Because light specularly reflected from water does not usually reach the viewer, water is usually considered to have a very low albedo in spite of its high reflectivity at high angles of incident light.
bɪkˈʌz lˈaɪt spˈɛkjʊlɚli ɹᵻflˈɛktᵻd fɹʌm wˈɔːɾɚ dʌznˌɑːt jˈuːʒuːəli ɹˈiːtʃ ðə vjˈuːɚ, wˈɔːɾɚɹ ɪz jˈuːʒuːəli kənsˈɪdɚd tə hæv ɐ vˈɛɹi lˈoʊ ælbˈiːdoʊ ɪn spˈaɪt ʌv ɪts hˈaɪ ɹᵻflɪktˈɪvᵻɾi æt hˈaɪ ˈæŋɡəlz ʌv ˈɪnsɪdənt lˈaɪt.