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Point Louisa

Juneau, Alaska · United States

What have people found?

Red king crab, tiny black sea cucumber and widehand hermit turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Mottled star, painted anemone and moonglow anemone are the usual finds. ~89 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

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Predicted tide from Barlow Cove, Mansfield Peninsula, 6.3 miles away.

See low tide times at Point Louisa for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 1510:20 AM6.8 ftin the dark11:04 PM2.6 ft
  2. Mon, Nov 1611:25 AM7.0 ft
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark12:02 AM3.2 ft12:43 PM6.8 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 July.

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 Point Louisa?

Species records from iNaturalist

Mottled StarEvasterias troschelii
Painted AnemoneUrticina grebelnyi
Moonglow AnemoneAnthopleura artemisia
Arctic Green Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus droebachiensis
RockweedFucus distichus
Black Leather ChitonKatharina tunicata
Lined ChitonTonicella lineata
Red King CrabParalithodes camtschaticus
Rockweed isopodPentidotea wosnesenskii
Northern Bay MusselMytilus trossulus
Tiny Black Sea CucumberCucumaria vegae
Pacific Hairy Hermit CrabPagurus hirsutiusculus
Dungeness CrabMetacarcinus magister
Stout Coastal ShrimpHeptacarpus brevirostris
Widehand HermitElassochirus tenuimanus
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