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China Beach

Capital Regional District, British Columbia · Canada

What have people found?

Stalked kelp, orange sea pen and butter clam turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Pacific banana slug, bull kelp and dungeness crab are the usual finds. ~91 distinct species have been recorded here.

Tide

We do not have the numbers a tide curve is drawn from for this stretch of coast yet. The water here moves about 1.4 m between high and low.

View the predicted tide at Tide Pool Point, 22 kilometers away.

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from July and September.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 450 meters away.
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 China Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Pacific Banana SlugAriolimax columbianus
Bull KelpNereocystis luetkeana
Dungeness CrabMetacarcinus magister
California MusselMytilus californianus
Thatched BarnacleSemibalanus cariosus
Purple Shore CrabHemigrapsus nudus
Butter ClamSaxidomus gigantea
Gumboot ChitonCryptochiton stelleri
stalked kelpPterygophora californica
Pacific Hairy Hermit CrabPagurus hirsutiusculus
Sea SacksHalosaccion glandiforme
Red Rock CrabCancer productus
Orange Sea PenPtilosarcus gurneyi
Black SlugArion ater
Frilled DogwinkleNucella lamellosa
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