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Battery Point

Del Norte County, California · United States

What have people found?

Blueband hermit crab, pacific rock crab and bat star turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Ochre sea star, purple shore crab and leather star are the usual finds. ~160 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 6 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Battery Point for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov9:011.2 min the dark21:550.2 m
  2. Mon 16 Nov10:171.2 min the dark22:460.3 m
  3. Tue 17 Nov11:371.1 min the dark23:360.4 m

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 July and December.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 50 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 Battery Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

Ochre Sea StarPisaster ochraceus
Purple Shore CrabHemigrapsus nudus
Leather StarDermasterias imbricata
Giant Green AnemoneAnthopleura xanthogrammica
Black TegulaTegula funebralis
Blueband Hermit CrabPagurus samuelis
Aggregating AnemoneAnthopleura elegantissima
Gumboot ChitonCryptochiton stelleri
Striped Shore CrabPachygrapsus crassipes
RockweedFucus distichus
Pacific Rock CrabRomaleon antennarium
Bull KelpNereocystis luetkeana
Pacific Purple Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus purpuratus
Pacific Hairy Hermit CrabPagurus hirsutiusculus
Bat StarPatiria miniata
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