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Roland Point

Sunshine Coast Regional District, British Columbia · Canada

What have people found?

Blue-ringed top snail, giant california sea cucumber and painted anemone turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Ochre sea star, aggregating anemone and leather star are the usual finds. ~73 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 4 years of observations.

Tide

We do not have the numbers a tide curve is drawn from for this stretch of coast yet.

View the predicted tide at Halfmoon Bay, 27 kilometers away.

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from July and August.

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 Roland Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

Ochre Sea StarPisaster ochraceus
Aggregating AnemoneAnthopleura elegantissima
Leather StarDermasterias imbricata
Arctic Green Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Bull KelpNereocystis luetkeana
Painted AnemoneUrticina grebelnyi
Black Leather ChitonKatharina tunicata
Pacific Banana SlugAriolimax columbianus
Orange Sea CucumberCucumaria miniata
RockweedFucus distichus
Moonglow AnemoneAnthopleura artemisia
Frilled DogwinkleNucella lamellosa
Blue-Ringed Top SnailCalliostoma ligatum
giant California sea cucumberApostichopus californicus
Monterey DoridDoris montereyensis
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