont Saint-Michel, below in Real Life), partly in an effort to create a ClosedCircle where Sir Percy can confront Chauvelin without his men as backup.
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Not only does this allow an island to be a little accessed secret, but also provides the opportunity for people to be trapped on an island while plot happens at them.

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* An island chain in the Literature/{{Belgariad}} was used twice. Played straight once in the main series, with the path between islands revealed at low tide. Subverted in the prequels, when it's first discovered, but the protagonists skirt it in favor of inconspicuously crossing the frozen northern sea.

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* Mont Saint-Michel, a French islet in the coastline of Normandy, can be reached during the low tide by a bridge of sand (eventually, an actual bridge was built).
** Also, Saint Michael's Mount, a similar Cornish islot which can be reached by an artificial causeway, only accessible at low tide.

--> '''Dick:''' [[NightmareFuel I think this must be a bad dream.]] The tide's coming in.

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* Mont Saint-Michel, a French islet in the coastline of Normandy, can be reached during the low tide by a bridge of sand.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' had a number of them, such as the monastary at the Trident delta and the castle that Bran hides in.

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* [[{{Film/TheScarletPimpernel1982}} The Scarlet Pimpernel]] ends up on one (Mont Saint-Michel, below in Real Life), partly in an effort to create a ClosedCircle where Sir Percy can confront Chauvelin without his men as backup.

* The Oni Stepping Stones in {{Aoishiro}}, only exposed during low tide at certain times of the year.

* In ''UmiNoMisaki'', a small island is connected to Okitsu by one of these for a few days a year. Naturally, there's a story and cape maiden ritual associated with it.

* In the FestivalEpisode of ''LoveHina'', Sarah and Su strand themselves on an island, where they are soon joined by a "shipwrecked" Kitsune. After a night of worrying how to get themselves rescued, help comes to them across a bridge of sand revealed by the tide.

* In ''NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'', Marie discovers a sand bridge that forms at least once a day between the beach of the deserted island the children find themselves on, and the piece of the wrecked ship which is caught upon a rock just off shore.

* ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' had a number of them, such as the monastary at the Trident delta and the castle that Bran hides in.
* An island chain in the {{Belgariad}} was used twice. Played straight once in the main series, with the path between islands revealed at low tide. Subverted in the prequels, when it's first discovered, but the protagonists skirt it in favor of inconspicuously crossing the frozen northern sea.

* Done backwards in ''BreathOfFireIV'' our heroes walk onto Saldine island, then find themselves stranded at high tide.
* ''DeadOrAlive: Extreme Beach Volleyball'' has a sandbar as a place to play volleyball.

* The Waddenzee which sits inbetween the mainland of the Netherlands and its tiny chain of islands. People frequently trek out to the islands during low tides as a family outing. This troper did it as a high-school outing.