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Spanish Head

Lincoln County, Oregon · United States

What have people found?

Flattened ahnfelts seaweed, sea palm and thatched barnacle turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Giant green anemone, gooseneck barnacle and ochre sea star are the usual finds. ~63 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 Cascade Head, Salmon River, 12.1 kilometers away.

See low tide times at Spanish Head for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov9:151.0 min the dark22:110.3 m
  2. Mon 16 Nov10:121.0 min the dark22:580.4 m
  3. Tue 17 Nov11:281.0 min the dark23:530.5 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 May and August.

What should you know before visiting?

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 Spanish Head?

Species records from iNaturalist

Giant Green AnemoneAnthopleura xanthogrammica
Gooseneck BarnaclePollicipes polymerus
Ochre Sea StarPisaster ochraceus
Striped DogwinkleNucella ostrina
By-the-wind SailorVelella velella
Bull KelpNereocystis luetkeana
Aggregating AnemoneAnthopleura elegantissima
California MusselMytilus californianus
Frilled DogwinkleNucella lamellosa
Purple Shore CrabHemigrapsus nudus
Pacific Acorn BarnacleBalanus glandula
flattened ahnfelts seaweedAhnfeltiopsis linearis
Thatched BarnacleSemibalanus cariosus
Dungeness CrabMetacarcinus magister
Sea PalmPostelsia palmiformis
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