Canoe Beach
Essex County, Massachusetts · United States
What have people found?
Jonah crab, american lobster and tortoiseshell limpet turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Common periwinkle, flat periwinkle and forbes's sea star are the usual finds. ~106 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 years of observations.
What is the best time to visit today?
Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.Lowest tide at , download the app to see the weekly schedule.Lowest tide occurs at , in the dark, download the app to see the weekly schedule for a better time.
See low tide times at Canoe Beach for the next three days
- Sun, Nov 15in the dark8:51 AM2.1 ftin the dark9:25 PM1.1 ft
- Mon, Nov 16in the dark9:37 AM2.2 ftin the dark10:10 PM1.3 ft
- Tue, Nov 17in the dark10:27 AM2.2 ftin the dark10:57 PM1.5 ft
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
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When do people visit?
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Most observations come from September and October.
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 Canoe Beach?
Species records from iNaturalist
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Flat PeriwinkleLittorina obtusata
Forbes's Sea StarAsterias forbesi
Asian Shore CrabHemigrapsus sanguineus
Blue MusselMytilus edulis
Common Atlantic SlippersnailCrepidula fornicata
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Northern Acorn BarnacleSemibalanus balanoides
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
Jonah CrabCancer borealis
American LobsterHomarus americanus
Atlantic Rock CrabCancer irroratus
Irish MossChondrus crispus
Tortoiseshell LimpetTestudinalia testudinalis
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Every organism named, every visit logged to your journal.
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