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Coffin Point

Cowichan Valley Regional District, British Columbia · Canada

What have people found?

Dock shrimp, east pacific red octopus and white-lined dirona turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Ochre sea star, sunflower sea star and mottled star are the usual finds. ~61 distinct species have been recorded here.

Tide

We do not have the numbers a tide curve is drawn from for this stretch of coast yet. The water here moves about 1.8 m between high and low.

View the predicted tide at Montague Harbour Marine Provincial Park, 17 miles away.

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from January and August.

What should you know before visiting?

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 Coffin Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

Ochre Sea StarPisaster ochraceus
Sunflower Sea StarPycnopodia helianthoides
Mottled StarEvasterias troschelii
Northern Kelp CrabPugettia producta
Leather StarDermasterias imbricata
Red Rock CrabCancer productus
barnacle-eating doridOnchidoris bilamellata
Yellow Shore CrabHemigrapsus oregonensis
Monterey DoridDoris montereyensis
Egg-yolk JellyPhacellophora camtschatica
Dock ShrimpPandalus danae
Lewis's Moon SnailNeverita lewisii
Northern Leopard DoridDiaulula odonoghuei
East Pacific Red OctopusOctopus rubescens
White-lined DironaDirona albolineata
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