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Brockton Point

Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia · Canada

What have people found?

Western sea slater, common shiny woodlouse and giant california sea cucumber turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Leather star, ochre sea star and red rock crab are the usual finds. ~243 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 6 years of observations.

Tide

We do not have the numbers a tide curve is drawn from for this stretch of coast yet. The water here moves about 2.2 m between high and low.

View the predicted tide at Kwomais Point, 22 miles away.

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from April and June.

What should you know before visiting?

Paid parking is about 800 feet 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. Tide pool safety
A tide pool is a fragile place. Look and photograph, take nothing. The tidepooling code

What lives at Brockton Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

Leather StarDermasterias imbricata
Ochre Sea StarPisaster ochraceus
Red Rock CrabCancer productus
Mottled StarEvasterias troschelii
Yellow Shore CrabHemigrapsus oregonensis
Bull KelpNereocystis luetkeana
Frilled DogwinkleNucella lamellosa
RockweedFucus distichus
Sugar KelpSaccharina latissima
Orange Sea CucumberCucumaria miniata
giant California sea cucumberApostichopus californicus
Common Shiny WoodlouseOniscus asellus
Black SlugArion ater
Dungeness CrabMetacarcinus magister
Western Sea SlaterLigia occidentalis
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