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Nubble Point

York County, Maine · United States

What have people found?

Chain tunicate, american lobster and jonah crab turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Common periwinkle, northern acorn barnacle and common sea star are the usual finds. ~76 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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Predicted tide from Fort Point, 14.7 kilometers away.

See low tide times at Nubble Point for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov8:380.6 min the dark21:200.3 m
  2. Mon 16 Nov9:290.6 min the dark22:090.4 m
  3. Tue 17 Nov10:250.6 min the dark22:590.4 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 August.

What should you know before visiting?

Customer parking is about 500 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 Nubble Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Northern Acorn BarnacleSemibalanus balanoides
Common Sea StarAsterias rubens
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Plumose AnemoneMetridium senile
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
American LobsterHomarus americanus
Arctic Green Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Jonah CrabCancer borealis
Striped Green Sea AnemoneDiadumene lineata
Asian Shore CrabHemigrapsus sanguineus
Chain TunicateBotrylloides violaceus
Forbes's Sea StarAsterias forbesi
Tortoiseshell LimpetTestudinalia testudinalis
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