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Montague Harbour Marine Provincial Park

Capital Regional District, British Columbia · Canada

What have people found?

Barnacle-eating dorid, horned nudibranch and frilled dogwinkle turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Ochre sea star, orange sea cucumber and red rock crab are the usual finds. ~126 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 4 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

Modeled while the Montague Harbour gauge loads. Sources.

See low tide times at Montague Harbour Marine Provincial Park for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~4:00
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~5:00
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~5:30

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?

Parking is about 250 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 Montague Harbour Marine Provincial Park?

Species records from iNaturalist

Ochre Sea StarPisaster ochraceus
Orange Sea CucumberCucumaria miniata
Red Rock CrabCancer productus
Frilled DogwinkleNucella lamellosa
Mottled StarEvasterias troschelii
Yellow Shore CrabHemigrapsus oregonensis
Leather StarDermasterias imbricata
RockweedFucus distichus
Mossy ChitonMopalia muscosa
barnacle-eating doridOnchidoris bilamellata
Pacific Hairy Hermit CrabPagurus hirsutiusculus
Northern Kelp CrabPugettia producta
Japanese WireweedSargassum muticum
Horned NudibranchHermissenda crassicornis
Pacific OysterMagallana gigas
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