About Tidewater Institute

We write plain-language course notes about the coast for curious learners of every age.

Tidewater Institute is a small online project. Our notes aim to be accurate, short and kind to beginners. We prefer a clear sentence to a technical one, and we say so when a topic is still debated.

What we believe

• Anyone can learn how a shoreline works by looking carefully at one.
• Good notes are brief, checked and easy to print.
• A coast is best protected by people who understand it.

Format

All courses are online and free to read. We do not hold classes at any address and we do not run field trips.