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Kwomais Point

Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia · Canada

What have people found?

Grainy hermit crab, eccentric sand dollar and thatched barnacle turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Ochre sea star, frilled dogwinkle and red rock crab are the usual finds. ~53 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

Modeled while the Crescent Beach gauge loads. Sources.

See low tide times at Kwomais Point for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15in the dark~3:30 AM
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark~4:00 AM
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark~5:00 AMin the dark~10:00 PM

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 May.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 650 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 Kwomais Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

Ochre Sea StarPisaster ochraceus
Frilled DogwinkleNucella lamellosa
Red Rock CrabCancer productus
Northern Kelp CrabPugettia producta
Purple Shore CrabHemigrapsus nudus
Dungeness CrabMetacarcinus magister
Yellow Shore CrabHemigrapsus oregonensis
Grainy Hermit CrabPagurus granosimanus
Monterey DoridDoris montereyensis
Thatched BarnacleSemibalanus cariosus
Moonglow AnemoneAnthopleura artemisia
Leather StarDermasterias imbricata
Eccentric Sand DollarDendraster excentricus
Japanese WireweedSargassum muticum
Pacific OysterMagallana gigas
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