The Holy Island harbour master has confirmed the tide hit the causeway almost an hour early.
Dita Sanchez, her husband Jesus Sanchez Lopez and two friends abandoned their car on the crossing back from Holy Island, Northumberland, on Monday and
Holy Island harbour master Paul Douglas said: "Weather conditions do affect the tide times and in this case the water was on the causeway at least 45 minutes before expected." Northumberland County Council urged people to "take appropriate precautions" when planning journeys.The group had travelled from Edinburgh for a day trip to Holy Island.
"We left the island and got to the causeway and suddenly the car stopped working, it just wouldn't move. Mrs Sanchez said after about half an hour, two coastguards arrived. They waded through the water, which was "quite deep, up to their waists".The car, a Mercedes C-Class, was almost completely submerged.Mrs Sanchez said they were "incredibly grateful" to their rescuers and admired them for what they did.
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