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Mace Point

qathet Regional District, British Columbia · Canada

What have people found?

Blister glassy-bubble, shiny red sea squirt and red-trumpet calcareous tubeworm turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Ochre sea star, leather star and moonglow anemone are the usual finds. ~55 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

Modeled while the Lund gauge loads. Sources.

See low tide times at Mace Point for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~3:30
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~4:30
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~5:00in the dark~21:00

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 June and July.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 1000 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 Mace Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

Ochre Sea StarPisaster ochraceus
Leather StarDermasterias imbricata
Moonglow AnemoneAnthopleura artemisia
Aggregating AnemoneAnthopleura elegantissima
Blister Glassy-bubbleHaminoea vesicula
Egg-yolk JellyPhacellophora camtschatica
Nuttall's CockleClinocardium nuttallii
Chain TunicateBotrylloides violaceus
Lined ChitonTonicella lineata
Shiny Red Sea SquirtCnemidocarpa finmarkiensis
Northern Kelp CrabPugettia producta
Dungeness CrabMetacarcinus magister
Mottled StarEvasterias troschelii
Red-trumpet Calcareous TubewormSerpula columbiana
Red Rock CrabCancer productus
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