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Canoe Beach

Essex County, Massachusetts · United States

What have people found?

Jonah crab, american lobster and tortoiseshell limpet turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Common periwinkle, flat periwinkle and forbes's sea star are the usual finds. ~106 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Canoe Beach for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov8:510.6 min the dark21:250.3 m
  2. Mon 16 Nov9:370.7 min the dark22:100.4 m
  3. Tue 17 Nov10:270.7 min the dark22:570.4 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 September and October.

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 Canoe Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Flat PeriwinkleLittorina obtusata
Forbes's Sea StarAsterias forbesi
Asian Shore CrabHemigrapsus sanguineus
Blue MusselMytilus edulis
Common Atlantic SlippersnailCrepidula fornicata
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Northern Acorn BarnacleSemibalanus balanoides
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
Jonah CrabCancer borealis
American LobsterHomarus americanus
Atlantic Rock CrabCancer irroratus
Irish MossChondrus crispus
Tortoiseshell LimpetTestudinalia testudinalis
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