Well I think that water is brackish semi salty water...
Honestly, looking at the landscape, especially the background, I really don't think it's a "swamp" at all. It looks like a tidal estuary of a type found all over Cape Cod, where the water is indeed a briny and brackish mix of water washed in from the tide mixed with a limited amount of fresh water, probably from a spring.
During extreme low tides, especially when the fresh water's not running enough, those place smell like the devil's own cesspool.