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Two Step Beach

Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii · United States

What have people found?

Dotted periwinkle, black purse shell and savigny's longspine sea urchin turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Indo-pacific rock-boring urchin, thin-shelled rock crab and red pencil urchin are the usual finds. ~141 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 Kawaihae, 69.1 kilometers away.

See low tide times at Two Step Beach for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov16:040.1 m
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark0:500.2 m16:460.1 m
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark2:230.2 m17:210.1 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 January and May.

What should you know before visiting?

Paid parking is about 200 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 Two Step Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Indo-Pacific Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra mathaei
Thin-shelled Rock CrabGrapsus tenuicrustatus
Red Pencil UrchinHeterocentrotus mamillatus
Shingle UrchinColobocentrotus atratus
Pacific White-spotted Sea CucumberActinopyga varians
Collector UrchinTripneustes gratilla
Savigny's Longspine Sea UrchinDiadema savignyi
Seurat's Hermit CrabCalcinus seurati
Pacific Ocean Crown-of-ThornsAcanthaster solaris
Hawaiian Black NeriteNerita picea
Lollyfish Sea CucumberHolothuria atra
Dotted PeriwinkleLittoraria pintado
Humpback CowrieMauritia mauritiana
Left-handed Hermit CrabCalcinus laevimanus
Black purse shellIsognomon californicus
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