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Davenport Landing Beach

Santa Cruz County, California · United States

What have people found?

Pink volcano barnacle, opalescent nudibranch and pacific rock crab turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Ochre sea star, giant green anemone and sunburst anemone are the usual finds. ~263 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 10 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

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Predicted tide from Elkhorn Slough railroad bridge, 45.1 kilometers away.

See low tide times at Davenport Landing Beach for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov7:541.0 min the dark21:160.1 m
  2. Mon 16 Nov9:111.0 min the dark22:040.2 m
  3. Tue 17 Nov10:340.9 min the dark22:510.2 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 March and June.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 700 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 Davenport Landing Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Ochre Sea StarPisaster ochraceus
Giant Green AnemoneAnthopleura xanthogrammica
Sunburst AnemoneAnthopleura sola
Striped Shore CrabPachygrapsus crassipes
Pacific Purple Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus purpuratus
Gooseneck BarnaclePollicipes polymerus
Aggregating AnemoneAnthopleura elegantissima
Black TegulaTegula funebralis
Pink Volcano BarnacleTetraclita rubescens
Feather Boa KelpEgregia menziesii
California MusselMytilus californianus
Pacific Rock CrabRomaleon antennarium
Opalescent NudibranchHermissenda opalescens
Moonglow AnemoneAnthopleura artemisia
Northern Kelp CrabPugettia producta
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