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Aguilar Point

Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, British Columbia · Canada

What have people found?

Northern feather duster worm, bat star and orange sea cucumber turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Ochre sea star, aggregating anemone and horned nudibranch are the usual finds. ~407 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 7 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

Modeled while the Bamfield gauge loads. Sources.

See low tide times at Aguilar Point for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov~9:30in the dark~0:00
  2. Mon 16 Nov~10:30
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~0:30~12:30

Every low tide each day, in local time at the shore.

Plan the week in Intertidal
  • A tide chart for every day, with the best window marked
  • Identify what you find from a photo
  • An alert when a good daylight low is coming

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from May and June.

What should you know before visiting?

Arrive 45 minutes to an hour before low tide and leave as it turns. The water comes back faster than it left.
Grippy shoes beat sandals. Wet rock and algae are more slippery than they look. Rock pool safety
A rock pool is a fragile place. Look and photograph, take nothing. The rockpooling code

What lives at Aguilar Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

Ochre Sea StarPisaster ochraceus
Aggregating AnemoneAnthopleura elegantissima
Horned NudibranchHermissenda crassicornis
Giant Green AnemoneAnthopleura xanthogrammica
Pacific Banana SlugAriolimax columbianus
Gooseneck BarnaclePollicipes polymerus
Purple Shore CrabHemigrapsus nudus
Leather StarDermasterias imbricata
RockweedFucus distichus
Orange Sea CucumberCucumaria miniata
Black TegulaTegula funebralis
Northern Kelp CrabPugettia producta
Feather Boa KelpEgregia menziesii
Bat StarPatiria miniata
Northern Feather Duster WormEudistylia vancouveri
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