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Public beach and boat launch

Halifax County, Nova Scotia · Canada

What have people found?

Rathke's woodlouse, tree slug and leopard slug turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Common rough woodlouse, common shiny woodlouse and common periwinkle are the usual finds. ~116 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 4 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 1.3 m between high and low.

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from September and October.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 0.3 miles 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 Public beach and boat launch?

Species records from iNaturalist

Common Rough WoodlousePorcellio scaber
Common Shiny WoodlouseOniscus asellus
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Forbes's Sea StarAsterias forbesi
Common Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgare
Northern Acorn BarnacleSemibalanus balanoides
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Common Sea StarAsterias rubens
Tree slugLehmannia marginata
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Arctic Green Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Common Striped WoodlousePhiloscia muscorum
Blue MusselMytilus edulis
Rathke's WoodlouseTrachelipus rathkii
Leopard SlugLimax maximus
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