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Yaquina Head Marine Garden

Lincoln County, Oregon · United States

What have people found?

Noble dorid, red sponge dorid and pacific purple sea urchin turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Giant green anemone, ochre sea star and gumboot chiton are the usual finds. ~206 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 9 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

Predicted tide from Southbeach, 6.7 kilometers away.

See low tide times at Yaquina Head Marine Garden for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov9:331.4 min the dark22:230.3 m
  2. Mon 16 Nov10:411.4 min the dark23:150.4 m
  3. Tue 17 Nov11:581.3 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 April and June.

What should you know before visiting?

Customer parking is about 450 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 Yaquina Head Marine Garden?

Species records from iNaturalist

Giant Green AnemoneAnthopleura xanthogrammica
Ochre Sea StarPisaster ochraceus
Gumboot ChitonCryptochiton stelleri
Pacific Purple Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus purpuratus
Monterey DoridDoris montereyensis
Gooseneck BarnaclePollicipes polymerus
Purple Shore CrabHemigrapsus nudus
Black TegulaTegula funebralis
California MusselMytilus californianus
Pacific Hairy Hermit CrabPagurus hirsutiusculus
Aggregating AnemoneAnthopleura elegantissima
Red Sponge DoridRostanga pulchra
RockweedFucus distichus
Noble DoridPeltodoris nobilis
Northern Kelp CrabPugettia producta
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