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Dot Scenic Overlook At Ft Fisher

New Hanover County, North Carolina · United States

What have people found?

Quiet periwinkle, spectral bittersweet clam and atlantic kitten's paw turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Warty sea anemone, atlantic sand crab and speckled swimming crab are the usual finds. ~88 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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Predicted tide from Zekes Island, 2.7 miles away.

See low tide times at Dot Scenic Overlook At Ft Fisher for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15in the dark6:05 AM0.8 ftin the dark6:59 PM0.6 ft
  2. Mon, Nov 167:00 AM1.0 ftin the dark7:46 PM0.7 ft
  3. Tue, Nov 177:58 AM1.0 ftin the dark8:34 PM0.6 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

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from April and May.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 0.4 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 Dot Scenic Overlook At Ft Fisher?

Species records from iNaturalist

Warty Sea AnemoneBunodosoma cavernatum
Atlantic Sand CrabEmerita talpoida
Speckled Swimming CrabArenaeus cribrarius
Eastern OysterCrassostrea virginica
Quiet PeriwinkleEchinolittorina placida
Squareback Marsh CrabArmases cinereum
Ponderous ArkNoetia ponderosa
Incongruous ArkAnadara brasiliana
Spectral Bittersweet ClamGlycymeris spectralis
Atlantic Ribbed MusselGeukensia demissa
Atlantic Kitten's PawPlicatula gibbosa
Shark EyeNeverita duplicata
Blood ArkLunarca ovalis
Knobbed WhelkBusycon carica
Eastern MudsnailIlyanassa obsoleta
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